Grand Ole Opry

While in Nashville, we headed over to the Grand Ole Opry, because you can’t come to Nashville and not check it out. It was just as impressive as I had imagined. We were tempted to stay for a show (Trace Adkins was there that night) but we weren’t sure the girls would make it through. Instead we headed to dinner. Though our rule on vacation is usually to never eat at a chain restaurant or anywhere that we could eat in Iowa, we broke the rule tonight. Across from the Grand Ole Opry is Opry Mills Mall which has a Rainforest Café in it. Considering only a handful of states have one, and Iowa isn't one of them, we figured we would imbibe. Norah was over-the-top excited. She loved the thunderstorms, the fish, the jungle animals…it was fun to watch her excitement. We had planned to stay in Nashville for the night, but decided it would be more beneficial to drive a few hours to get out of the city and help divide the drive to St. Louis a bit. We found a quaint little hotel in Metropolis overlooking the Ohio River which gave us a great opportunity to stop off and see the home of Superman!

Oprahland?! No Opryland!

They have no idea what they are even looking at. I was happy they appeased me though...I couldn't imagine being in Nashville and not taking a peek. 

My little tree frogs at dinner. If you have kids and you've never eaten at a Rainforest Cafe, it's a must.