Chattanooga-0704

Chattanooga-0704
A wonderful weekend in Chattanooga with Bruce and Yvonne Pirtle

Bruce&Yvonne 002 Bruce and Yvonne Pirtle. Our Hosts and Road Captains for the weekend. Everything about the organization of this ride was great!
gang From left to right: Dan (Lil'Dan) Robinette, Terry Elmy, Ruth Ann Elmy, Yvonne Pirtle, Bruce Pirtle and Ron Wooten. Ron left us shortly after we toured Fall Creek Falls to head back to Knoxville. Phil and Kim Smith joined us later that night.
fall 006 Facts about the Falls.
fall 002 The main falls.
fall 009 Another angle of the main falls.
fall 007 Several falls are in the Park.
fall15 Whew! Not so sure I would sit where these folks are perched.
fall 001 Swimming in the downfall at Fall Creek Falls.
fall 008 Down stream of the main falls.
fall 014 At least four are in easy walking distance from the parking lot.
fall 016 The water was warm which tells us the stream is well down out of the mountains.
fall 015 Another bogus adventure I am not willing to try.
lil dan Lil Dan thinks he sees a Snipe!
bees 001 Bee Hive at the Fall Creek Falls Nature Center.
new friends Another group of folks we kept bumping in to as we rode. They just kept showing up at every other corner. Nice folks!
sticky fingers 001 Dinner at Sticky Fingers Saturday night.
sticky fingers 003 Note Phil and Kim are with us now. They were waiting at the hotel when we got back from Fall Creek Falls.
lookout mt 006 Some of us are amazed at the view from Lookout Mountain.
lookout mt 007 Terry helps out a tourist.
lookout mt 004 Phil Smith mumurs,
lookout mt 001 View of Chattanooga from the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway observation deck.
lookout mt 008 This was worth the ride up the mountain.
chick 003 Chickamauga National Park Welcome Center.
Chick13 Chickamauga National Park Visitor Center
Chick11 Wonderful Gun Collection at the Visitor's Center
Chick Most of these statues were donated by the individual states that had soldiers participating in the battle.
chick 002 Lot's of displays in the Welcome Center.
chick 004 Statue on the front lawn of the Welcome Center.
chick 006 Live seminars and demonstrations were free. he actually fired the muzzle loader.
chick 007 Lookout Tower
Chick2 Lookout Tower
chick 009 Kim Smith giving us a WhoDeeWho from high atop the Lookout Tower.
chick 008 So many reminders.
Chick14 Lots of canons are the Welcome Center
Chick5 Yours Truly caught doing what I do best. (Nothing)
Chick7 Some were donated by the veterans of the battle.
Chick8 One of thousands of statues found in the National Park.
Chick9 All are inscribed with acknowledgements to those that fought.
Let me out Right where he belongs