Fun Stuff Along the Way

We spent today at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. As you would expect, most of the museum is dedicated to US Space travel. There is still a great deal about the history of rockets from the beginning of history, including both exploration and military uses of rockets. In addition to the […]

Today was our last day for waterfalls on this trip. It was a great day to visit the waterfalls. We enjoyed being able to drive to these falls rather than having long steep climbs. Our first stop was a challenge. Have you ever been where there was no cell signal, Garmin did not know the

Today was another park and waterfall day. We toured Cloudland Canyon State Park in Rising Fawn, GA. While we traveled over 45 miles from Chattanooga, TN to get to this park we were still driving up Lookout Mountain to see this park. Lookout Mountain is only about 2300 feet tall, but it covers a lot

Chattanooga Tennessee played a pivotal role in the civil war. Because it was a crossroad of train and water transportation, the side that controlled Chattanooga had a distinct advantage in the civil war. Today was a rainy day. We spent our time at Lookout Mountain and Signal Mountain. The National Park Service has a small

Today was a very wet day, both above ground and underground. As we prepared to leave the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the day was already rainy. Rainy enough to cause the stream next to our hotel to change from a babbling brook into a very fast moving stream. Not a good day for wading