Author: marionvermazen

I am a traveler, hiker, avid reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, Spanish and French language student, knitter and genealogist. I am retired after working for almost 30 years in the Computer Industry. I live in Reno, Nevada with my husband Duke.

Greenville to Bryan, Texas

Today we we visited the George W. Bush Presidential Center and the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and museum. The George W. Bush Center is in Dallas about 50 miles west of where we stayed last night. The museum was very well done it reminded us about all that happened during the eight years of his presidency and what a good man he was.

Girders from the World Trade Center
About the No Child Left Behind act
Duke buying our tickets

Next we drove about 190 miles south to the campus of Texas A & M University where we visited the George H.W. Bush museum.

Duke with the two Bushes.
A section of the Berlin Wall. The wall came down during his presidency
A TBM Avenger like the one Bush was shot down in during WWII
The graves of George and Barbara Bush and their daughter Robin who died at the age of 4.

There are 13 presidential libraries. Now we have been to 7 of the 13 Presidential libraries.

Memphis, Tennessee to Greenville, Texas

This morning very early we made two trips to the airport to deliver family members who were flying home. Then we packed up, left our VRBO, and headed west towards home.. we crossed Arkansas and drove a ways into Texas where we are staying in Greenville, about 60 miles from Dallas.

Crossing the Mississippi and entering Arkansas

4 nights in Memphis, Tennessee

We had a wonderful wedding weekend in Memphis. Our VRBO was perfect. 13 members of our family from all over the U.S. stayed there. We had lots of great opportunities to catch up. And we were only a few blocks from Beale Street.

My daughter and I on Beale Street
Cousins at the rehearsal dinner
The wedding day was also my grandson’s birthday.
The bride and groom outside the church
We had a lot of fun at the reception
Dancing at the reception

On Sunday we went to see the famous ducks walk to the fountain in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel.

Ducks at the Peabody

Nashville day 3

This morning we went to the Pancake Pantry for breakfast. It is right across from our hotel. It was a nice surprise and we had a great breakfast. They had warm real maple syrup and their own home-made cinnamon crème syrup.

The pancake pantry
Fresh squeezed OJ, warm maple syrup, and house-made cinnamon crème.

After breakfast we went for a walk.

On the pedestrian bridge over the Cumberland River

This afternoon we were going to visit The Frist museum of Art. But it is closed on Wednesdays.

Frist Art Museum

Tonight we were hesitant to go to Nashville’s only Jazz club for dinner and a show since it seems like when you are in Nashville you should listen to country music. But we decided to go to Rudy’s Jazz Room anyway and I am so glad we did.

Rudy’s Jazz Room

We saw the Dana Robinson Quintet. All of the artists were exceptional. Dana Robbins is a Grammy winning saxophonist who has played with Keith Urban, Ken’ Mo, Aretha Franklin and Taj Mahal. She brought out the best in the whole band. The show was stupendous. I think it was the best of our trip so far.

The Dana Robbins quintet