Mike and Beth's Adventures

Nashville Skyline Illuminated highway across the Cumberland Paddlewheel Tour Boat visits Nashville Eating our way around Nashville Acme Feed & Seed A popular Nashville location We did a food tour while in Nashville. This is a great way to get to know a city Our first stop was at Merchants A multi story building right on Broadway Our food tour took us to this breakfast and lunch venue I even purchased some pastries for the next morning We tasted various whiskeys at this spot After the food tour we took a nap as we had a concert that evening But before the nap, we had to have ice cream. This spot has great ice cream! My favorite flavor was Bourbon and Pecan We ate lunch at the Frothy Monkey courtesy of a good friend How we start the day Country Music Hall of Fame The Country Music Hall of Fame is worth visiting All sorts of memorabilia is on display  The Original Grand Ole Opry was the venue for the John Prine Memorial Concert It is now called Ryman Auditorium and continues as a ...

The conditions that greeted us as we exited Cape May into the Atlantic June 1st and 2nd, 2022 The weather turned boisterous overnight.  We had experienced very gentle and benign weather for our trip down Delaware Bay.  Something for which we were thankful.  The next day we had to pay the piper.  After departing Cape May we experienced 30 minutes of pounding into big wind waves as we voyaged north and we encountered larger boats turning around and returning to Cape May.  It was clear this was not the day to move north up the Atlantic coast. The radio net was active as the assembled boaters discussed possible next steps.  We said we were going to try the no longer maintained New Jersey Intra-Coastal Waterway (ICW) north to Atlantic City.  Very quickly we had 3 boats asking to join us if we led the way.  Others chose to anchor till weather improved.  Of those that chose the ICW option, we were the shallowest draft boat, so they wanted us to go f...

Two Army Surplus Landing Craft at our  May 30th, 2022 We exited Chesapeake Bay today.  We hated to bid it adieu.  We thoroughly enjoyed our time exploring it's nooks and crannies.  There are so many, it would take a lifetime to explore them all.  We visited the spots we hoped to see. We saw Portsmouth and Norfolk with their shipyards and vibrant waterfronts.  We also enjoyed Deltaville and the Solomons.  Two places that anyone who loves boats has to have on their list.  Next up was St. Michaels, a large dose of colonial, mixed with traditional shipbuilding, and enhanced with good food and beverage with cute BnB's.  This was followed with a week long stay at Chesapeake Beach to visit family and friends.  So great to enjoy each others company.  From there we explored Chestertown and stumbled into a large community event with fireworks and a re-enactment of the Chestertown Tea Party.  The bay definitely put it's best foot forward....