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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!

Four people wearing Goo Goo Chocolate Co aprons and blue gloves pose at a stainless steel workbench with handmade Goo Goo Clusters on trays.Four people in aprons posing in front of a What A Cluster Goo Goo Nashville Tennessee mural, holding branded signs and props.

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Spotted the Nashville Party Wagon! 🚜

Green John Deere tractor pulling a flatbed wagon of passengers through downtown Nashville with a Lawrence Record Shop ghost sign visible behind.
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Ryman Auditorium

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. 🎶

Red brick Victorian Gothic concert hall at dusk with arched windows and triangular gable, surrounded by Nashville skyscrapersEmpty curved wooden pew seating surrounds a hardwood stage where a few people stand near the front apron under stage lightsEmpty wooden pew seating in a historic curved auditorium with arched windows and a chandelier overheadView from the stage looking out at the empty wooden pew seating and ornate balcony of the historic 1892 auditorium

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

Cappuccino in a white Drug Store Coffee cup and saucer on a wooden table beside a MacBook Pro, marble staircase in the background.
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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!

Crowd line dancing at Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville with Steven Metz band performing on a lit stage behind them
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Space Camp

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.

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Thingelstad Family is ready for our mission! 🚀

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

Four family members in matching blue Space Camp flight suits posing together at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville Alabama
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Mazie did the Multi-Axis Trainer at Space Camp today. She reported it was fun and did not feel dizzy at the end.

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

Man in Columbia jacket giving thumbs up beside a Saturn V rocket marked USA at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
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Flying to Nashville, TN tonight! 🛫 First time in an airport since March 13 2020!

Four people wearing face masks taking a selfie at Delta gate C26 with a Nashville TN flight board visible behind them.