Well that was wednesday

We had an interstate filled drive from gettysburg to Blacksburg, VA and covered West Virginia and Maryland for a short spell, in the rain...:(. Nice drive, but very little chance for photo ops. We got into VA right to the grounds of VA tech and took a quick pass through town in the dark. Our gracious host Lou met us and put us up for the night. Lou has a pile of cool mopars mostly first generaton a bodies and all slant six powered. The exception is his 68 dart slant six turbo which is currently in MN awaiting its own trip around the country. You go Lou!!

When Lou found out we were coming he asked what did we want to do for recreation. Lou is a chemistry and polymer professor at the university, and Regina is something of a smart ass (literally). Regina, and i, wanted a tour of the VA tech campus. And Lou obliged. The campus is beautiful, spread out on lovely grounds with hokey stone buildings, (yes thats a real thing, look it up). We got into the labs where all the research and magic happens. Way cool day for the science geeks we are. We had lunch with Lou and his wife and split ways so we could continue on to Nashville. Lou and Chris, thank you for the hospitality and hosting us for the night. Lou, safe travels to you and maybe well cross paths in Phx?

Nashville is about a 6 hour drive from where we were, again on the interstate which thankfully was not too busy with traffic. The dark clouds tailed us most of the day, and finally caught us in Knoxville. I had the back glass zipped down again as the weather was quite perfect but the threat of rain was too much to go through having the top down. When it rained in Knoxville, i left the glass down. Not sure if i was being lazy or fun. Either way the rain didnt last long, we made one fuel stop still averaging 19+ mpg and were soon in Nashville.

I got a guy that knows Some stuff about Nashville. We rolled into town around 7, and headed straight towards the Loveless cafe which is just pass the Belle Meade plantation. The street is lined with lovely homes, and as i found out later is where all the Mansions of the musicians are. We rolled up to the bright neon sign of the Loveless cafe just as the sun was setting in the rainbow colored sky. Our bellies on empty and the promise that if we ate here, we wouldnt be hungry for a few days. Regina and i took in some of the best southern food(fried chicken, and smoked pork with hoe cakes) that has ever been made. I opted for some moonshine mixed with TN peach tea as my beverage choice. Good stuff. We finally got to put the top down for our cruise back into downtown Nashville. The weather was perfect and we were tired.

 

Not many pictures from the day, we'll try to make up for that today! Heading to the Parthenon, Country music hall of fame, then memphis!

 

This one is from Gettysburg, had to take it off one of the other cameras.

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