Breakfast at the Chanticleer Inn and B&Bon Lookout Mountain, GA consisted of fresh fruit, home made pastries and apple cinnamon pancakes with real maple syrup (the owners were from New England and knew the difference between corn syrup and maple syrup) but the southern influence was present with the abundance of sweets as we found out after three days of rich, sweet breakfasts and evening cookies. We started our exploration of the Civil War Battlefields with the Battles for Chattanooga Electric Map and Museum. The exterior of the museum looked like a tacky tourist trap but inside we found a very knowledgable and friendly man who answered all our questions. We viewed a very instructive electronic battle map presentation about Chattanooga’s “Battle Above the Clouds”, in fact I was more impressed with the museum’s docent than
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