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  "title": "Nashville 2022 on Jamie Thingelstad",
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        "content_html": "<p>Our last stop before leaving Nashville was a backstage tour at the <a href=\"https://www.opry.com\">Grand Ole Opry</a>. We got to see the artists entrance, the Opry post office, all of the various dressing rooms including <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Acuff\">Roy Acuff</a>&rsquo;s which you can even go into.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/e5b6b74b40.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Grand Ole Opry auditorium interior with empty wooden pew-style seats facing a red-curtained stage during a soundcheck rehearsal.\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/8ed5af7763.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Brick-walled Grand Ole Opry backstage hallway with wooden pews and framed performance photos on the walls\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/5c431dbd5b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Grand Ole Opry Post Office wall of numbered brass mailboxes 100 through 217 set in dark wood paneling\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/bede892510.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Young woman with hands on her cheeks smiling with delight at her reflection in a Hollywood-style dressing room mirror at the Grand Ole Opry\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/b980486fe3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Family of four taking a selfie on the Grand Ole Opry stage with the lit marquee sign visible behind them\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-22T14:13:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/22/our-last-stop.html",
        "tags": ["Music","Travel","Nashville 2022"]
      },
      {
        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/21/escape-game-timeliner.html",
        "title": "Escape Game: Timeliner",
        "content_html": "<p>We went to The Escape Game in Nashville and did the <a href=\"https://theescapegame.com/nashville/escape-rooms/timeliner/\">Timeliner: Train Through Time</a> room. We did it with another family, a dad and three boys. The room was really cool and definitely hard enough, but not too hard. I&rsquo;d like to say that we finished it but they gave us a bit of buffer time to get the door open, so technically I would say we did not. But we still had a great time doing it.  <a href=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/lists/escape-rooms/\">Room 41</a>!</p>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-21T22:56:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/21/escape-game-timeliner.html",
        "tags": ["Family","Travel","Escape Room","Nashville 2022"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/21/we-visited-the.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>We visited the <a href=\"https://countrymusichalloffame.org\">Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum</a>. It was really cool to see so much history. The exhibits were fabulous as well. And some exceptionally wild outfits, cars, and stories.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/035c8a33df.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Wall covered in dozens of framed gold and platinum record awards at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/131321600d.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Museum display of Chet Atkins guitars including an orange Gretsch hollowbody, with a biographical placard in the background.\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/099f225722.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Black 1980 Pontiac Trans Am with Bandit lettering on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Smokey and the Bandit II exhibit behind it\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/80e85abf24.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Family of four smiling in front of a wall covered in gold and platinum record awards at the Country Music Hall of Fame\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-21T20:04:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/21/we-visited-the.html",
        "tags": ["Music","Travel","Arts","Nashville 2022"]
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        "content_html": "<p>We stopped into <a href=\"https://googoo.com\">Goo Goo Chocolate</a> and took the Taste of Goo Goo class where we all got to make our own Goo Goo Cluster by hand. I didn&rsquo;t know any of the history of Goo Goo Clusters but they were the very first candy with more than one ingredient! The first candy bar!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/75905cb1e5.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Four people wearing Goo Goo Chocolate Co aprons and blue gloves pose at a stainless steel workbench with handmade Goo Goo Clusters on trays.\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/5521ce5589.jpg\" width=\"529\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Four people in aprons posing in front of a What A Cluster Goo Goo Nashville Tennessee mural, holding branded signs and props.\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-21T16:52:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/21/we-stopped-into.html",
        "tags": ["Family","Travel","Restaurants","Nashville 2022"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/21/spotted-the-nashville.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Spotted the <a href=\"https://www.nashvillepartywagon.com\">Nashville Party Wagon</a>! 🚜</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/a601fc33aa.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Green John Deere tractor pulling a flatbed wagon of passengers through downtown Nashville with a Lawrence Record Shop ghost sign visible behind.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-21T15:03:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/21/spotted-the-nashville.html",
        "tags": ["Travel","Nashville 2022"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/21/ryman-auditorium.html",
        "title": "Ryman Auditorium",
        "content_html": "<p>We visited the <a href=\"https://ryman.com\">Ryman Auditorium</a> and saw the birthplace of country and bluegrass music. It seems fitting that the Ryman was originally built as a tabernacle, because walking around it and thinking of all the amazing performances that have been there felt nearly spiritual. 🎶</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/f409a21d88.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Red brick Victorian Gothic concert hall at dusk with arched windows and triangular gable, surrounded by Nashville skyscrapers\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/f1e0e8bf4f.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Empty curved wooden pew seating surrounds a hardwood stage where a few people stand near the front apron under stage lights\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/98b8faba87.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Empty wooden pew seating in a historic curved auditorium with arched windows and a chandelier overhead\" /><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/062ee1957e.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"View from the stage looking out at the empty wooden pew seating and ornate balcony of the historic 1892 auditorium\" /></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-21T14:45:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/21/ryman-auditorium.html",
        "tags": ["Music","Travel","Nashville 2022"]
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/21/delightful-cappuccino-at.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Delightful cappuccino at <a href=\"https://www.noelle-nashville.com/dine-drink/drug-store-coffee-shop/\">Drug Store Coffee</a> in the Noelle Hotel in downtown Nashville. ☕️</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/2ee6e3905b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Cappuccino in a white Drug Store Coffee cup and saucer on a wooden table beside a MacBook Pro, marble staircase in the background.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-21T09:36:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/21/delightful-cappuccino-at.html",
        "tags": ["Coffee","Travel","Nashville 2022"]
      },
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/20/were-in-nashville.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>We&rsquo;re in Nashville so of course we should go to the <a href=\"https://wildhorsesaloon.com\">Wildhorse Saloon</a> and learn how to do the Boot Scoot &rsquo;n Shuffle! We all took their complimentary class together and were scootin&rsquo; and shufflin&rsquo; with the best of them. Mazie was a natural!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/cd0a59e076.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Crowd line dancing at Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville with Steven Metz band performing on a lit stage behind them\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-20T22:34:00-05:00",
        "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/20/were-in-nashville.html",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/20/space-camp.html",
        "title": "Space Camp",
        "content_html": "<p>We had a fun weekend at Family <a href=\"https://www.spacecamp.com\">Space Camp</a>! 🚀 Our program included <a href=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/19/mazie-did-the.html\">runs in the Multi Axis Trainer</a>, the 5D weightlessness trainer. We ran an entire simulation of a Space Shuttle mission where Tyler was EECOM, Mazie PAYCOM, Tammy CAPCOM, and I was FDO. I got to do the countdown to launch. 🤩 We got to see an incredibly impressive planetarium showing as well as a great IMAX experience on the International Space Station. We also learned a bunch about NASA&rsquo;s Artemis program. And the whole time we got to see a real Saturn V and Saturn IB rocket, as well as a capsule that went into space and a moon rock. And we got great <a href=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/03/20/thingelstad-family-is.html\">astronaut suits</a>.</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/2b84da9c5c.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/2b84da9c5c.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/4a7440d3d4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/4a7440d3d4.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/73df8c7626.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/73df8c7626.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/f0e113004a.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/f0e113004a.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/e93789ed02.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/e93789ed02.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/83f2246804.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/83f2246804.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/2575bec579.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/2575bec579.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/064b847736.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/064b847736.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/f9acd84ea6.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/f9acd84ea6.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/aa06b0f781.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/aa06b0f781.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/0c26e3034a.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/0c26e3034a.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/ff243c1bfb.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-microblog-lightbox=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/ff243c1bfb.jpg\"></div>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-20T19:26:00-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>Thingelstad Family is ready for our mission! 🚀</p>\n<p>I asked everyone to give me a &ldquo;stoic&rdquo; look for the picture. 😊</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/8a66de4614.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Four family members in matching blue Space Camp flight suits posing together at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-20T12:53:00-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>Mazie did the <a href=\"https://www.rocketcenter.com/MultiAxisTrainer\">Multi-Axis Trainer</a> at <a href=\"https://www.spacecamp.com/\">Space Camp</a> today. She reported it was fun and did not feel dizzy at the end.</p>\n<p><video controls=\"controls\" playsinline=\"playsinline\" src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/7adcf44c41.mov\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" poster=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/uploads/2022/3d706e8078.png\" preload=\"none\"></video></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-19T21:26:18-05:00",
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        "content_html": "<p>Selfie with Saturn V rocket at Davidson Center in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Space_%26_Rocket_Center\">U.S. Space &amp; Rocket Center</a>.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/b2b8bbdb78.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Man in Columbia jacket giving thumbs up beside a Saturn V rocket marked USA at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-19T09:10:53-05:00",
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        "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2022/03/18/flying-to-nashville.html",
        
        "content_html": "<p>Flying to <strong>Nashville, TN</strong> tonight! 🛫 First time in an airport since <a href=\"https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/03/13/currently-noticing-every.html\">March 13 2020</a>!</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2022/f57fbd09c4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Four people wearing face masks taking a selfie at Delta gate C26 with a Nashville TN flight board visible behind them.\" />\n",
        "date_published": "2022-03-18T19:36:11-05:00",
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