Nashville

We've received some amazing hospitality on our trip this summer, especially from our friends Denton and Vanassa in Nashville. We stayed with them for a week, and thanks to Denton's documenting skills, we have lots of photos to prove it.

Apparently hot chicken is the rage in Nashville, so we stopped by Hattie B's Hot Chicken to try some. After eating the second hottest on the menu, we decided we could take the hottest which is affectionately called Shut the Cluck Up. I mean, we did live in India. The hottest had a generous amount of ghost pepper and we definitely felt it. I went speechless while Denton was crying and sweating. The waiter had fun watching us, and we earned a sticker.

On to the rock climbing gym. Man, what a fun way to work out! I wanted to do it all day, but my hands and forearms would not comply, and they complained for days after.

Vanassa belaying Lynea.

Nashville has a really cool map of Tennessee at the Bicentennial Mall State Park.

We're standing on Nashville.

It's been a while since I've played golf, and Lynea has never really seen me play. Since it was a huge part of my high school career, it was kind of cool to hit a few balls at this driving range and remember what growing up was like. Denton always gave me grief for not playing soccer during that time of year, but we all realized why I liked playing golf so much - lots of alone time! Ya, I'm an introvert. At this point in life, I wouldn't spend the amount of money needed to keep up my golf game, but I have found other introverted activities to hone my solitude game.

Swing still looks pretty solid

Visited the beautiful Cummins Falls outside of Nashville and saw people from all over the world there!

Had to hit up a music joint, so we went to the famous Robert's Western World. This guy was great and he had some fun dialogue going on with his wife on the front row.

Hung out with the Denton's parents, our beloved across-the-street neighbors growing up. They treated us to a great dinner and a friendly game of corn hole. Mr. Josey and Vanassa took me and Denton down.

When we were seniors in high school we'd say, "Wow, we'll be 30 when your little sister graduates from high school." She's all grown up and in college now, so I guess that means we're a little past 30.