Tennessee is tied with Missouri, sharing its border with eight states: MO, KY, VA, NC, GA, AL, MS, & AR...

We do have a definite maybe from northern Alabama, which is close enough to not need hotel reservations (nice day trip)...most of Kentucky is also close by, but I don't know of too many active Pixies in the day tripper zone. Irony, or just bad timing maybe, has brought us scandalously high fuel prices during an event that was planned a year ago, so I'm guessing that only member with the means to do so can make it...I know that if I wasn't already in place, I couldn't afford it (& I even wince at the idea of having to drive the 10-15 miles to meet the visitors).

Yes, Tennessee is considered a hub, not just to the south, but to the US east of the Mississippi River, a frequent selling point for the chamber of commerce

And PF, I'm just gonna pretend the comment about "no pride" didn't happen...there are a lot of folks down here with guns, & they like to use smartass Yankees for target practice

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