Chattanooga, TN

Here we are in Chattanooga. There is a lot of construction going on. The only place we could find to have coffee was a Panera Bread place. It could be worse, I guess. Chattanooga is a pretty big city. There seems to be a lot of downtown revitalization going on. It's like the city is coming back but you can tell they have a ways to go.

We are about 135 miles from Nashville. We'll head north on Rt. 24 and be in Nashville for a late lunch. The mountains were nice. We went by a whitewater facility and the sign said it was built for the 1996 Olympics. We aren't too far from Atlanta at this point so I guess this was the closest place for whitewater when they had the Olympics there. That was the Olympics where Eric Rudolph set off bombs. He was caught last year in Murphy which is where we spent the night. I got a copy of the local paper and his trial, which is going on now, is the main headline. He was on the run for about 6 or 7 years. There's no way he survived without help from folks in those parts.

Anyway, we are having a good time. We'll feel even better when we get past Nashville. I have about 10 hours of driving to do today. But, as you may know, I take a lot of breaks and I'm not afraid to say if I'm tired or need more coffee.

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Ciao fer now!

Steven & the family.