this morning i woke at 6:30 am. those of you who "know me" know this is sleeping in for me :O) i could have slept longer if my back wasn't aching. ahhhhh the joys of "getting older" lol! last night we had grand intention of bar-hopping in downtown nashville. this ended up being more like eating dinner at the "billy bobs of nashville" aka the wildhorse saloon, then heading over to the Stage bar. the band there was pretty good, the guy had a nice voice. well i say the "guy" but really all the guys in the band sounded nice. they would take turns singin. they did lots of covers we all know. "okie from muskogee", "give it away", "i'm gonna miss her", and some oldies by the legends we love. Hank, Johnny, Merle, George....loved it! i had one beer at this joint and got Jon some crown and coke. then i started drinking water and about 8:30 i was ready to head back to the hotel! wow! party animals!! lol we got back to the hotel and i immediately put on the comfy pjs, took off my makeup, and made coffee. Jon played on the internet for like 7 hours before coming to bed, i was in bed at around 11:45. and btw I forgot to mention how disappointing the food we ate yesterday was. not like night one at the sweet plantation place! Mere Bulles i think it was called. anywho, lunch yesterday consisted of chips/queso/salsa, salads, and fried catfish. we shared (again) the catfish----this was the worst fried catfish i have ever had. some weird batter....some weird spicing on it? the plate had 2 filets on it and we didn't finish them. the fries were yummy as was the ranch. then for dinner we went to the wildhorse saloon. the atmosphere was fun here and that is probably what you go there for. apparently they have some "big name" bands perform but not the night we went. we had spinach artichoke dip for appitizer. it was pretty good, but they didn't give you much for the $9 price. we ate it all. then we shared a bacon cheddar burger and fries....again pretty good but the burger had some weird spicing on it. i guess the nashvilleians like the spices? i ate all my burger (half) and then i wanted some dessert. mmmmm mmmmm apple cobbler! i thought to myself. ok, strangest apple cobbler ever. came in a bowl....my first thought when i saw it was "chicken pot pie?". i guess they mix the apples with some sort of bread and then put it in a bowl, top it with some crumb crust, and then ice cream on top. not the best. we ate a little of it...i guess that really isn't a BAD thing! considering all we have eaten on this trip!