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Game Day

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Mighty Athena

Mighty Athena

Game day, the Vols versus the Dores or in the vernacular, the Tennessee Volunteers versus the Vanderbilt Commodores. The goddess Athena is sporting her U of T colors from inside her command bunker in the Nashville Parthenon. I guess that makes her a bit of a traitor. She’s not quite yellow, not quite gold and not really orange either, but more of a Tennessee Tangerine. The day began with breakfast at a French crepes place, followed by the East Tennessee History Museum and then Michigan football on TV at Barley’s, a sports bar, along with beer and pizza. Michigan lost, as did Purdue, but Michigan State won! Now, as my ticket commands, “I will give my all for Tennessee today!” Who also won easily.

Black Bear Friday

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Nashville Parthenon

Nashville Parthenon

Instead of shopping on Black Friday, we communed with nature. We went to Great Smokies National Park, where we saw two black bears, a mother and her cub. According to the bear guide, who was trying to ride herd on all the humans about, momma bear was using humanity to keep a third bear at bay, an aggressive male. We drove around the eight mile Cade’s Cove loop, at rip roaring 5 MPH. There was major gaper block. Halfway around, we did a hike to Abrams Falls. I’m still feeling that jaunt tonight, but we were not done yet. We went out for bar-b-q and then attended the Ice Bears game, more bears. They are Knoxville’s minor league hockey team. They lost.

Nashville, also known as the Athens of the South, celebrated this association by building a replica of the Parthenon. Built in Centennial Park for the city’s first hundred year celebration, in the 1890s, it remains a cultural icon.