Road trips are fun!

Remember when you were a kid and the family would go on a summer vacation by car? My family would always go fishing up in Northern Minnesota. John's family would leave right after baseball season for their annual two week car trip. John developed his love for travel from those trips.

Last week, John and I did a road trip from Chicago to Florida making several stops along the way. Most everything on a Mayflower Tour is pre-driven as site inspections are very important. John and I are always on the lookout for interesting and new things for our travelers to do and see.

One of our first stops was Nashville, Indiana. That's right - Indiana - not Tennessee. We used to visit a covered bridge festival there many years ago.

As we were going down the highway, I wondered if it had changed. The fall color was still vibrant in early November in southern Indiana. As we approached (the other) Nashville I got excited seeing the activity. I am talking about small town activity. Nashville was all decorated for fall.

Lots of pumpkins, hay bales, beautiful chrysanthemums. People walking - window shopping - and enjoying the crisp weather. The local church was selling
hot dogs and homemade cookies out on the street. John and I remembered a great, folksy restaurant called the Nashville House and hoped it was still around.

What I love about these quaint towns is great things don't change. The Nashville House did not disappoint me. Homemade coleslaw, chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy and the best homemade fried rolls with apple butter served on a checkered tablecloth with an impeccable white linen napkin. Truthfully, we did not eat the rest of the day. It was the best lunch ever!

We made many other great stops along the way on our road trip, but I wanted to share this visit to Nashville as the highlight of our road trip. We have been to a lot of great places and cities and eaten incredible food all over the world, yet that first day on the road was just great! Oh the beauty of a road trip.

Travel gives you so much. It enriches your life and leaves you with never-to-be-forgotten memories. How lucky am I.