Greetings from Music City!

I met up with the staff from Ottawa library and made it to KCI in the rain just fine. Our flight left on time and we arrived in Nashville without any trouble. We took a special Gaylord Opryland Shuttle to the hotel and checked into our rooms. The hotel / resort is huge! It has a man-made river running through it. The central part of the hotel (with the river) is a giant botanical garden under a glass roof.

After settling in we walked down to where the conference will be and grab our registration packets and name tags. We had tickets to the 6:30 program at the Grand Ole Opry so we strolled across the street and ate catfish at the Nashville Palace before the show.

The show at the Opry was 2 1/2 hours and being broadcast live on the radio. There were many singers but the ones I recognized were: Vince Gill, Porter Wagoner, Connie Smith and Little Jimmy Dickens. After the show we walked back to hotel in the crisp, cool night.