About a month ago we moved to Nashville, TN. We decided to start our own country band, Dusty on the guitar, Chelsea on vocals. Just Kidding! Dusty found a great job out here with a company called Hayward Baker. He works in an office with 2 other guys and has gotten to do lots of fun things like go on site visits. Most of their projects are underground, their slogan is “You never see our best work...”.
Lets start from the beginning. In May Dusty had an interview with the company and in June we went out to spend a few days in Nashville to see if we liked it. We had no idea that they had just had a huge flood, one that supposedly comes once in 1,000 years. The places we went to were all cleaned up and we couldn’t even tell they had been full of water. Some places are still closed like the Grand Ole Opry and some historic buildings downtown, hopefully they will open up soon. There are about 11 families in our ward that are rebuilding their homes because they were close to the river. Here is a video of the flood which also gives you a great sense of the pride people take in Nashville.
Athens of the south:
Did you know there is a full size replica of the Parthenon here in Nashville? We didn’t! It’s pretty cool!
We have learned to plan all outdoor activities as though it WILL rain. We have been caught in many rainstorms. It’s sunny and then BAM! rain and lighting and dark clouds. Here we are driving on the freeway during one such rainstorm.
This is how Nashville looks, trees, trees, and more trees. It’s really green out here. Dare I say, as green as Oregon.
You thought Utah had a lot of church buildings, here is one of Nashville’s 800 church buildings.
We went to this museum called the Frist. They had a Chihuly exhibit going on which was pretty cool!
They give you a little sticker that you put on your shirt to show that you paid. Everyone puts them on this pole outside the museum, Dusty’s is there somewhere.
We spent about three days in Nashville. After that we went back to Logan, saw family and friends and then packed up our truck. More to come on these pre-Nashville events…