Birthday Celebrations

This is a belated post, but I feel it warrants a mention anyways.  The week before we left Nashville my parents came to help us pack and clean (huge: thank you!!).  More importantly, their visit coincided with my mom's birthday, my parent's 34th wedding anniversary, and my dad's 60th.

There were many celebrations, but the most exciting was a trip the night of my dad's 60th on one of the largest showboats in the country, the General Jackson Showboat.  The boat travels on the Cumberland River and goes through downtown Nashville so you get a nice view of the skyline at night.  We partly chose this as the big celebration because my parents like boats and rivers so much, but also for the campy music show that happens on the boat for the last hour of the cruise.  The music show travels chronologically through the history of country music, starting with gospel and ending with Taylor Swift.  None of us are big country music fans, but it was entertaining at least.

The Cumberland River

View of downtown Nashville

Inside the showboat

View under one of the bridges downtown