At 6 a.m., our intrepid driver, Lee, picked us up at the Peabody Hotel and we got on the road to Memphis. We're all getting used to traveling on the bus (check it out above!). It's a lot like a rolling summer camp. You're never quite sure what time it is, and there's always a Gypsy cracking jokes, good tunes on the radio, and someone telling a great story. Miranda's dad, Rick (below), captivated the crowd with tales from his recent safari to Namibia.



En-route to Nashville, Monica and Amie (below) play high-stakes poker at the dining table in Miranda Lambert’s swanky new 45-foot tour bus. Check out the license-plate guitar mural—it features a flaming heart and Miranda’s initials—on the wall. Amie and Jolie’s dad made it! Isn’t it great?


About half way to Nashville, we made a pitstop at Loretta Lynn's Kitchen & Gift Shop in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., for a little sustenance and retail therapy. Amie picked up a metal serving tray emblazoned with Loretta on it for Miranda's bus, Jack bought a mini pocket knife engraved with the name Joyce (go figure?), and Monica and Jolie got a bucket of piping-hot grits to go.




Just arrived in Nashville. Snow started falling just as we saw the sign for downtown. We're staying at the Hilton right off of Broadway, probably one of the most famous streets in the city. We're also right across from the super-fabulous Country Music Hall of Fame.