Driving to Nashville

Driving to Nashville

March 22-24, 2025

March 22: We left home around 9:30 AM in beautiful sunny driving weather, with only a slight wind. Arriving at our Boondockers Welcome in Cavespring, VA (Southwest County Driveway) around 5 o’clock, the host accompanied us for a nice neighborhood walk. We found that Virginia springtime was about three weeks in advance of us, with beautiful Eastern Redbuds already blooming. The neighborhood was a quiet and nice spot to spend the night. 

March 23: The next morning, we headed towards Nashville. Due to the time change, we arrived at the Two Rivers Campground in Nashville around 3:00 PM just before a large thunderstorm hit. We managed to get a short walk between downpours, walking mostly through the nextdoor KOA property. The campground is surrounded by Forest River RV and Camping World so we looked a bit at some of the RVs in the lots. We also visited the campground gift shop which had a nice store and information about shuttles into Nashville. We had dinner in the van and then watched a couple of episodes of The White Lotus. Our bigger bed is great, but the smaller sitting area is a little tight. We'll have to get used to this change in the van. 

March 24: We took a shuttle from Two Rivers Campground into downtown Nashville. The shuttle cost $15 a person and was well worth the price. We walked all over Nashville: down Broadway, over the pedestrian bridge to the Centennial State Capital and Bicentennial Park, to the farmers market where we ate at Jamaica Way, a restaurant that serves really tasty vegan options. We ordered the spicy jerk seitan and vegan tofu roti. Then we walked to the Marathon Motor Works and read about the history of the area. We really enjoyed looking around and visiting the small shops. Finished with the Motor Works, we walked to Centennial Park, located near Vanderbilt University, to see what we found to be an underwhelming Parthenon. We took a public bus back to downtown for $5 and then went to the Yee-Haw Brewing on Peabody and 6th where we enjoyed some good beer in a great atmosphere with people playing lawn games and listening to music. Upon finishing our beer, we headed back to a much busier, crowded, and noisier Broadway than we experienced in the morning. My favorite of parts of Nashville part were the Motor Works and farmers market. 

Feeling like we had seen all that we wanted, we took a shuttle back to the campground around 5PM, took a shower, ate a small dinner and got ready for the next day's drive on the Natchez Trace.