Road Trip 2.0: Tennessee

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

When planning a road trip, J gravitates toward the roadside attractions...which is how one ends up at the Bass Pro Shop housed in a former basketball arena shaped like a pyramid, rather than focusing on moar barbecue or the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.



Memphis was just a lunch stop on our way to Nashville. Honky Tonks at night, and fantastic food, the Nashville Parthenon, kayaking and distilleries during the day. We took a 2 hour kayaking trip down the Cumberland, and got absolutely poured on the last 30 minutes of our boating trip. Thankfully, kayaking means you're prepared to get wet, so we had a change of clothes before going to brunch with my brother & his wife.







We also squeezed in a tour to Nelson's Greenbriar Distillery which has quite the story about how descendants are picking up their great-great-great-whatever grandfather's business and releasing their first aged Tennessee whiskey this year.