you may say i aint free, but it dont worry me...

nashvilles parthenon in centennial park - a massive structure and full size replica of the ancient greek building.



well i promised daily blogging (to whom i wonder?), but its been two days. my one excuse is that there is no internet in this hotel. BUT, quality inn across the way is nice enough to have a strong signal, so if i keep my door open (this is an exterior corridor hotel) i can get online. anyway, yesterday started with some news-watching, after which i decided to head to nashville and at least beat the storm there and then ride it out. at this point predictions were still dire. the drive was pretty bad due to torrential rain, but otherwise uneventful. after checking in, i went to opry mills center and the grand ole opry, both of which were neato. then i went back to the hotel and prepared myself for the storm of the century - which consisted of me getting the flashlight out of my car. predictions were we would get a fierce tropical storm this morning lasting into the early afternoon. well, i woke up at nine and it wasnt even raining. it was a little windy and a bunch of leaves were on the ground. but like i said, this is an exterior corridor hotel, so a major storm would have woke me up. i hate how weather channels have to make everything sound like its going to kill you. so i had expected to spend today reading by flashlight and watching movies on my portable dvd player, but like i said, no rain, so i made the ballsy move of going out for the day, even though the badass hurricane was overhead! i went outside of town to beautiful radnor lake preserve, which is a giant lake with trails around it. i hiked aboot five miles and took a bunch of pictures. then i went to centennial park, of which a piicture is above. it wasnt a nice day or anything, with intermittent rain, but i had fun. afterwards i drove around some more and got dinner from steak-n-shake, a regional chain. i cant remember where i read it was great, but it sucked. i dont like milkshakes, but it was the best part. i figured i had to get one at steak-n-shake. anyway, its now 12:30, and i have a big day of nashville-exploration planned, so im out. im sure nobodys reading this.