Day Out

The girls were at a youth retreat this weekend, so Doug and I took in a bit of sightseeing in Nashville.
















We drove by a large private high school, which happened to be hosting a huge marching band contest. Doug was pretty nostalgic about his marching band days. He lamented that he didn't stay in DCI longer. All the bands were pretty impressive, though--much more like DCI than the marching band days of our youth. Fun afternoon!















This nice man with a horse and buggy sat on the side of the street, just waiting to give someone a ride.

Here we are, sitting right where Carrie Underwood and Bette Midler have perched!














After some incredible Japanese food, we took a stroll over to catch our first professional hockey game. Here's Doug standing outside the arena in front of the Predator's big air slide.
















Here's the Preds, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3. I don't know who's more brutal--the players or the fans. Quite an ending to quite a day!