During our recent travels through Tennessee we had the opportunity to stay at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. First of all, this was the absolutely most gorgeous hotel inside and out! I’ll tell you all about it more in a bit. First, let me tell you about our way to the hotel…

The drive to Nashville was around ten hours for us. We drive to St. Louis and then through Illinois and Kentucky. On I-24 in Southern Illinois we had a tire blow out on our truck that we had just put new tires on. I mean these tires aren’t cheap coming in at around $300 per tire! We were not happy campers to say the least! The interstate was so busy that my husband finally just pulled off into the grass. The worst part about it is that the tires are pretty large and were not easy to find nearby. I called AAA and we got a tow but all four of us had to pack in to the tiny front of the tow truck with us sitting on one another’s laps. I’m sure that was not safe! I was not very happy about it but I sure wasn’t going to sit along the road or wait an hour for a cab to pick us up along the interstate. My point of telling you this is that it put us way behind and we were not able to enjoy the gorgeous hotel to the fullest that awaited us in Nashville.

The Gaylord Opryland Hotel was very easy to locate in the outer part of Northeastern Nashville. The exterior of the hotel was breathtaking! I loved the plants and shrubs they had planted as soon as you drove through the front entrance and throughout the property. My favorites were the sweet potato vine. They mixed beautiful colors together and it was so stunning! I tried to get a picture as we were driving in to the main entrance. The road was so busy so we couldn’t stop but it gives you an idea of the pretty plants. (more…)