Tommy's First Roadtrip: Day 3

On Day 3 it was time to go home.  

 We packed up our hotel room and headed out.  

Tommy had his Scout and his backpack.  He was ready to go.  

 Here he is reflecting upon his time in Nashville (actually it was Franklin but who's counting).

I couldn't stop taking pics of him with his backpack on.  He was just so cute.  

 I snapped a quick pic of the brochures we picked up.  I picked up the Nashville Zoo brochure.  Then I spotted the brochure for Cooter's.  Ten percent off??? You can't beat that at Cooters! Tommy picked up the third one.  He really loves playing in the water if you can't tell.

When we left, we thought Tommy would be good for the first couple hours.  Turns out, not so much.  He had some leftover energy to get out so we stopped in Nashville proper.

We just randomly ended up on Broadway which is the live music bar area.  I swear we walked by a thousand bars (Morganism).

Since we were in Nashville, there was a Elvis statue every block.  Doesn't it look like Elvis is singing to Tommy T?

Tommy didn't know what to think about Elvis.  Especially since this Elvis was missing a finger.  Ew.

We walked all the way down to the river!

 Nashville is a very cool city.  We were surrounded by huge buildings...

 ...that Tommy was obsessed with.  He liked Nashville very much.

 There was a lot of room to RUN!

 Especially up hills to tire him out before our big car ride.

By the time we got back in the car, Tommy was ready to chill out.  He spent some time with his nose in a book.  How appropriate is that book???  I just bought it because it had Mickey in it and it was a Lift the Flap book.  Didn't even look at the title.  Duh.

 He also played with his Cars stickers and his new Lightning McQueen toy.

When we left Nashville, Andrew told me to google some place to eat lunch in Louisville.  I started googling and found a place that looked mighty interesting.  We decided to give it a try.  Turns out, you have to drive through a really bad neighborhood to get there but it was pretty darn worth it.

Welcome, friends, to Lynn's Paradise Cafe.  What a kooky place this was.  Tommy LOVED it.  Next time you need lunch in Louisville, you should check this place out.  It's slightly off the beaten path but hey, this place was on Oprah and several Food Network shows (read the website for more details).  

 We sat in the very back of the restaurant next to this rainbow giraffe.  The waitress told Tommy he could have it if he could carry it out.

 Tommy was really impressed by this place.  It was so dang colorful.

 It had a dish of plastic animal figurines on the tables.

 There was a Rooster Lamp sitting on our table.  There was just a boatload of awesomeness all around this place.

 Just look at Tommy's face! He can't get enough of it!

 This place is so colorful you can hardly tell where the tables end and the decorations begin.

The food was amazing too.  They made Tommy's oatmeal up milk-free and full of fruit, just like we asked. He loved it.

They had lots of places to pose for pictures.  Here's Tommy on a polka dot hand.  

The ride back was smoother than I thought it would be.  Tommy did incredibly well.  He was such a good boy.  I hope even with all his allergies/lack of sleep/tears, that Tommy had as much fun as we did.  

Thanks for an awesome weekend, Gilarragees!! Nashville, we can't wait to come back and visit!