22 Nov 08
Another view of the outside of this gigantic hotel
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22 Nov 08
Outside the Opryland Hotel. This is just one of the four entrances to the expansive hotel.
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22 Nov 08
A rotating bar we stopped at to rest. It was a long walk, trying to see all the different areas in the hotel. We stopped here for a breather and a drink. While we sat, the bar slowly spun around. It had nothing to do with what we were drinking! Honest!
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22 Nov 08
A couple of the many waterfalls in the hotel.
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22 Nov 08
A synchronized fountain at the hotel.
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22 Nov 08
The Grand Old Opry Hotel. This is the view of just part of the main area of the hotel as seen from the Convention Center at the hotel. My camera's lens wasn't wide enough to take it all in. This place is amazing! The roof is glass and the hotel is filled with live plants and walking paths. Note the stream running through the hotel. There is even a boat you can ride for a tour around the hotel.
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22 Nov 08
The Charlie Daniels Band in concert. This traveler and I attended the Charlie Daniels Band concert tonight at the historic Ryman Theater (the original home of the Grand Ole Opry) near our hotel.
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22 Nov 08
Had a beer at the catered dinner. The Lagardly Lager TB was all ready to help out with popping the tops on the beer bottles, but the waitress had already taken care of it. Tonight was a Miller, Bud, and Pabst night but last night we had Yuengling at the Hard Rock.
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22 Nov 08
Enjoying the morning view from my hotel room.
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22 Nov 08
Found another geocache on this pedestrian bridge. It was really beautiful (and cold!) walking across this bridge to hunt the cache.
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22 Nov 08
Winds of Change virtual geocache site. Hunting geocaches at 11:00pm on a cold night in downtown Nashville. Smart? Maybe not.
Fun? Definitely!
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21 Nov 08
Bugs on my rig after jump number 1. Now its time to pack this mess back up and go again!
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21 Nov 08
Laggardly Lager, safe and sound after a skydive. Wanna do it again?
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21 Nov 08
A tandem instructor and student prepare to land.
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21 Nov 08
A couple of skydivers coming in for a soft landing
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21 Nov 08
TBs and GCs on my skydive rig, ready to jump! All these travel bugs and geocoins rode along with me up to 14,500 feet and bailed out of the airplane for a minute long freefall and a five minute parachute ride.
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21 Nov 08
A bag full of travel bugs on the Longleaf Trace. We rode the Longleaf Trace Rails To Trails path in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for 50 miles today. Several travel bugs and geocoins rode along on the handlebars of one of the recumbent bikes.
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21 Nov 08
Model Citizen, the other Scoutmaster, and Terry. Terry is close to getting his Eagle Scout rank and needed to complete a 50-mile bike trip. It took us most of the day, but we got it done.
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21 Nov 08
Some of the reds and specs we caught today. Redfish and speckled trout... Yummy!
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21 Nov 08
My friend Rick and the catch of the day. It took Rick about a half hour to land this big drum.
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