Friday night we went to dinner at Caney Fork, a catfish place over near Opryland. The last time we went was
nearly a year ago, and MY have times changed! It's kind of sad how empty the places over near Opryland Hotel are right now without as many tourists in the area.
One thing we found incredibly strange was that their kid's coloring menu had a man with a gun on it. Only in the South.... And the tourists behind us were just in love with the place - snapping camera phone pics of all the dead animals on the wall. They had the same band playing, and instead of sleeping through it this time Lilli danced along. She loved the restaurant and all the animals on the wall, just don't tell her they won't be dancing along!
Afterwards we went over to the Grand Old Golf just up the street, which was also pretty empty. We decided to play some mini golf. Lilli absolutely loved it, although it would've been easier if the course was only 10 or 12 holes because she got somewhat bored and tired as it was getting late. And I "wisely" picked the Old Mill course, which meant lots of water features around so we were constantly chasing her down and making sure she didn't end up as part of a water feature!
As soon as we'd hit the ball she'd go chasing after it, so it was a race to try to know where your ball landed! She quickly figured out that we celebrate when it went in the hole, and that was the ultimate goal.
They even had a little plastic club for her, and we got a couple of balls in case she lost hers. No worries since she was way more interested in ours.
Trucking off to the next hole....
This is how much I ended up losing by! No fair!! I claim a Lilli distraction since I was leading by several strokes until the last few holes when she started losing it.
See: 1 point!!!
It was a fun night and we'd definitely take her back, especially if we got an earlier start. The up-side of fewer tourists is that we were never waiting on anyone else and no one was waiting on us, either. And it was also about 100 degrees, so we all got a little overheated outside. Lilli sweats like a pig and was just drenched by the time we were done.
One thing we found incredibly strange was that their kid's coloring menu had a man with a gun on it. Only in the South.... And the tourists behind us were just in love with the place - snapping camera phone pics of all the dead animals on the wall. They had the same band playing, and instead of sleeping through it this time Lilli danced along. She loved the restaurant and all the animals on the wall, just don't tell her they won't be dancing along!
Afterwards we went over to the Grand Old Golf just up the street, which was also pretty empty. We decided to play some mini golf. Lilli absolutely loved it, although it would've been easier if the course was only 10 or 12 holes because she got somewhat bored and tired as it was getting late. And I "wisely" picked the Old Mill course, which meant lots of water features around so we were constantly chasing her down and making sure she didn't end up as part of a water feature!
As soon as we'd hit the ball she'd go chasing after it, so it was a race to try to know where your ball landed! She quickly figured out that we celebrate when it went in the hole, and that was the ultimate goal.
They even had a little plastic club for her, and we got a couple of balls in case she lost hers. No worries since she was way more interested in ours.
Trucking off to the next hole....
This is how much I ended up losing by! No fair!! I claim a Lilli distraction since I was leading by several strokes until the last few holes when she started losing it.
See: 1 point!!!
It was a fun night and we'd definitely take her back, especially if we got an earlier start. The up-side of fewer tourists is that we were never waiting on anyone else and no one was waiting on us, either. And it was also about 100 degrees, so we all got a little overheated outside. Lilli sweats like a pig and was just drenched by the time we were done.
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