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Going on a vacation trip to the Nashville area in August (19-24 or so) for the solar eclipse. Starting to really look at things to do, since the wedding is over, and looking for idea that you may have heard about on things to do.

We do know that we're planning for large crowds, over a million extra people are expected in the area that weekend, and know that no matter what we won't get to do everything. We are planning to visit the Parthenon, Music Row, possibly do the Grand Ole Opry tour, but for the most part the time is free and we're looking for things to do. Monday the 21st is the eclipse, we're already looking at options for viewing is more controlled areas.

So hit me with some ideas!

If you want to take a two hour drive, visit NASA in Huntsville.

Dei said:

If you want to take a two hour drive, visit NASA in Huntsville.

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We take a trip to Johnson in Houston every couple of years.

I hope you're not only visiting the Johnson every few years...but you are married, so it happens.

Cumberland Caves is sort of near Nashville. I've been there, and it was nice. Not nearly as impressive as Carlsbad, but fun. They film Bluegrass Underground there. If you like live music, every pub/bar has someone playing every night. It's nice to go from pub to pub and catch a bunch of different acts. If you're a Dave Ramsey fan, he's in Franklin, which is a fancy-pants Nashville suburb. Get some hot chicken while you're in Nashville. Hattie-Bs will likely have a mile long line. There are other spots too. It's delicious, btw.

In case you haven't seen this:

Mike Chen loves his hot oil. He puts it on literally EVERYTHING. He met his match in the hot chicken.

When it comes to hot chicken, hot means hot.

That is my dream regional food to try. I would get an extra hot to satisfy my curiousity and a hot when I can't handle the former.

I just moved an hour north of Nashville and will be here during the eclipse - we're actually even closer to the center of where the eclipse is going to pass. They're expecting 100,000s of people to be in this town alone (pop in 30k). They are doing a three day festival the weekend before.

If you're a Civil War buff, there was the Battle of Nashville that you can visit some of that. I have only been here since Saturday, so am still learning.

Sparhawk now has a place to stay!

drawn_inward said:

Sparhawk now has a place to stay!

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Actually I booked my hotel in June 2016, I knew the prices would soar and didn't want to have to sleep on a street corner. We got a nice suite in Brentwood, and it's going for over 2x the amount I booked for last year.

I'm traveling to Bumfuck, North Carolina for the eclipse. Theres one casino kinda in the area thats normally about $100 a night. That weekend it was $500. We're just gonna stay an hour from the main eclipse part and drive there the day of.