Heading to Florida

We started our trip to Florida. So far so good. We made a stop in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to taste some good ol fashioned Kentucky fried chicken. "Yelp" led us to this place called The Homestead, and boy do we give them 5 stars! Truly country and downright delicious! Not only the fried chicken, but also the sweet potatoes, the corn muffins, the rolls with strawberry butter, cole slaw, mac n cheese, & green beans. The only thing I didn't like was the turnip greens. I was feeling adventurous and those didn't make the cut. Overall a delicious and memorable Kentucky experience. Oh! And we passed an Amish (or Menonite) man driving a horse-pulled wagon on the road into town!

For some reason Soleil is really excited about Nashville. Not exactly sure why but I'm thinking maybe we've hyped it up and so she thinks it's gonna be awesome. Just now approaching Nashville on the freeway and seeing the Skyline she exclaimed "I love it here! I wanna live here!" When questioned why, she said "because the states, they are so cool, and the cities!" Yeah, that's what I was thinking....

We got settled into our hotel room and of course all the kids wanted to do was swim. And swim. And swim. Rick and I decided that next time we'll save the gas money and just get a hotel close to home.

And in 5 seconds they were out...dreaming about tomorrow's adventures I hope.

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