Nashville, TN

We had an incredible time in Nashville! We stayed about 15 minutes from downtown, all 6 of us in 1 hotel room! We needed this short little vacay more than ever too!!

Waiting...waiting..waiting..waiting on our cab to arrive.

Garth put on a great concert! We didn't know whether to pee our pants or cry when he came out! Pretty sure me, Jen, and Sam did both though! Needless to say, by the end of the concert, we had no voices and couldn't hear a whole lot either! And to those of you that we called during the concert, whether or not you heard Garth singing or just us yelling, feel privileged that we thought about you! :) 

Trisha came out and sang a few songs. We laughed when she sang 'She's In Love With The Boy' and Jen called Joey..her river boy boyfriend from many years ago..and we sang the song to him.

Then Garth and Trisha sang a song together. It was really great! Garth was pretty emotional during the entire concert because he was just so amazed at the fans that still held on to him over the years.

 After the concert, we walked down to Music Row. The only food we had eaten since lunch was chip-n-salsa and popcorn during happy hour at our hotel. So we found a hotdog stand and stood on Music Row, eating hotdogs!

This is probably my favorite picture from the ENTIRE trip!!

(besides the blurry one of Jen stuck upside down between the nightstand and the bed)

 

At Tootsies Orchid Lounge.

Before we headed back to the hotel, we thought we'd order pizza. So we sent Samantha to the bar to ask a waitress for the number to a pizza place. Jen went up behind her and heard her ask for the number to a Pepsi place..and we all nearly fell out of our stools laughing at Samantha. This is the look she gave us when we all started laughing.

 And we were back in Illinois..clearly..by the car below! We followed this car out of Albion..we thought it was true Southern Illinois graffiti!

 (Sorry I didn't post earlier about our adventure south..my computer is not working properly tonight, so I am setting it to post at 9am tomorrow! Hope it works!)