These past couple of days have been amazing. First, on the 21st, I left work early and headed to Dickson, Tennessee. I picked up Vanessa on the way and we headed off. We had some amazing Mexican food and some Dairy Queen that night. Thursday we got up early and headed to Bowling Green, Kentucky. We stopped to grab some lunch and low and behold, had a chance to eat at both White Castle AND Krystal. We picked up the number one at both places and had a taste test. I am proud to announce that Krystal is slightly better than White Castle, but if you have to choose between WC and some other joint, pick WC. The burgers are almost identical, the WC fries are crinkle fries and the drinks are the same.
We then headed to the Corvette museum. We watched the intro movie and started into the museum for about 10 minutes until we headed to the GM plant to see Corvettes being made. That tour was the most amazing thing ever. It was so cool to see a Corvette start as a frame and end up driving 75mph on a test rack. They track the car from the beginning to the end, since some models of the car have different frame materials. It was state of the art stuff and always moving. I couldn't believe the difference from what we see at work. They have park benches right next to the assembly line where they take their breaks, among some other things that I won't go into. I think V really enjoyed the tour and we both learned a lot. It was sooo cool. Just thinking about it right now makes me all giddy inside. We headed back to the museum and went through all the remaining cars. I was disappointed they didn't have an C6.Rs there, but we did see some super nice ZR1s. As we were walking out, some new owners drove their new car out of the museum. It was beautiful grey and had an exhaust note that sent chills down my spine.
We left there and headed downtown to eat at the Mellow Mushroom. Good pizza, but nothing special. We then headed to my Uncle Charlie's house in Brentwood, Tennessee. He gave us directions on the phone and told me to turn on Granite Light road. On the way there, we passed a road called Granny White and I told V I bet that was the Granite light he was talking about. Well it turns out he did say Granny White and we ended up driving for another four miles before we turned around and headed back.
The next morning we went on a trip with my Uncle and his friend Wayne. We headed to Hickman county to revisit my uncle's past (he's 80) and find a guy who made his own bread. We drove all over the place on dirt roads in Wayne's little Accord looking for this bread maker before we finally decided to stop and eat at the Tarkington Store (my relatives). The owner gave us directions and we drove right to it without ever hitting a dirt road. The guy was a real hippy dude and let us watch him make bread and cook it. He runs a one man operation and his bread was amazing. I bought two loaves and took one to Ryan's family.
We had dinner that night (Friday) at Ryan's house in NE Nashville. Her family was super nice and treated us like royalty. We went to the movies that night and saw Couples Retreat. It was really funny and I found a lot of the movie to relate to V and I. We all enjoyed it and headed home. We spent a few hours Saturday searching for a dress for Ryan and the rest of the day watching college football. I went geocaching for a few minutes and found four in Tennessee (I had found one outside of the Corvette Museum in Kentucky too).
We headed home this morning and I am sick again. I woke up a few times in a deep sweat and this morning with a killer headache. Every time I sneeze or cough my brain hurts. I have taken decongestants and allergy medicines with no luck. I'm going in late to work tomorrow to see if I can't sleep this away. I doubt it, but I am tired and don't want to drive to Camden yet.
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