Coachs around Nashville 1.10.15 and 2.10.15 from Nashville to Memphis

Nashville. 1.10.15
Morning trip round Nashville to see Music Hall of Fame and  RCA Victor Studios. Recording Company of America is quite a small recording studio, considering they bought the contract for Elvis Priestley from the even smaller Sun Studio in Memphis (which we tour later). We heard of a host of famous people they had recorded apart from Elvis Priestley.

Journey through Tennessee to Memphis 2.10.15
Via Jackson
We had a short comfort break, after an hour of travelling from Nashville, at The Patsy Cline and Chet Atkins rest stop. Patsy Cline was a famous country singer and Chet Atkins was the power behind RCA, which we visited yesterday because they recorded artists such as Elvis's Priestley. We all found lots of maps in the toilet area which will prove useful in Memphis.
Within 15 minutes we were driving towards Jackson on route 40. The next stop was for an early Lunch at the Birth place of John Nathan 'Casey' Jones who was an engineer/train driver who died himself but saved lives in a train crash. The railway made him out to be a hero because he told the fireman to jump, saving his life, then Casey stayed with the train to slow it down from 75 mph to 35 mph before it hit an oncoming train; thereby dying himself as he was in the front, but passengers further back were saved. The Casey Jones Train Museum has a replica of the train involved and his quite surprisingly spacious house on the site. The house has many of the original pieces of furniture and personal items used by Mr and Mrs Jones. These have been donated by the family over the years. We watched the short film meant to glorify Casey only to notice, in fact, that Casey was a stickler for being punctual and was trying to make up a 40 minute delay; already accrued when he took over driving the train that day. His train was expected late so if he had been going at a slower speed and been happy to be a little late, for once in his record,  the two trains being moved around would have been cleared off the track and into sidings by the time he was 'late' expected.  The small area has a museum, Casey's house, shops and restaurants named after Casey Jones. We had a buffet lunch from a family run restaurant on the site. Whilst there we got talking to a Weather Man, on his lunch break, who confirmed that hurricane Joaquín was not going to hit America. It was a very pleasant hour and a half stop on the way to Tupelo.