A few more pictures from the first half of the trip

Catching up in person for the first time since 1997!

Under the Chicago jellybean

Views from above, by day and night

Fall and Halloween decorations

The Burberry building and others around Chicago

Breakfast waffles and Skyscraper cocktails

Dinner in the Rainforest, making friends and eating volcanoes

Coffee stop on the way to Nashville

Jaclyn Brown

Marye Amanda

The Belles

Guitarist from the TV show Nashville!!

The incredible Maggie Renfroe

Silver, gold and platinum at the Country Music Hall of Fame

Smokey and the Bandit

Swapping flip flops for cowboy boots

Studio B…where the music still lives.

Making new friends on the streets of Nashville

Ryman stage

Members plaques at the Opry

Dressing room signage on the floor

Teeny tiny dress as worn in series 1 of Nashville by Hayden Pannettiere

More series 1 memorabilia

Stage selfie 😁

Guitar and cowboy boots… I’m fitting right on in!

First in line for the show

Mirror selfie…has to be done when my spiritual Mama, Miss Dolly Parton has used this mirror!

Opry green room and snacks

Seconds before curtain up

Opry square dancers

Opry legend Miss Connie Smith

County pumpkins