July 20, 2023
The campground actually serves breakfast in the morning from 8:00AM to 10:00AM. Nancy wanted a decent breakfast so I got up early with her and we went to the office and had breakfast. It was actually really good. Our Plan A was to go on a tour of Nashville through Lawman Tours. He gave you a 3 hour tour and took you to some hidden gems and told you a lot about the history of Nashville. He is a retired Nashville Police Officer. However, for the last couple of days his car has been in the shop for repairs. Since we have other plans for tomorrow and Lawman Tours was out, we went to Plan B.
Plan B is to take the Nashville Trolley Tour. It is about 1 3/4 hours long and it is a narrated tour. So after breakfast we hailed another Uber and went to Stop 1 to catch the trolley. It was an interesting and informative tour. Our driver was Amy. She was very good. We rode the entire circuit once and decided that there was only one other stop that we wanted to get off at. Most stops will cost you to get admission into them. And the prices, I thought, were a little high. For example, that beer I had yesterday a standard 16 ounce bottle? It was $9.
The stop we got off at on our second time around Stop Number 7, the Marathon Motor Works. The original business was a steam engine auto builder. There are nine left in the world today. One is in the Tennessee Museum (which is totally free) and five are in the Motor Works showroom in Nashville, across the street from the trolley stop. There are two in Argentina. The manufacturing facility is now multiple shops, including wine and distillery tasting, a Harley Davidson souvenir shop, a couple of restaurants, and many other trinket shops. The main reason to stop was the Harley shop for me. We walked the building for a few minutes. I had to check out the Jack Daniels shop. No free samples there. No alcohol there actually. Coffee, rubs, chocolates, trinkets. Next we stopped at Legends Distillery. There we got some free samples of whiskey, moonshine, and assorted flavors such and creams. A couple were pretty good. You could have up to 5 one ounce shots. After that we checked out the winery. They had tastings but at a price. We opted for lunch at the Southern Deli. We each had a Rueben and they were very good.
Our last stop was the Harley shop. I have been collecting poker chips on this journey and once in a while I would even get a shirt. Like I did here. After we finished shopping, or rather I finished shopping, we hailed an Uber and we went back home to chill. We got back just before rush hour. The use of an Uber is a good deal for getting around a large city. Now I know why I love my country living.
