James is a great communicator and made the check-in process smooth as the butter on my biscuits :) Prior to check-in, he sent a detailed message with a video he created to do a walk through from the front of the house and showing the driveway to park and how to enter. The location of his place is so close to the airport (~10 mins?) and downtown Nashville (~20 mins?) so it's a perfect home base! When heading out for the day, there's this one road that is amazing because sometimes you can watch a plane zoom by and it looks so close (but it isn't!).
James provided beers in the fridge and though I do not personally drink alcohol I totally appreciated the sentiment. His place is located in a suburban neighborhood where you can find some people sitting out on their porch in the early morning. James' place has a lot of greenery (I visited in June Summer 2022) and it almost feels like you're out in the country side. When I would pull up at night, I turned my headlights off and sat in the dark watching for a few fireflies. His place reminded me of staying at my big brother's house where you can feel safe and at home.
The room itself doesn't have a window to the outside, which I found very nice because it was like self-imposed black out curtains :) Sleeping in darkness helps you get a good sleep. The couch was super comfy - enough to sleep on!
Overall, I was happy to stay at James' place and have it be my home base for this trip :) OH and he had a Taylor travel guitar hanging there for me to noodle on! Love it!
Blessings to you from California, my friend!