Day 34- The Parthenon in Nashville

Dunc, Kolby & Douglas in front of the Parthenon

All of us together! Except Brett who was at work.

Another scorcher of a day!  It was 95 degrees by 10:00 this morning! Today we drove into Nashville to the Parthenon.  It is a life size replica that was built in 1897 for an international expo.  Nashville is known as the "Athens of the south."  Originally, it was built only for the expo and was not cared for afterward.  In 1920 a group decided that it was worth renovating. It is open to the public and acts as a museum to artwork and replicas of some of the Greek gods and goddesses. The kids were particularly interested because this is where the movie Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief was filmed. They were disappointed that there wasn't more on the movie there but they were really into the enormous statue of Athena that was in the upstairs hall of artifacts.  She had Medusa on her shield so she can turn people to stone and in her hand she held Nike, the  winged Goddess of Victory.  They were excited that they knew so much about Greek Mythology.  At one point Duncan leaned over and whispered,"Mom, what is up with these Greek people being naked all the time?  Did they really fight naked?" I wasn't really sure how to answer that so I sent him to Len!

The kids in front of the huge statue of Athena.

Brett helps Douglas shoot the bow & arrow

After the Parthenon we came back to Spring Hill and went swimming at a nearby pool.  Brooke's mom lent us passes to the facility and we stayed there for about three hours!  The pool was gorgeous.  It was not crowded and it was over sized with the deepest part being 5 ft. The kids played together all afternoon. Late this afternoon, while Brooke took Kolby to band and Sierra to piano lessons, Len and I did laundry and got the car organized for our last stretch for home.

Duncan showing off his skills!

Brett likes to do woodworking projects and he made himself a beautiful  bow.  After dinner he took the boys outside for a little target shooting with the bow and arrows.  Duncan has a real affinity for archery so he was pretty into it!  We'll have to set up a little shooting area for him when we get home. Tonight is our last night at Brooke's.  Tomorrow morning we leave and head for Warwick, NY.  It is a 15+ hour drive so we'll shoot for 9-10 hours.  We plan to arrive at our friend's, The Branches, house on Saturday.  We have been friends with them for years.  They have three boys.  When you add in our two it is a titch chaotic but really fun and funny!