Latest Fun in USA

by Jimmie on May 22, 2010

Tennessee is so beautiful. I constantly stare at the blue skies, drinking in the color like it’s water.

Look at these clouds.

It’s like they’re painted into the sky. We never (NEVER) see this in China. Instead, there is a chronic gray haze. So even driving down the highway becomes a visual feast for us.

Speaking of feast, we had a lunch cookout in the park.

(Maybe boring for you, but very novel for us.)

Sprite couldn’t remember ever cooking hotdogs and hamburgers over a charcoal fire.

I was happy about not having to grind the meat or make homemade buns. Cooking in USA is so easy!

We took a trip to Ohio to visit some friends. (Actually we are still in OH.)

Since our route took us through Nashville, TN, we visited Andrew Jackson’s home — The Hermitage.

This is Jackson’s tomb in the garden outside his home.

This was a cabin on the property. The actual Hermitage was under renovation, so we couldn’t take any good shots of it. (But I bought some nice postcards instead.)

In Columbus, OH we visited COSI, the science museum. We kept pronouncing it “cozy.” Then at the end of our visit, as the museum was closing we heard an announcement that gave us the correct pronunciation — co-SCI (as in science). Oops! But “COZY” was fun and, in my opinion, second only to the Hong Kong Science Museum (which is free on Wednesdays).

Sprite and her dad built this man and dubbed him COSI CARL.

Since my husband was a printer many years ago, he loved this old printing press.

Sprite’s favorite thing was this Morse Code Telegraph.

After COSI, we walked to Phillip’s and ate some Coneys. We even sat at the counter to get the full effect. This is all in the name of cultural experiences for Sprite, of course. It’s part of the Great American Field Trip we’re taking these two months. (wink)