Ed And Jean, Nascar and History, Bristol, Tn to Richmond, Va

Woke up this morning to temperatures to make us feel like home, 34 degrees. Burned through a tank of LP trying to stay warm. Now we are camping Michelle. We started the day by finding State Street. It is pretty cool. The street is in the middle of the city and both sides are lined with very old buildings and businesses. Those that are located on the South side of the street show an address for Tennessee and those on the North side have a Virginia address. We then went to the Birthplace of Country Music. It is really an interesting little museum. We spent a little over two hours there and could have been there another hour easy. The museum, being that it is about the birth of a music genre, it is more of an auditory experience than a visual. There are listening booths everywhere, three different auditoriums, a station where you can try your hand at re-mixing the original recordings and a booth, if so inclined, you can karaoke to the songs. The last auditorium showcased toda...

Woke up this morning to 41 degrees. Little did we know, that was to be the high for the day. We ate a slow breakfast and headed back to the track wearing all of the long sleeves and sweatshirts that we brought with us. Arrived at the track and then this.....a little hard to tell, but it is a pretty intense snow squall. All of the nice people in line with us thanked us for bringing it with us. Unfortunately things went downhill from here. Race time came and so did the sleet, but good news here, apparently sleet isn't as wet as rain, so the track was dried very quickly and the race resumed just a few minutes late. Everyone still apparently looked way too comfortable, so the wind kicked up to about a steady 15 to 20 miles an hour with some much higher gusts with the temperature hovering around a balmy 38 degrees. I have sat on Lake Champlain in the middle of February ice fishing and haven't been that kind of cold. It was a special day, and to top it off, one of the driv...