First Trip 2012

Bone marrow Bob was off to Nashville. Granted he has been there before and always ends up on music row. Mainly because the souvenirs are so tacky. Souvenirs are pretty bad where ever you go, Paris, the Vatican, Branson, Mo., but this beats all. I can understand shot glasses,guitar picks or bottle openers in the shape of a guitar, but who is the genius that came up with flyswatters?! They have them everywhere, in every color. this batch is from the Country Music Hall of Fame as you can see.  Since he had time to kill Surfer Bob toured the CMHF. He enjoyed seeing all the guitars. Most of them were Martins which Bob has a soft spot for. His first guitar was a Martin 0018 like this vintage model here. The outfits by Nudie where really great too.
I think I've said this before but Nashville has great food and its not all biscuits and grits. Venture off music row to find quality cuisine.

Holiday

If you plan to fly west hope the air is clear. Like 30,000 ft above the Grand Canyon. Yosemite was beautiful at Christmas time. No snow but that way Surfer Bob didn't have to trade in his surfboard for skies. Here is his poor man's tribute to Ansel Adams "El Capitan".

Buenos Aires

Ah, Argentina! What to do, what to do after the product is delivered. Wine ,tango, beef, Evita.
The biggest tourist attraction is probably the Recoleta Cemetery. Why, not because it is huge and beautiful, also called the city of angels or the city of cats, but because Evita is buried there. Bob got there before the Japanese descended upon it. Outside the cemetery is an enormous fig tree, another famous attraction. Surfer Bob is a wine lover so he went to a tasting in Palermo Soho and made many new friends. He was the life of the party! Next stop ... La Boca. Truly a tourist trap but very colorful. Here Surfer Bob could indulge is massive plates of beef and tango. A great time was had by all.

Stanford

Since it is still hot in Texas, Bone Marrow Bob jetted off to Stanford for a delivery. Ah Stanford, that bastion of brainiacs, the nucleus of West coast stem cell research, a cutting edge cancer center, and BMB was in the thick of it. Stanford is a beautiful campus with a most amazing chapel. Leland spared no expense on the construction. BMB marveled at the hallowed halls of higher learning and made a few friends along the way.

R and R in Scandinavia

Surfer Bob likes to escape the summer heat. This August he found himself in St Petersburg and Norway among other places. In Russia he toured many palaces. He really wanted to sit on Catherine the Great's throne. His tour guide, Irena, took a shine to Bob and tried to help with his request but this is a close as he got. In the galleries of the Hermitage, Surfer Bob was overwhelmed by the collection and the size of this Matisse.

The fjords and waterfalls and glaciers were pure eye candy and the cool weather was nice too. He couldn't resist getting his picture made in front of a glacier while friends back home were wilting in 107* heat.

Nashville Cats

So Bone marrow Bob has been on the go in June. Dwayne begged to go to Music City. Its as close as he can get to Graceland for now. Music Row was a hoot! Dwayne recorded a song while Surfer Bob ate BBQ. Then there was a little jam session followed by a lot of bourbon. If you look closely you can see that Dwayne's dye job is not so good.

Any foodies out there in blog land take note of Virago and City House. After all that jammin' the boys were hungry!

Cleveland

Has Bob been demoted? No, no,no. Bone Marrow Bob goes where ever he is called to. The question is...how come such a large airport has such small planes?