THE SOLAR ECLIPSE AUGUST 21, 2017 DAY #2 “Another Great Day in the Sun – Who Are You Kidding?”

I got up early this morning and accompanied by my daughter, Lindsay, we headed to the hotel gym for an intense work out.  We made plans last night to work out this morning but when I got up I was feeling so very comfortable that I was willing to take a pass until I got a text from Lindsay “Are you up?  Are you ready?”.  Damn that girl!  Actually I am grateful to her because I knew what lay ahead for me and my stomach.

I am so glad people love living in this part of the country because there are already too many people in Los Angeles.  As I said before it is just too hot for me in the South.  You might also recall that I love Southern cooking.  Patrice found us a gem for breakfast today.   We ate at 417 Union (located oddly enough at 417 Union Street) and we were offered the usual Southern gems such as Chicken and Waffles (Robert had that) and Biscuits with Gravy (David’s choice).   They also had Lox and Bagels.  Sorry, I don’t order Shrimp and Grits north of the Mason Dixon line and I won’t order Lox and Bagels south of the same border.  I might reconsider them if I can see a hunched over 70 year old Jewish guy with a Brooklyn accent at the cash register.

Here is a look at breakfast menu:

After breakfast we took a short walk to pick up the “Hop-On, Hop-Off” city tour bus.  We had to wait for 3 buses before we could find one that could take on 6 additional passengers.  It is incredibly crowded here with all the “Eclipse Seekers” in town.  We didn’t get off the bus until it had almost completed its loop and brought us back close to our hotel.  We then walked the short distance back to the hotel and along the way saw a number of people selling eclipse t-shirts and hats, long lines at various restaurants (we lucked out this morning, we got seated immediately but when we left there was a long line out the door).  We also saw a of couple people wearing Trump t-shirts (hey, we are in Tennessee, be careful what you say here).

After the tour we went back to the hotel to cool off.  David found us a great video of the ABC coverage of the solar eclipse on February 26, 1979.  Announcer Frank Reynolds (remember him?) quipped,  “If you miss this one, guess you will have to wait 38 years until August 21, 2017 because that is the next time a total solar eclipse will be seen in North America.”

If you want to see and hear Frank back in 1979 check this link: http://people.com/human-interest/abc-news-report-covering-1979-solar-eclipse-wishes-for-world-at-peace-in-2017/

Tonight we will have dinner at Husk (37 Rutledge Street).  It will be late when we return to the room so I am posting now.   If you want to see what we had last time at Husk, look at this link:  http://wp.me/p5Z9hV-15v

Tomorrow is the big day.  We are all very excited about the big event.  Talk to you later.