The Husband had to attend a two-day seminar in Nashville on Thursday and Friday of last week. On Saturday and Sunday, Granddaughter #1 was scheduled to ride in another horsemanship event in Murray, Kentucky. I went to Nashville with The Husband, and we drove to Murray Saturday morning.
The seminar was held at the Opryland Hotel. There is a jungle - or, rather, several jungles, complete with waterfalls - inside that hotel. Tucked among the jungles are restaurants and bars. The place is a maze to navigate.
Our room was on a lower floor in the "Cascades" section, facing one of the jungles. It was noisy. Waterfall raging. People talking. Music playing. I was glad to get out of there early Saturday morning. Two hours later, we were in Murray.
The horsemanship event took place in an indoor arena. There was limited spectator seating, so we took lawn chairs. Our son, daughter-in-law, and Granddaughters 2 - 4 met us there. We set up our colony between two bleacher sections. Granddaughter #1 won a 3d place ribbon for her ride on Saturday. Although we thought she made an excellent showing on Sunday, she did not place in that event.
Curly-haired Granddaughter #4 entertained the spectators near our group both days. She is almost 3 and keeps up a constant barrage of chatter and questions. Sunday morning, she spied two pigeons in the rafters. One of them was fluffing his feathers, and #4 said to me, "He's got crazy hair, like me and you, Grandmama."
You can't argue with the truth.
After Saturday's event, we all went out to eat. We wanted to eat at Patti's restaurant, in the "1880s Settlement" near Kentucky Lake, but couldn't get a reservation and they weren't taking walk-ins. The Settlement had staged a Christmas shindig - lights, Santa Claus, The Grinch - and the place was crawling with people. We ate at T. Lawson's restaurant across the street from Patti's. If I heard a waitress correctly, it was their first week of business. The menu was not extensive, but the food was very good, with generous portions. Since none of us had eaten lunch, we were all starving. We ordered appetizers and burgers. After wolfing down the appetizers, The Husband and I could not finish our huge burgers and took them with us in to-go boxes.
We left Murray about 4 p.m. Sunday and arrived home a little after 6. Since we hadn't had lunch, we were hungry and glad we'd saved the left-over burgers. I was pooped. I had not slept well in Nashville (because of the noise) Thursday and Friday nights and woke up early Sunday morning, so I was ready to hit the sack by 9. I crawled into bed with a Perry Mason novel (I've not read any of those novels until now) and managed about two paragraphs before I had to give it up.
It's good to be home, where it's peaceful and quiet.
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