I had a great time this past week in Chattanooga. It was a great time overall. We went on a trip kinda spur of the moment, yes we had one a little investigative work in case we ever had the chance to go but for those of you that know me I have a great love for planning possible road trips and secretly thought that Chattanooga would most likely be another chapter in that category. To my surprise, Tuesday came and with the realization that I would be helping Tim's mom a lot over the next couple weeks, add in Graduate studies, job hunting for next year, and the already hectic life of the wife of a church planter and you have a slightly frazzled over emotional Melissa...We drove a little over ninety miles. We felt like we passed through another world though due in part to the time change. We opted to drive the interstate mostly because of the hilly nature of the drive. We arrived at the hotel about two pm.
The hotel was a little disappointing. Tim's handicap accessible room had a tub that was too high and it was on the second floor. In other words, it was not ideal. It did have an elevator. I guess Tim has improved enough to use a walker some so that helped. I had hoped for more because I had made the time to call and ask specifically for an accessible room. I know in the future to ask more specific questions and to not assume that an accessible room is well really ADA complaint. The bright spot is that there were no fires and there were no falls or injuries.
The first night, we were there in time to check in and then we went to see an unusal tourist attraction. It was the International Towing and Recovery Museum. The only one in the world, because the concepts of Tow Trucks began right here in the wonderful state of Tennessee. We had a coupon and got in the museum for two dollars less. So for fourteen dollars, we got to see about a fifteen minute clip on Tow Trucks, saw about sixteen antique tow trucks from around the world and an extensive amount of replica and toy tow trucks. There was a hall of fame for tow truck drivers and then an average gift shop. We got Tim a camo hat with ITR and a tow truck. It was the last one. We got Betty a small keepsake too but mostly because of an inside joke. I also got a magnet...I just had to have something. We took pictures of course and we went on our way. That night we took it easy. We ate at Friday's and rested up. It was amazing how tired we were from all the drama that was occuring in our family.
The next day we got up early and headed to the Tennessee Aquarium. It was amazing, we didn't stay with the tour but we took in tons of interesting stuff. I loved the penguins and Tim loved the huge Turtle. The sharks were also awesome! We had a great time and enjoyed the glass displays. We also went to see the Chattanooga Choo Choo, which has the greatest gift shop and we also drove around Downtown Chattanooga. I love Chattanooga. We also went to a huge Walmart...and rested the next day would be a return home situation primarily because MIL had a family meeting on thursday. It was a great getaway. Doesn't happen that often.
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