Ozzy's Holiday Blog

Last Day - Travel home

2007-10-27T17:12:23Z

Slept in til 8:30, had breakfast and tackled the packing which went better than I thought as I managed to get everything in without any problems. Checked out and, as the weather wasn’t too nice and I wasn’t really keen on doing anything in Atlanta...

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Day 11 – From Birmingham to Atlanta

2007-10-26T04:21:25Z

After a hearty Southern breakfast (biscuits, white pepper gravy, scrambled eggs and sausage patties) at Bogue's Restaurant, I visited Sloss Furnaces, a former steel producing site that’s now a museum and historic site. Quite impressive and nicel...

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Day 10 - From Memphis to Birmingham

2007-10-26T03:57:11Z

Set out later than intended due to the alarm not going off (had overlooked that the time was pm) but still managed to get out just before 10. I first took Highway 61 South to Robinsonville, Mississippi, where all the casinos are and had a look ar...

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Day 09 - Memphis

2007-10-26T02:36:59Z

The rain continued so exploring Memphis on foot was out of the question (unless I’d had full rain gear and an umbrella) so I first visited the Stax Museum of American Soul. It stands on the site of the former Stax studio where such Soul greats as...

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Day 08 - From Nashville to Memphis

2007-10-26T02:30:45Z

Managed to leave reasonably early in the morning and took some back roads towards Memphis. Mostly on Highway 70A/76. Some of it would have been really nice but the weather had turned and in the rain, it wasn’t really that nice. Also a reason why ...

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[US Road Trip 07] Day 07 A short trip through the Woods

2007-10-21T23:13:47Z

I spent Saturday at a fanclub convention where I met lots of old friends. Details of that will be on my livejournal as it has no place here. I went back there this morning for the closing ceremonies and to say good-bye. In the afternoon, the weat...

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[US Road Trip 07] Second Day in Nashville

2007-10-20T05:30:44Z

Cruising town was the order of the day, including the Parthenon, a trip to Hendersonville to visit the graves of Johnny Cash and the rest of the Carter family and then around the Opryland area. Cooter’s was quite neat with its Dukes of Hazzard me...

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[US Road Trip 07] First day in Nashville

2007-10-19T13:20:12Z

After some indecison about what to do (it was raining when I got up but by the time I had had breakfast it had cleared up again), I decided to go into town after all so took the bus in. Walked around a bit and then visited the Country Music Hall ...

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[US Road Trip 07] Day 03 - From Lynchburg to Nashville

2007-10-18T04:48:00Z

First item on the agenda was Jack Daniel's Distillery. I joined the very informative tour and know a lot more about how JD is made. It's free, too, so if you're ever in the area, don't miss it. Although Moore County is dry, the distillery have a s...

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[US Road Trip 07] Day 02 - From Sevierville to Lynchburg, TN

2007-10-17T13:30:03Z

Took a variety of nice and scenic back roads, weaving my way West, North through parts of the Cumberland gap and West again until I arrived at Lynchburg around 5:30 (or 4:30? Was there a time zone change? All the clocks here are an hour earlier),...

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