Red Bay is a very small town on the border of Mississippi and is the home of Tiffin, the manufacturer of our RV. We are here for some normal service on our RV and we scheduled the stop a full year ago. Sadly we had to spend the week-end here with not much to do. It was a long week-end!
While in town, we went on another tour of the plant. They had gone from 13 units a day to 3 units a day because of the economy but have recently increased back to 6 units a day. That's a good sign! This unit is having the roof set all in one piece.
Once again, we spent some time with our good friends, Jim & Sue Quillen. We enjoy our time on their acreage with them. Here Janie & Sue cut some occra.
Then they moved on to some great peanuts. With 13 acres, they have room for all sorts of vegtables in their garden.
All of that leads to wonderful dinners with great friends. Another fantastic visit with friends!
Hurricane Mills is a real town that has been around since the mid-1800s. When Loretta Lynn bought her ranch she didn't realize she was also buying the whole town (just a couple of buildings).
She lived in the house that was on the land when she bought it. She lived there for 22 years, until she built a new house behind the old one where she still lives today.
This old house was built in the mid-1800s. It was Loretta's home until she opened it to tourists in 1988. They also have a replica of her original home when she was a youngster in Kentucky. You know...Coal Miner's Daughter!
There is also an 18,000 square foot museum of Loretta's career. There are many costumes, records, letters, hand written songs, etc. They also have a number of vehicles including a tour bus and Loretta's favorite Cadillac. It's an enjoyable couple of hours if you are ever driving I40 in Tennessee.
Sitting next to the Grand Ole Opry is the Opryland Hotel. It is an absolutely huge hotel featuring an covered interior landscaped area. There are three distinctly different areas and it's like walking in the park with water and foliage everywhere.
Everywhere you turn there is a water fall and there is usually a restaurant somewhere near so you can enjoy the falls while you eat.
There is even a river that you can take a boat ride on around the whole area. It's truly a spectacular hotel!
A trip to Nashville wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Grand Ole Opry. They have shows 3 days a week. When you watch the show, you are watching a radio show being preformed. The show is on the air as you watch. The show is actually part of the history of our country. 
One of the acts was the Bellamy Brothers, who brought some special guests with them. The Bacon brothers! Mike and Kevin Bacon (Yep, the movie star, Kevin and his older brother). They were very good.
The biggest star of the evening was Gretchen Wilson. She has had a number of hit songs. She's very pretty and she sings very well. The evening was simply great!!
On the afternoon we were at the Country Music Hall Of Fame they were taping a Crook & Chase TV show, which we got to go see at no extra charge. Their show is interviews of various country stars. The show is on the RFD network, which is new.
Today there were two guests interviewed and preforming. The first guest was a new country singer named Chris Young. He has a current country hit called "Black Dress" which he sang. Janie decided "He's cute"! I couldn't tell because of the hat!
The second guest was none other than Wynona, who sang three songs. She is one of our favorites and she was terrific. The room was so small it was like having her preform in our living room. What a great afternoon of entertainment!
The Country Music Hall Of Fame is a fantastic experience and is right downtown. We spent the entire day going through the various rooms of displays on three levels. 
They had a terrific temporary exhibit on Brenda Lee. It covered her whold career up to date. It took us an hour just to go through this one room.
There were four walls of gold & platnium records like this one. I think they must have every country award displayed. It's fun to read the labels and try to remember the artist and the songs.
