Day Two: Indianapolis, Indiana to Dickson, Tennessee

Quite a bit of rain fell on Joshua's 8th Birthday, but it didn't slow us down at all.  He started his special day by opening some birthday presents.  He was happy to get his own laptop, a video game, and a set of baseball cards (among other things).  After an average free breakfast at the hotel, we headed across town to the hallowed grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  I'm not positive, but I thought I saw Justin wipe away tears of joy and whisper "Here at last, here at last.  Thank God almighty, I'm here at last."  His joy was shared by all, no doubt.  Once inside the track, we hopped on a tour bus and cruised around the track at a speed that most certainly would not have impressed Ray Harroun, or anyone with a pulse for that matter.  It was still fun.  The rain held off until we hit southbound Interstate 65 headed for the Kentucky line.  The "Welcome to Kentucky" sign's location was deemed hazardous to our safety, so we skipped the photo op.  Lunch was Kentucky Fried Chicken.  Go figure.  We arrived at Mammoth Cave with 25 minutes to spare before our scheduled 1:30pm "Historical Tour" adventure.  Everyone had a great time.  It was nice and cool underground.  We didn't spot any bats...but we shot a bunch of cool pictures anyway.  When we emerged from our tour we were greeted by hot, sunny blue skies!  We grabbed a batch of Frozen Coke's and headed off towards Nashville.  We were able to take a nice photo at the Tennessee state line just before the rain began again.  It rained pretty hard for a couple hours, so our tour of Nashville consisted of a traffic jam and a visit to Grimey's New and Preloved Records.  From there we headed west to Dickson, Tennessee and the Hampton Inn.  The hotel is nice and once again the pool was warm.  We picked up pizza from a place called Gatti's in town and took it back to our room.  Everyone's tired so it's off to bed.  Tomorrow we cross the mighty Mississippi and venture into Arkansas.

Goodnight.

License plates spotted: Kentucky, Texas, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Nebraska