Chattanooga 2010

We took a weekend trip to Chattanooga last weekend. Brian wasn't able to take off work for Fall Break, so we decided to celebrate it a little bit early and take a short trip. We had a great time. The weather was beautiful and so were the views. Brian is a little bit of a history buff, so we had to see all the civil war sites and we went to the Tennessee Aquarium. Here are a few pics.



This was at Chickamauga/Chattanooga Miltary Park





There was all kinds of monuments to commemorate the civil war soldiers.



Swimming lessons.. she's getting there. Forgot the lifejackets and had to buy them at Gander Mountain on the way there. You always forget something.



Dalton can swim, he just hasn't learned to float when he stops swimming. As soon as he stops, he sinks!!



The Aquarium was cool. I thought it was better than Gatlinburg's.






This was a really cool area. This was the site of the battle that was fought on Lookout Mountain.

 


The views were awesome, but it made me weak in the knees. We decided not to venture Rock City since we got the same views from this area, plus it was free, can't beat that. We did miss all the gnomes at Rock City, oh well!

 




When we left, this was the scene on the moutain.  I can see why the battle was called the "Battle above the Clouds".

Hope you enjoyed the history lesson.  Since we had to take a day off school to go, we decided we would make it educational as we could.  It was good weekend getaway!

Of course all good vacations must end with someone getting sick.  Olivia got a terrible stomach virus and has missed all four days before fall break.  She is better today thankfully.  I'm so glad no one else caught it.  We were lucky!