Road Trip: Days 1 & 2

It's been a busy few days! Jenny and I left Arlington Friday evening and made pretty good time to her family's house in NC. Unfortunately, even making good time meant driving until 12:00. We had a pretty leisurely morning, complete with homemade breakfast and got on the road around 10.

Today the plan was to drive to Nashville. We didn't plan much and are trying to be flexible. In spirit of that new found flexibility we made a snap decision to stop at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. Unfortunately we weren't ready to cough up the $45 entrance fee for an hour of walking around. We did stumble upon a very cute lunch spot and got back on the road.

The drive to Nashville was pleasant. We got in around 5pm. Checked into our hotel, which is about 20 minutes from downtown Nashville, and headed back to the city. After the recommendation of my friend Jenna who went to school at Vandy, we headed to Monell's for dinner. We had a great, family style dinner complete with: broccoli slaw, coleslaw, biscuits and gravy, green beans, beans, corn pudding, fried catfish, hush puppies, meatloaf, fried chicken and banana pudding. I may have missed a few dishes?

After dinner we made a quick trip to Broadway to do some people watching and walked around. We headed back to the hotel fairly early though as we have another long day of driving ahead of us tomorrow! We should be heading to Memphis and potentially stopping at Graceland.

I-40, Our home for the next 6 days or so

 At least the drive up to the Biltmore gates was petty...

 Homemade hummus on homemade herb focaccia with portabello mushrooms, tomato, cucumber and sprouts