Fun & Free

We had a couple of notable excursions this past week that didn't cost us a dime (other than some gas and some concessions):

April 1, 2012
We took a nice hike in Taylorsville Hollow up in Sumner County today.
It's about a half hour from our house.  The wildflowers in this little
cove that is owned and protected by The Nature Conservancy
were in their full and gorgeous display.  The little creek running
the length of the small canyon was fairly low in terms of water level,
and the waterfall at the head of the hollow was dry.  We hope to return
sometime during wetter weather for a look at it in its full glory.
We were alone in our exploration of this beautiful  area expect for a lady
doing some landscape painting along the creek bed.

April 3, 2012
The curse is broken!!  We finally got to see a Predators win in person this season! 
Thanks to some free tickets to the Nashville Predators hockey game vs. the Minnesota Wild
from our friend, Sarah, we not only got to see a victory, but we also witnessed our first-ever overtime
shoot-out in person.    Back-up Preds goalie, Anders Lindback, turned in a whale of a game allowing
only one goal in regulation, none in overtime and then stopped three one-on-one attempts by
Minnesota during the shootout.  Recent Preds (re)acquisition, Alexander Radulov, put the Preds in
the W-column with his shoot-out goal.  They were great seats in the lower bowl.  Thanks again to
Sarah for hooking us up. (NOTE: Sarah also got us a deal on some good club-level seats at a low
price for the final regular season game on Thursday, April 5 vs. the Dallas Stars.  It was another
2-0 win for the Preds and revenge for an earlier loss to them back in January that we attended. 
Thanks to our long-time friend, Wayne, for going with us to the game, and thanks to The
BridgstoneArena for providing the delicious mac-n-cheese with buffalo chicken.  Yummm!!