Geez whats with this heat wave ---since we left the Smokies--went to Winchester TN Tim Fords Lake created by the TVA--huge-dropped the kayaks in one day --no
problem jumping in and out of the water- next days we set our chairs right in the water and waited for the sun to go down .Woke up next morning wanting to go north to Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry. Stopped on the way in Lynchburg TN- Jack Daniels distillery--had this tour guide Randy worked there 36 years weighed in about 400 plus straw hat hankie hanging out of the pocket--gave us the lowdown on Jack and the plant great guy and  tour.So at any one time they have 80 million gallons of fire water on hand ready to put in the jugs .You can now buy your own barrel put into bottles for a mear $10,000 And they also ship the empty barrel to you also. Having a party planned soon? On the the way up we noticed the outside thermo on the truck said 108 deg-Why? It never gets that hot even in Costa Rica or the equator.The Grand Ole Opry show had a  great bunch of performers even Little Jimmy Dickens hosting some of it at 91 years old.

Spent today in the Country Music Hall of Fame --right up from the beginning when the migrants from Europe came with their musical talents--made instruments and made it come alive in the hills of Tenn, Kentucky Virginia--to Brooks and Dunn---great all fun day.Moving on in the morning to Huntsville  Ala to see some special friends--then to the Gulf Islands Nat Sea Shore