Peter would look good in an orange jumpsuit.

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On the road between Chattanooga and Nashville, we stopped for awhile to see "Stones River National Battlefield" in Murfreesboro.  While this is not a well known battle, (I don't recall reading of it before) it still was one of the bloodiest.  The national  cemetery contains the graves of more than 6100 Union troops, not to mention the wounded or the thousands of Confederate casualties.  So sad.

On a lighter note, as we were walking alone along a paved trail in the battlefield, I noticed a grey school bus parked about 100 yards or so ahead of us.  Joan asked about it and I said it looked to me like a prison bus used to carry inmates on work details.  Joan thought we should turn around, but I said, "What the heck....they're probably guarded."  Well, with a somewhat timid wife by my side, we proceeded along and passed the empty bus and continued on our walk.  However, on the way back as we drew nearer to the bus, we saw that it was surrounded by men in orange jumpsuits and what looked to be two deputies.  As we got closer, we saw the inmates were on the curb or right side and Joan decided to veer to the left into the street to go around the bus on the left where we encountered inmates also on that side.  At that point one of the deputies said, "OK guys, get on the other side."  We quickened our steps.  Not really a scene from CSI Nashville, but when we got back to the car Joan requested that I not use the restroom in the park lest they find my cold dead body in an orange jumpsuit and an inmate on the loose in my tan cargo shorts.

This evening we walked around the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and enjoyed dinner, a boat ride and a water show, as well as fabulous gardens.  Take note, Sam & Carol:  you would love the variety of plants and trees impecably maintained......it reminded us of looking across at your garden!