Our adventures began at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. They had real railroad cars that had been made into hotel rooms, but we just stayed in a regular room. We took the electric bus down to the Tennessee River to board the Southern Belle for our dinner cruise. We spent 2 hours cruising up and down the river, dining and Noah & Jason even did a little dancing!
The city bus stopped running at 9pm, so we walked all the way back to our hotel. It took us about 25 minutes but, after all we ate, it was good for us! I think we saw 3 people our entire walk.
The next morning, Noah and I set out for an adventure while Jason drove an hour south to Alabama to a ski area. We met a stray cat along the way with whom Noah immediately made friends; it was hard to separate them! When we finally got to the aquarium, the lady at the counter asked if we were homeschoolers. I thought she had some weird homeschooler ESP, but it turned out that it was Homeschooler's Day at the Aquarium and she was asking everyone. We both got in for super cheap--only $19 for both! That's a great deal for a Ripley's Aquarium!!
Just as we were finishing up in the saltwater side of the aquarium, Jason called to say that he was almost there to pick us up. We would have loved to see the freshwater side, but we'll see that some other day when we make it back to Chattanooga. We had to get Jason to the Knoxville airport for his flight back home.
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