Nashville Passage

Couldn't pass up Nashville, checking out the country music city of America was a must! We went downtown on Broadway the Music District of the city. We definitely did not have a lack of options for music, as the streets were lined with pubs and wanna be breakout country music stars in each one. It was a fun-filled night of great music and good times!!
Of course we had to go to the music hall that sends these wanna be stars to stardom...The Grand Ole Opry! Very exciting to be in that actual hall just knowing of all the famous people that have been on stage there. The show for that night consisted of Marie Osmond (surprisingly this was her first time ever performing here, it was on her bucket list lol), Ricky Skaggs and many other breakout artists.
The following day we went to see the Johnny Cash museum in downtown Nashville. Very cool museum, even though you think of Johnny Cash the man in black and a bad guy. He was actually a very good and spiritual guy. Thoroughly enjoyed the museum, what a music legend.
Now onto Memphis the home of the King!!

Down in the crazy Music District on Broadway, taking it all in!

Outside the Grand Ole Opry awaiting the show!

The Grand Ole Opry Square Dancers that perform at every show,

Outside the Johnny Cash Museum getting ready to head in and check out the legend!

Johnny Cash Lives!

Good Ole Ricky Skaggs playing some great tunes!

One of the many other great performers that evening.

Marie Osmond putting on an awesome performance!

Marie doing a duet - great music!

Pennsylvania Passage

On our way home we felt the need to stop by the courageous 9/11 memorial in Pennsylvania. This memorial was dedicated to the courageous people on flight 93 that knew they were another terrorist flight that was about to unleash destruction somewhere in the U.S. They bravely took over the terrorists and the plane went down in a field in a quaint town of PA. This memorial seemed to be just as emotional if not more moving than the 9/11 memorial in NY, as these people on flight 93 knew that was going to be their last day. We listened to the recordings of the messages left on family and friends voice mails telling them that their plan had been hijacked and saying their good-bye's...talk about heart wrenching. Even though it was very heart breaking it felt good going and honoring all of the hero's on that flight. 

The entrance to the Flight 93 Memorial. 

                                       

This is a picture of the main guy that organized the revolt against the terrorists.  He is the only that said "Let's Roll"

Another view from the memorial looking down the flight path. 

A view from the memorial of the flight path. "A common field one day. A field of honor forever."

Another picture of the flight path to the memorial rock at the impact area. 

This sidewalk marks the flight path to the impact area.

This is a picture of us looking from the impact area towards the memorial museum. The black spot in the picture is the direction of the plane coming in on impact.

This rock was placed at the impact area of the plane. They excavated 40 ft deep until they found no more remains of the plane or people and then they back-filled it. This area is blocked off, as this is the actual cemetery for all on flight 93.
You will notice flowers on the memorial rock, those were placed by the family members of the ones lost, as they are the only ones allowed to go out to the memorial rock. 

The memorial wall with all of the names of the people that lost their life that day

Now onto Nashville, TN!