Nashville 2022 on Jamie Thingelstad

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:13:00 -0500

Our last stop before leaving Nashville was a backstage tour at the Grand Ole Opry. We got to see the artists entrance, the Opry post office, all of the various dressing rooms including Roy Acuff’s which you can even go into.

Escape Game: Timeliner

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:56:00 -0500

We went to The Escape Game in Nashville and did the Timeliner: Train Through Time 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’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. Room 41!

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:04:00 -0500

We visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It was really cool to see so much history. The exhibits were fabulous as well. And some exceptionally wild outfits, cars, and stories.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:52:00 -0500

We stopped into Goo Goo Chocolate and took the Taste of Goo Goo class where we all got to make our own Goo Goo Cluster by hand. I didn’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!

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:03:00 -0500

Spotted the Nashville Party Wagon! 🚜

Ryman Auditorium

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:45:00 -0500

We visited the Ryman Auditorium 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. 🎶

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:36:00 -0500

Delightful cappuccino at Drug Store Coffee in the Noelle Hotel in downtown Nashville. ☕️

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:34:00 -0500

We’re in Nashville so of course we should go to the Wildhorse Saloon and learn how to do the Boot Scoot ’n Shuffle! We all took their complimentary class together and were scootin’ and shufflin’ with the best of them. Mazie was a natural!

Space Camp

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:26:00 -0500

We had a fun weekend at Family Space Camp! 🚀 Our program included runs in the Multi Axis Trainer, 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’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 astronaut suits.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 12:53:00 -0500

Thingelstad Family is ready for our mission! 🚀

I asked everyone to give me a “stoic” look for the picture. 😊

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:26:18 -0500

Mazie did the Multi-Axis Trainer at Space Camp today. She reported it was fun and did not feel dizzy at the end.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:10:53 -0500

Selfie with Saturn V rocket at Davidson Center in U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:36:11 -0500

Flying to Nashville, TN tonight! 🛫 First time in an airport since March 13 2020!