Chattanooooooga!

This past weekend Jordan and I head to Chattanooga to visit my best friend Whitney! We left Thursday after lunch and returned on Sunday afternoon. Our trip there was a bit strange. We went from NC to SC to GA back to NC then FINALLY TN! At least we made it safely :) We had a hotel room for Thursday and Friday and stayed with Whitney on Saturday night. Friday morning we got up and ready and set out to find a McDonald's for breakfast. I have never NOT been able to find a McDonald's. The only fast food we could find for breakfast was a Bojangles so we grabbed a bite to eat and headed up the mountain to ROCK CITY. Basically it was a garden of rocks with a few flowers and a Spectacular view of 7 states! I really enjoyed this place but was irritated with the immature middle school/teenagers that were EVERYWHERE! I wanted to stop and take pictures and enjoy my time but they wouldn't allow it. It was still my favorite "attraction" of the day I believe. Next we headed on to RUBY FALLS. We had a tour guide that took us down this elevator into the side of a mountain and then we walked about a mile underground to the awesome waterfall. I enjoyed this attraction but was upset that they only keep the lights on so you can see the waterfall for like 5 minutes then you have to go back out. Our final attraction on the triple play ticket was the incline railway. I was not excited about this nor did I enjoy it that much. The incline railway is the worlds steepest incline railway at 72% incline on a mile long track. Of course it isn't that steep until about halfway up the mountain. I was scared to death when we got to the top that the cable would break and we would go speeding down the hill and end up at the bottom going across the road and crashing into the building in front of us. We made it safely to the top and went in the gift shop, checked out the observation deck, then climbed aboard for the ride back down the mountain. Needless to say, we made it back down safely. I wasn't very impressed with a mile ride up, gift shop, observation deck, and a mile ride back down. O well! I can say I have been there and done that.
After our triple play attractions, we headed downtown to walk around and explore the city. We met up with Whitney for supper at the Genghis Grill. AMAZING! You pick out your veggies, meat and even your sauce and starch then hadn't it to them to cook. It was sooooo good! After supper Whitney showed us around a little then we headed back to the hotel.
Saturday morning was breakfast at the Cracker Barrel with Whitney then while she was at work we went to the other side of the city, I believe its called North Shore. Took more pictures, IN THE RAIN, then met back with Whitney for supper again at the Genghis Grill. Jordan wanted it again and since it was soooo good I was totally cool with that. We didn't do much after supper. We went back to Whitney's apartment since we didn't have a hotel for that night, rented a movie, watched it, and went to bed. We didn't sleep well that night but its OK. Up about 7:30 and hit the road! We stopped at a huge flea market and the Tanger outlet then back to Mom and Dads to pick up the children, our dogs that is. Roxie, Chase and Bandit were happy to see us and we were happy to see them. We missed them!
Our trip had ended and Jordan and I had a great time together! I will post a few pics of our trip later on...