Nashville, TN to Nashville, TN
It has been one week since we left Rhode Island in Tropical Storm Elsa’s wake. We have over 1,000 miles under our belts and today is a day to take a rest. Jason had taken the time the night before to properly season the griddle so this morning we had breakfast. I had set the table with juice from Pulp and Sprout and made a peach and blueberry fruit salad while Jason cooked up the “eggs”. I love the Just Egg product- it’s the perfect scramble. We reheated the rest of the peppers and onions from the night before and went to sit down when a neighbor strolled by on a bicycle and struck up a conversation. He had on an Airstream shirt and we had questions about why this campground, with 117 sites, was more than half full of Airstream campers. Well, this weekend was their International meet up of Vintage Airstreams. This means they have to be at least 25 years old. He suggested an app that I hadn’t downloaded yet to find campgrounds and dump stations, etc and even offered us a small solar panel for when we camp off grid. Jason and I had bought and returned a solar panel after we realized how big it was and we weren’t quite ready to jump into that yet. He stayed for about an hour and our food got cold so I apologize for the lack of pictures… I was so hungry!
We planned a short trip to Nashville city to get vegan food from one place I had researched- the BE-hive. This deli and market specializes in vegan “meats”, including roast beef and pepperoni! I was very excited to try the pepperoni. They also make sandwiches like a hot Italian sub or steak and Cheez. It was a tiny little place when we got there but it had everything it’s website said it would. We ordered sandwiches, Jason got the steak and Cheez and I got the fried chick’n Nashville Hot sandwich. We shared nacho tots on the waitress’s recommendation. Waiting outside for the food, Jason went into the “curiosities” store next door. He came out saying the only thing I would like in that whole store was a blue heeler puppy that was inside! I could hear it barking and I wanted to see it but there was taxidermy inside and I couldn’t get myself to go in… even for a cute pup!
Now you may know that I love hot and spicy foods. I’ve participated in the Hot Ones Hot Sauce Challenge on two occasions officially but sometimes I’ll just pour a myriad of one of 30+ hot sauces Jason and I own. I’ve had the worst of the worst- Da Bomb Beyond Insanity and the one with the highest scoville- The Last Dab- which is 3 million scoville heat units. (Tabasco is around 2,500 SHU for comparison). So I like hot. I don’t get too bothered by heat. This sandwich packed some real heat! Woo! Thankfully Jason grabbed some root beers and between that and the nacho tots I was able to get some breaks from the heat. Great sandwich!
We headed to the Nashville Farmers’ Market to grab some greens and veggies for our next few days of travel. It is dog friendly so the pups came with.
Two vegan restaurants inside the Nashville Farmers’ Market. 
We wandered around and grabbed tomatoes and blackberries. They had no greens unfortunately. Great people watching here though. We stayed less than 10 minutes and headed back to the campground.
Jason spotted that these campgrounds had laundry available. We took the opportunity to lay low for the rest of the day. Jason got the laundry started and then took a nap. I went and switched it and then folded and brought it back.
It was time for Drink Master J to get to cocktail making so we could play some outdoor games and then explore the Airstreams nearby.
We played washer toss for a few games. Then went for a stroll around the campground to see the Airstreams lit up.
We decided dinner would be pulling out whatever we had opened and finding a way to finish it off before we left. Jason worked on this while I put the clothes away from laundry earlier.
Vegan On the Rhode 