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Since we decided that there was nothing in Nashville we wanted to see, and we'd found a pamphlet for the Stones River national monument, we headed off to Murfreesboro. The entire monument takes up a few square miles, and is where the bloodiest battle in the Civil War was fought. One third of the men from each side died on that day. The photos at right are from the monument.
Amy: When we visited the museum building, I purchased two books to go with the Civil War unit my sophomores are doing right now, Civil War America and The Civil War. Even though I teach English, I need to know something about the background of each selection we read. I was tempted to buy a CD entitled Music From the Civil War Era, but then I remembered how well the "Spirituals" music went over last month: "Ms. Coughlin, this music is...annoying. Can you turn it off?"
As we were leaving the park, Amy realized that she didn't have her wallet with her. We figured the last place she had it was when she paid for gas before we left Bowling Green, where she set it down on a stack of newspapers on the aforementioned Quest For Newspapers. So, we headed back up to Bowling Green to fetch it. Surprisingly enough, everything was intact, including the cash money.
Dinner that night was at a truck stop, with our take-no-shit waitress, Teresa.
Amy: How's the fettucine alfredo?
Teresa: I haven't had it, but... I don't like the way it looks.
Amy settled on the banana-walnut pancakes which were hardly better. As we pored over the atlas, we realized that Atlanta
wasn't very far at all, so
off we went...