Zombies and Armadillos!

    When we left you, we were heading out the door to grab a bite to eat on Lower Broadway and then go see The Maloneys, Phil Hummer and the White Falcons and The Buddies at the Zombie Shop.  Earlier while on Lower Broadway, we spotted these two characters hanging out, collecting tips for just sitting and looking pretty.
     So after a dinner of Fried Bologna Sandwiches and sweet potato fries at Robert's, we mapped it out on the old smart phone and saw that the Zombie Shop was 5 blocks away but about a half mile walk due to the new Nashville Convention Center construction right between us and it.  The Zombie Shop is located in the 500 block of 6th Avenue South, in the industrial area just south of the Convention Center.  It's actually a
Moped repair shop by day.  We arrived to find an unmarked building but the door was open and we could hear music and see a few people milling around so we figured we were in the right place.

There were a few people hanging around when we walked in.  A table/bar was set up with a sign that read "DRANK $2.00".  PBR's for $2.00.  A few chairs and a sofa set up in a seating area.  The opposite side of the room sported a drum kit and amps.  To the left sat the remains of a small delivery van.  The back section contained mopeds and small motorbikes.

Phil Hummer and The White Falcons

Finally the Hummers arrived and soon took the "stage" and put on another outstanding show.  Next up, The Buddies. A mix of Nashvillians and Chicagoans.  They were very good, with Kim the drummer also playing the accordion on a couple tunes while working the pedal on the bass drum.  After their set, just when you thought the show was over, they broke into an Irish drinking song.

The Buddies

     Which brings us to the walk back to Lower Broadway.  It was a particularly drunken night, not us but all around us and at one point a young man was walking toward us on 4th Ave, bouncing off the exterior wall of the Hampton Inn.  at first I thought he may be a zombie, but I resisted the urge to neutralize him.  He walked by without trying to eat our brains so I guess it was a good idea not to.  We walked on and made our way back to Broadway and headed for the Full Moon Saloon where we were greeted by bartenders Samantha and Melinda, and the sounds of the Travis Mann Band on stage.  We grabbed a taxi afterwards and headed back to the hotel and called it a night.
     Saturday we headed out to Lebanon to visit with relatives, and then spent the evening saying goodbye to all our servers at Robert's and the Full Moon and were in by 11 PM for a 6 o'clock wakeup to head home.  We grabbed breakfast at Noshville and when paying the check, our waitress told us about an armadillo under a car parked on the street outside.  Now I don't know about you, but I'd never seen a living armadillo.  The only ones I'd seen were laying on their back's along the roadways in Florida and Texas.  I had to see this. We went outside and there he was.  As I laid on my belly snapping pictures with my iPhone, Marybeth asks if they attack like opossum.  I didn't think so but I didn't hang around to find out.  We headed to the nearby gas station and gasses up and decided to put on the full face helmets and rain jackets.  Good choice because when we  pulled out from under the canopy, it was already raining.  And it rained for the next  130 miles.  Unfortunately, we didn't put on the whole rain suit so by the time we got home at 6:30, my socks were still soaked.  Not bad though for a 4812 mile trip covering 15 states and that was the only serious rain we hit.  Now it's time to start planning the next trip!