Chattanooga

After Rock City we went to downtown Chattanooga. There's like this little fake stream that runs next to the aquarium, so Noah got in there and got all wet. The plan was for him just to wade through it, but that didn't happen once he started just jumping in all the way. We played there for a little bit, then took the free shuttle over to the North Shore of Chattanooga and rode the carousel. Then Noah, Ana, and I walked back across the river on the pedestrian bridge while Eryn rode the electric shuttle back. Finally we had dinner at Cheeburger Cheeburger before we drove back home. Good times. Picture 1 - Noah and Molly playing in the water, 2 - Noah and Claire playing in the water, 3 - Noah soaked, 4 - Noah and Claire riding the Carousel. JM

Rock City

Once in Chattanooga, we went to Rock City. It's basically a bunch of exposed massive rocks that you walk on and around and over and under. It's a pretty cool place, especially for the kids. I went there when I was like 10, so it was cool to see it again and see how much of it I remembered. The pictures below are 1 - Eryn and me in the Rock City sign, 2 - my family at the start of the Rock City Trail, 3 - Eryn, Ana, and me going through the "Needle's Eye" part of the trail (Noah is not pictured because he was scared), 4 - Eryn crossing the swinging bridge ("just like in Shrek!" Noah says), and 5 - Noah and Ana in some Mother Goose picture thing. JM

Chattanooga - The Ride

So yesterday we went up to Chattanooga with some friends. The ride up was interesting because there were 9 of us crammed into an Odyssey minivan that seats 8. So we shoved 4 kids in the back. It's only like 2 hours up there, so it wasn't horrendous. They did really well, for the most part. Pictured are the kids in the back seat, Ana, Ana and our friend Kimberley, and me. At the bottom is a 15 second video to give you a taste of the ride.JM