I know Nashville is the music city and has quite a history,
but honestly we are not interested in the touristy stuff. We came here to meet
up with friends Tom and Ann Meeks and we finally got together Saturday morning.
We heard of their trip to The Grand Old Opry the night before. It was just down
the street a few blocks after all. They were with a group dinner tour and
thought it was to be a dinner theater experience, but the bus dropped them off
at a buffet restaurant at the mall adjacent to the Old Opry. They were told to
go on in and have dinner and feel free to shop the mall until show time. The
whole operation is geared to getting as much money out of the tourists as
possible it seems. They found the music nice, but as a live radio show, they
were disappointed to get one song, then a commercial, another song, then a
commercial. They were expecting more of a concert. After hearing that we did
not feel so guilty for not wanting to get out and see stuff while they were
attending the remaining activities of the reunion they were here for.
On Sunday we spent more time with Tom and Ann, and actually got
out and about. Ever watch American Pickers? It has two guys searching America
for antiques to resell to collectors and dealers. It is a fun show, and as it
turns out they have an antique store here in Nashville to augment their
operation in LeClaire, IA. The four of us decided to drive over since they
enjoy the show, too. The shop is in a neat old building that housed the
Marathon Automobile Co. from 1907 to 1914. As we pulled up we were surprised to
see a long line of people waiting to get in! Cool, must be great!
Well, as it turns out it is a very small shop with some
items you might have seen them acquire in their travels, but the focus was on
selling T-shirts and mugs promoting the show. Bummer. It was just another “Wallet
Vac”.
The iconic van they drive in the show drove up and we got a
little excited, but it turned out to be another load of T-shirts.
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