Tolsons' Discovery Travels: Nashville Tour & General Jackson Dinner and Show

Tommy's Tours

This afternoon the four of us, Janice & Ralph and Chuck & I, took a 3-hr tour of Nashville with Tommy Garmon, who is also a comedian. With just a day and a half to see Nashville, we opted for this tour that covered downtown, Ryman, Hall of Fame, Charlie Daniels Museum, the Wild Horse Saloon, Coyote Ugly and homes of Brooks & Dunn, Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Lea Ann Rimes, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. There were 27 of us on his van and it was a quick tour of all of the things I listed above with just two 2 15-minute stops downtown to see the old Train Station and the street with all of the Saloons on it. It made for a good over view of Nashville and we know what we'd like to go back and see more of.

Passing Glimpse of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

A Passing Glance of the Ryman Auditorium (the Mother Church of Country Music) in Downtown Nashville

Old Customs House Downtown Nashville

Nashville Downtown Saloons

AT&T "Batman" and US Bank "Star Wars R2-D2" Bldgs Downtown Nashville

Inside Wildhorse Saloon

Downtown "Nashville Cowboy" Boot Store--with a 15-minute stop, there was no time for serious buying--just looking!

Beautiful Union Station Hotel Downtown Nashville (Beautiful Stained Glass & Decor)

Alan Jackson's 500 Acres and House at Sweetbriar--Roof being Retiled

Dolly Parton's Nasville Home

General Jackson Dinner and NashVegas on the River Show

This evening we boarded the General Jackson Showboat, a 300-ft paddlewheel riverboat, for a 3-hr cruise down the Cumberland River along with dinner and a show. We enjoyed drinks and jazz band music up on the top deck before heading down below for dinner and the show--NashVegas. Dinner was very good with salad, char-grilled skinless chicken breasts with roasted red bell pepper cream, boneless short ribs of beef served in a forest mushroom sauce, mashed potatoes and all the fixings. Desert was strawberry shortcake and very good. We were seated at table 8 which was very close to the left side of the stage. So we had no problem seeing the show, but the music seemed pretty loud! My favorite impersonator was "Elton John". He sang and acted just like him. "Tina Turner" sure had some beautiful legs and could move! "Elvis" was okay.

General Jackson Show Boat