When we planned this trip way back in July 2021 I had wondered what was it gonna be like to travel on Christmas Day. After doing some research I discovered that Christmas Day is one of the lighter travel days of the year. And sure enough the lines at BNA were short, but the flight *seemed* full. The annoying problem in front of us were some entitled people who wouldn’t wear their masks over their nose. I really wish Southwest would have enforced the mask policy. But it seems that it is so late in this pandemic that we’re all suffering from pandemic fatigue.

4 and a half hours in the air is just about as much time as I want to stay flying right now, especially with the lights turned on. My wife Sharon said that her leg room was much better compared to the configuration of the Frontier flight of 2019. We won’t be going back with Frontier.

We were able to get a rental car without much trouble, albeit a bit of waiting. Bonus: We got a BMW X3, a luxury vehicle in a sea of Teslas and Limos. The stick shift took some getting used to as it is not like other cars.

We checked into our hotel – Home 2 Suites – which we had stayed at before. It’s not a casino hotel. Rather it’s probably for long stays as there is a kitchen in the room.

Our next conundrum was to find a place to eat – someplace open on Christmas Day. We struck out with Domino’s and IHOP. We found solace with Buffalo Wild Wings….a busy foyer full of to-go orders for door dash…and after about 45 minutes…a dry bleu cheese burger and season fries on par with Burger King (pre crinkle era) fries.

Since we were tired as we were 2 hours ahead of Nashville time, we went to bed early to get ready for a day of worship and visiting parks in the area.