Father's Day Weekend in Nashville

This is the weekend every year we spend in Nashville at the American Artisan show. We left Boerne on Tues,got as far as Austin, spent the night on our boat and then took off early on Wed. The goal was to make it through Memphis by Wednesday night, thus avoiding the early morning Memphis traffic. Then the trip into Nashville is easy and we can leisurely set up the booth and be ready for Friday opening at noon.
We saw water and green grass and trees as we got into Tenn.

The show was somewhat similar to years' past. The originator of the show was Nancy Saturn who was a breast cancer survivor and used part of the proceeds to support cancer research. Nancy always fed the artists on Friday night at her house. The house was full of arts and crafts that she had collected over the many years. Her husband, Allen, was also very active in th life of the show. Both of these people passed away two years ago. One of their daughters is working to keep the show going. It was a good show for us this year. Our booth was in the same place. Our friend, Dave Piper, was there to sell his great sandals.

We stayed in our ususal Holiday Inn that backs up to Vanderbilt campus.

We ate (several times) those delicious pulled pork sandwhiches at Hog's Breath, which is luckily located just a few yards behind our booth.

We saw lots of old friends, lots of great customers, and saw RAIN!!
Our friends, Carla and Bill Puckett, took us out to eat and listen to a band called The BOOMERS one night. We were in the cool music area of Nashville. The food was great and the music was from our youth.

The show ended at 5:00 pm on Sunday and we were home by midnight Monday evening. The ride home is always longer, right?