Holiday Inn Chattanooga

Can you believe it? We're staying in our own private original Pullman train car (#771) in downtown Chattanooga!  The Holiday Inn took over Chattanooga's train terminal - a 1909 station with an 85 foot free-standing dome in the lobby and 48 ...

... "the Choo Choo" This used to be the original railway station when the first trains arrived into Chattanooga.  Now converted into a hotel owned by the Holiday Inn. The waiting room is now the reception/lobby leading through to the platform area where ...

... , includes restaurants, a model railroad museum, an antique trolley, inteesting shops, beautifully landscaped gardens, a convention center and a Holiday Inn hotel. In addition to regular guest rooms, the hotel has 45 sleeping parlors aboard authentic rail ...

... to load than anticipated. This trip took more planning and packing than the D Day invasion. The drive to Chattanooga took about 8 hours.  I stopped frequently to stretch.  Traffic was heavy but there were no big delays.  It ...

... away, by here exclamation of how “neat” that was.  She asked where I was staying in town and told her the Holiday Inn on near the interstate.  “Ah the outskirts,” she said.  I smirked as I pushed open the door to ...

... pretty much sucks and is white knuckled most of the way.  We arrive at our next hotel north of the city around 6pm, another Holiday Inn Express.  This one looks like it is older but they still have the nice new beds.  I lay down for awhile ...

... to hit northern Florida tomorrow, but won't plan on it because it depends how much time we spend in the Chattanooga area. We are staying in a Holiday Inn Express.  Only about 5 months old and in very good shape.  Bradley is impressed with the 2 ...

... we hit Atlanta, we figured we should just continue, since traffic was light and we were making good progress. Finally landed at a Holiday Inn Express in the Marietta, Georgia area.  Didn't get in the room until a little past 10:00PM! Bradley ...

... nearly 200 feet. . Before heading to our hotel, we swung by the Chattanooga Choo Choo, which is actually now an attraction at the Holiday Inn downtown.  You can stay in club cars when you register at the hotel.  And, of course, you can have ...

... . The Choo Choo is a coal fired steam engine but shinier now than when it actually went anywhere which was a while ago. The Holiday Inn has bought the disused station and the train and turned it into ... a Holiday Inn. You can eat in the dining car, ...

... the rest of the drive to Knoxville today as well as a stop at Chickamauga National Battlefield Park.  Breakfast is standard Holiday Inn Express fair and surprisingly the breakfast area is not packed.  Must be because it is a weekday and many ...

... which was a huge treat. Then we went to a mall that was like a small city- kind of like Plainfield Metropolis, but 2x bigger and we ate steaks and seafood. We are treated so well on this trip. tomorrow could be a monster since we are going to ...