TUESDAY: Left Callaway Gardens and took the back roads to Chattanooga, after all, isn't that what RV-ing is all about? Seeing the country-side? Well, we think so and, every chance we get, that is how we roll. So, Highway 27N it is through LaGrange, Carrollton, Buchanan, Cedartown, Rome and Calhoun (GA). Along the way, I laughed myself silly at all the goofy street names so I have a few for you...(PS: I DID NOT make these up).
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| Yellow Jacket Creek |
- Hog Liver Road (Really? I've heard of chicken livers but not hog liver).
- Booger Hollow Road (You can pick your nose on this road...HA!)
- Dug Down Road (Seriously? Dug down to where? China?)
- Collard Valley Road (Guess you can pick collards here).
- Short Horn Road (Hmmm...as opposed to longhorn?).
- Booze Mountain Road (Bet you can get some moonshine here).
- Suck Creek Road (Sucks to be here).
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| The "Hills" of TN |
We got into Chattanooga about 4:00 and went to my sisters house to deliver my Lexus to her and she was thrilled with it. She is passing her old one on to her two youngest grandchildren who will be attending UT Knoxville this Fall. Then we had hors d'oeuvres outside on her deck surrounded by beautiful trees, bushes with lavender blossoms and her koi pond. She fixed bacon wrapped water chestnuts with a homemade chili/BBQ sauce for dipping, cheese straws topped with a bottle of 45 North that I brought from Michigan. Dinner was all homemade as well...chicken/artichoke casserole, Caesar salad, dainty little biscuits followed by blueberry cobbler. My sister is just the best cook...she gets that from our Mother. Delightful evening!
WEDNESDAY: Linda and I went downtown to the Courthouse to transfer my car title over to her, ran a few errands then she treated me to lunch at
Nicki's, one of our favorite old restaurants. In our younger days, it was a drive-in and it's just as popular today as it was then. After that, we drove around town looking at a few condominiums that has roused her curiosity. Her husband passed in December and she is warming up to the idea of moving off Lookout Mountain and into a condo, which I think would be perfect for her.
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| Nicki's Drive-In |
For dinner, we took Linda to
1885, a popular bistro at the foot of Lookout Mountain. We had drinks at the bar until a table on the outdoor patio became available. The food was excellent and there was a cool evening breeze to end a perfect day.
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| The Walden Club Dinner |
THURSDAY: Thunderstorms woke us up throughout the night and it was still raining hard in the morning so, we stayed in the motorhome until the rain passed. When it cleared up, we had nice cool temperatures throughout the rest of the day. I met Linda at 5:00 and she treated me along 4 of her friends to dinner at the
Walden Club which is a private dinner club on top of the Citi building in downtown Chattanooga. We started with a bottle of champagne, then a wonderful dinner plus a spectacular view of the city.
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| Tivoli Theatre |
After dinner, we walked a couple of blocks to the
Tivoli Theatre where the
Chattanooga Symphony was performing
La Mer. Linda worked for the Symphony at one time and, of course, knew everyone there. The Tivoli, also known as the
"Jewel of the South", is a historic theatre building built in 1921 at a cost of $750,000 and would take millions to replace today. The Theatre was one of the first air-conditioned public buildings in the United States. It can seat 1,750 people within the orchestra, upper boxes, loge, upper and lower balconies and currently has a Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Pipe Organ. This building is a significant landmark in Chattanooga and it was a delight to re-visit this spectacular old building and spend a special evening with my sis.
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| Chattanooga Symphony |
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| Program |
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