Loaded up this morning in our rental car, a brand new Grand Prix. Sweet. The speedometer goes to 140, but I don't think we'll get there. I was out of the house by 7:15am and on the way to Joe's house.
We didn't have any problems along the way. It was mostly sunny, beautiful weather the whole way. Pit stops at a Mickey D's for a bacon, egg and cheese bagel and Arby's for a chicken, bacon and swiss (wow, two meals with bacon, didn't realize that, but mmmm good).
Along the way we met Santa, who for some strange reason is in Southern Illinois for the summer. He ate some mushrooms and grew to enormous heights.
We arrived in Nashville at the Sheraton downtown by about 6:30pm. Very nice. Only one king bed, so Joe is gonna have to pull out the couch. Oh well. We immediately checked for wifi, a must, and it cost like $10 a day. Sheesh. I ordered it only to find out that it is $10 per computer per day. Wowwy. Not good. We were pretty upset at the high cost, but a friendly call to the manager (Robin) was helpful. She generously let Joe get his lappy up and online for free. Thanks to Sheraton 
and Robin who have made the day of two poor pastors.
Tonight we are out and about for a stroll around downtown Nashville. First real SBC event is Sunday afternoon from 2-4pm. I don't know what time I will post on it, but as soon as I can.