See Rock City

Nicole's entry for Sunday:
Last night we stayed at the Microtel in Chattanooga, TN. It was very nice and we got a good nights sleep from what seemed like our never ending drive from Houston. We had breakfast at our hotel and then headed over to the Tennessee Valley train station to ride the TVR train . It's a short ride, about 6 miles or so and goes through a very cool tunnel. Nathan's dad gave us a tip to pay a little extra for a "VIP" seat up front with the conductor. We got to see all the controls and the great view.





After the train ride we went to Lookout Mountain for a FULL DAY OF FUN! And I do mean FULL DAY! We started at ROCK CITY and I didn't know what to expect but I loved it! It's one of the prettiest places I've ever seen. A huge park with amazing landscaping and views that take your breath away. Here's the website so you can check it out for yourself...
www.seerockcity.com




















After a few hours of enjoying Lovers Leap, Fairy Tale cavern and many cool trails, we headed over to the INCLINE RAILWAY.






Now this was super neat! It's a train car that is actually slanted and takes you from the bottom of Lookout Mountain straight up the face of the mountain (73 degree incline) to the top of Lookout Mountain and Point Park, a civil war battle ground. We had lunch at the bottom of Lookout Mountain and then took the train back up to go to RUBY FALLS.



Ruby Falls is an underground waterfall in the middle of Lookout Mountain. It's amazing to walk in a cavern 1000 feet underground and find a huge waterfall inside. Ruby Falls is quite the touristy place. Without all the lights, you'd never see the waterfall but you sure could hear it. The lights for the waterfall are synchronized with music. Very neat!

ROADTRIP!!!!!!!!

Did somebody say roadtrip?.......Wow 6 states in one day. What kind of award do we get for that? I don't have too much to say about it. It was a nice drive but it ran a little long. Here are a few pics along the way. Oh and a Special thanks goes out to my buddy James and his wife Amy for letting us crash at their place before we started this trek.

Houston

We have made it through the first phase of our trip.

Counting Crows and the Goo Goo Dolls were great. We ended up leaving from San Antonio a little later than we wanted to and got to Houston just in time to freshen up at Jo's house (thanks for the awesome hospitality, Jo!) and then we were on our way to the Woodlands.

Friday afternoon was spent at the Houston Gallaria having lunch with Jo and Shannon and doing a little shopping.

Friday night we went to Traci and Jamin's wedding. Nicole sang and we had a great time with friends.

Here is a picture of the happy couple:

Still in the planning phase

Well, It's Wednesday evening and out trip is still in the planning phase. Here are the things we know:

1. We are going to Houston tomorrow for the Counting Crows concert.
2. We will still be in Houston for a wedding on Friday.

That about covers it for the for sure part of the trip. The rest of the trip is still in the planning phase but it looks like we will be leaving Houston for Tennessee either Saturday midday or early Sunday morning.