Ramada Inn Downtown Chattanooga

... of displays depicting nursery rhyms which Bek found quite disturbing because they were all glow in the dark and a little freaky but the craftmanship to make it was quite inpressive. Ruby Falls is America's highest underground waterfall, about 400m below the surface and almost 150m high. You have to walk through caves to get to see it, and it IS something. It pours out of a hollow above, cascades spectacularly into a pool then runs away underground ...

We have arrived in Chattanooga and found ourselves a bargain basement priced little wooden cabin to keep us out of the rain and in the warmth, yay! This is just a short entry. This week we will be staying here in Chattanooga checking out the surrounds and making a few day trips to neighbouring states. <br><br>We will keep you updated. Lots of Love, the warm, Bek and Jesse Train<br>

... early.<br><br>We stop at the gas station (Hess/Wilco) a few exits up to pick up supplies (snacks and drinks). It is a definite truck stop with all the amenities though I do not see any UT hats: Florida, Georgia (of course), Clemson, Bama, but no UT. *sigh* We hit the road and head north once again. The exit for the park is only about 40 miles and soon we arrive at the visitor center. It is not too crowded. We both get our ...

From Marietta we took Hwy 41 North. Met for Breakfast @ the WH in Cartersville. Took Hwy 136 to Hwy 151 to Hwy 95 to Hwy 27 North. 27 North runs into the Battlefield.<br><br>On Hwy 136 we took a detour to Johns Mountain. It is a left turn from 136 North and is well marked. We drove to an overlook via a gravel road that was probably 2 1/2 miles. Not a ...

Jamie, Zach, and I can now say that we have done what all the barns and bird houses across the southeast has been requesting people to do: See Rock City. Rock City is a Labrinth of rock formations on the highest peak in Tennessee. From one spot we could Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. Zach enjoyed looking at the rocks that loomed overhead and the massive waterfall.

Today we toured the Chickamauga National Military Park--site of the September 19 &amp; 20, 1863 Civil War Battle.<br><br>The area is beautiful! There are roughly 600 monuments scattered throughout the entire park. Much fewer tourists than Gettysburg. My biggest disappointment is ...

... off the highway, which we did. 3 bikes went down. Jerry single-handed stopped 2 18-wheelers side-by-side so they could block the highway till we could all get off the highway. We just sat there on the side of the highway getting nailed by hail till it stopped. We put on rain gear (those that didn't have it on before) - took off to the next exit - pulled into the gas station en-mass, and assessed our injuries and took a head ...

... and Atlantic at key points. How much space does it take for such a hobby? It depends on the scale you choose. Today's models range from O scale -- Lionel-train sized -- to the most popular HO (half O) and all the way down to a fingertip-sized Z scale. N scale is the second most popular, with a ratio of 1:160. That means, simply, that 160 model cars, stacked end-to-end, will be as long as a full-sized rail car! Computer technology has come to be a part of ...

... eco-system where each element in the tank supports another. Perhaps you'd like to grow corals - yellow coral from the Virgin Islands; fox coral from the Indian Ocean; the leaflife elkhorn from the Pacific. Picture a magic box filled with rose coral, pagoda coral, or the dainty elegance coral, flourescing green at the center, its white-tipped tentacles in perpetual effortless float. What a way to travel the world! See you there. Bermuda Triangle, Highway 153, Chattanooga

Back at home now, that was fun, quick-trip overview so I could organize my thoughts and write. I spotted a lot of things I never noticed much before, and enjoyed some old favorites. Impressive array of museums, the Civil Rights Institute is awesome, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame is great, oh, I think I'll sit down right now and revisit with my tapes. Tomorrow, Alabama again, but different highways, and smaller towns.