Day 47: Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee

My thoughts exactly.

From Atlanta our next stop was Nashville, Tennessee, but on the way (right outside Chattanooga) was the Chickamauga Creek National Battlefield which we definitely wanted to check out.  Despite the fact that this was the site of the last major confederate victory of the civil war, and the fact that both of us are pro-Union guys, it was very very cool to see the battlefield and the museum at the site.  The battlefield was very well maintained and had lots of monuments and information that really let us visualize what had happened, and the museum was really well done and we both enjoyed it thoroughly. 

On this stretch of road we also saw our first Bojangle's of the trip.  Of we course stopped and enjoyed the finest sweet tea and Cajun chicken and biscuits that the south has to offer.  And it was delicious.

Battlefield Memorial at Chickamauga

After spending a few hours at Chickamauga, we drove the rest of the way to Nashville and checked into our hostel for the evening.  The hostel itself was one of the best we stayed at in terms of atmosphere and character.  As soon as we got there there were people hanging out all over the place just playing music and singing and generally having a good time.  After lounging around the hostel for a bit we found a good place to eat with some live music and enjoyed that for a bit.  Even though the performers were actually very good, the music scene here wasn’t exactly what we were looking for so after we were done eating we headed into downtown Nashville to find another venue.  

Downtown Nashvegas.

We basically stumbled upon the Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar after hearing some rocking music coming from inside, so we went in and spent the rest of the night listening to an excellent southern rock/blues band.  After the long day we’d had we headed back to the hostel.  Tomorrow: Kentucky.