Day 4 - Off to Music City

Then we went to the Indianapolis Motorspeedway, World Capitol of Motorsport and home of the Indy 500 for over 100 years. Built in 1909, the first permanent racetrack in the United States. We headed straight to Gate 2, where you should be able to enter the infield through an underpass, where we wanted to visit the Motorspeedway Museum. The $10 admission seemed feasible to us. However - as almost expected, our R.V. monster with a height of 3.70m /12' was too tall. The friendly guy at the entrance (naturally friendly like everyone we have met here in the States) said, unfortunately that won't work. I asked him about a parking possibility, he referred us to Parking Lot 2 behind the main grandstand. However, he also told us that there would be a Mustang Show today, and for that you would have to pay an additional entrance fee... That's what I thought at first.. Horses??? oh no... my fellow travelers then said, of course it's the car Mustang. And that's what it was. So we went to Parkinn Lot 2, where there was a nice older gentleman who was really great. Super relaxed, he approached our car and we started chatting. He explained to us that the Mustangs were a kind of car meeting, for which you would have to pay $20 admission, plus $10 for parking and another $10 for the museum. I told him that we actually just wanted to have a look and were not particularly interested in the Mustang meeting... Unfortunately, today it was only available in a package deal, he could understand very well that if you come from far away, then $50 in total (per person) is quite a lot. So we left it at that, admiring the track from the outside and taking some souvenir photos. We were there. That's the main thing.

Then we headed towards Nashville, quite a long stretch today of almost 300 miles through 3 states. In Indianapolis we were able to have a look at Lucas Oil Stadium of the Indianapolis Colts, which is always something very special for me as a sports junkie. Via Interstate 65, then heading south.

Just before Louisville, when crossing the Ohio River, we left Indiana and found ourselves in KFC Land KENTUCKY again (greetings to my dear Carsten ;-) ). In Louisville itself, the Kentucky Derby takes place every year, one of the most significant horse races in the world. Also, here we spotted a huge stadium that belonged to the college team the Cardinals. It's unbelievable how big college sports is in the USA. In Kentucky, we passed by the Jim Beam distillery, but according to "don't drink and drive" we didn't stop. Near Elisabethtown, Abraham Lincoln was born, unfortunately we don't have time for that today, although that would certainly have been an interesting story. We will surely get to history later on our journey... The landscape has changed, Indiana seemed rather flat, Kentucky appears very wooded and hilly, and so far Tennessee looks similar. By the way, today we also filled up the tank for the first time. Exactly $100 for 40 gallons. That's a lot that fits into the car. But the V10 is thirsty. Of course, at SUNOCO, official partner of NASCAR.

Now we have arrived in Nashville. Definitely one of the main attractions on this trip. A city that has long had a great significance in the music scene worldwide beyond the country fans. I just think about the fact that even bands like Silbermond have recently recorded music here. Apparently, there is a very special spirit here that attracts musicians or those who want to become musicians from all over the world. Today we haven't seen much of the city yet, but we got lost twice on a super complicated interstate junction at the entrance to the city, but the good thing is, you can always attack from a different side and in the end we landed well. Here in our Jellystone RV Park Yogi Bear. Our first stop at a proper campground, with electricity, water, table and chair in front of the door... dinner tastes so good :-)