Finally have a little bit of time to sit down and update this blog thing. Let's see, that last time I blogged was when I got to Nat's house in Hartfield, VA. We officially started our road trip around 7:15 am on Tuesday morning and headed out towards Knoxville, TN. The car was just about packed to the max with all of our gear, and with the bikes on top of the roof, the great mpg's that the Prius is known for dropped down to ~30 - 33mpg's...horrible lol.
It was about an 8 hr drive to Knoxville where we got to meet up with my cousin Emily and see her new house. It is an awesome house with a really sharp hard wood floors and tons of space for the two of them. Her garden out back was cool too...planting more vegetables than I can remember. Emily showed us a few pictures of Zion and Arches National Park (future stops), and gave us some advice for our trip. She then brought us into downtown Knoxville by the University of Tennessee campus so I could pick up a t-shirt. Downtown Knoxville seemed dirty, outdated, and a little run down, But Emily's place was awesome. We then ate a couple fresh strawberries from her yard, took a picture, and hit the road.
We spent Tuesday night in Nashville, TN where we met up with Nat's friend from home named Jack. He took us out to this restaurant called BB Kings where we ate dinner to live jazz music. We then went to these two country bars downtown called Tootsies and Lengend's, each of which had live music. The next day we ate lunch downtown at a place called Honky Tonk Grill, at which we also listened to live music (if you like country music, you have to go to Nashville immediately).
After Nashville we headed towards Memphis, TN to our first ever Couch Surfing experience. It was unique to say the least, and we will leave it at that. We went out to eat in Memphis at this nice place called S.O.B. where I tried sardines for the first time (they were ok). We didn't do much else after and called it a night. We are headed into Memphis for the day today, so look for some updates later.
It was about an 8 hr drive to Knoxville where we got to meet up with my cousin Emily and see her new house. It is an awesome house with a really sharp hard wood floors and tons of space for the two of them. Her garden out back was cool too...planting more vegetables than I can remember. Emily showed us a few pictures of Zion and Arches National Park (future stops), and gave us some advice for our trip. She then brought us into downtown Knoxville by the University of Tennessee campus so I could pick up a t-shirt. Downtown Knoxville seemed dirty, outdated, and a little run down, But Emily's place was awesome. We then ate a couple fresh strawberries from her yard, took a picture, and hit the road.
We spent Tuesday night in Nashville, TN where we met up with Nat's friend from home named Jack. He took us out to this restaurant called BB Kings where we ate dinner to live jazz music. We then went to these two country bars downtown called Tootsies and Lengend's, each of which had live music. The next day we ate lunch downtown at a place called Honky Tonk Grill, at which we also listened to live music (if you like country music, you have to go to Nashville immediately).
After Nashville we headed towards Memphis, TN to our first ever Couch Surfing experience. It was unique to say the least, and we will leave it at that. We went out to eat in Memphis at this nice place called S.O.B. where I tried sardines for the first time (they were ok). We didn't do much else after and called it a night. We are headed into Memphis for the day today, so look for some updates later.
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