Blogs from Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, North America

Today started off great. After a late sleep and breakfast at the hotel, I headed up the mountain to Ruby Falls. Ruby Falls is the largest waterfall within a cave. In an hour-long tour, we learned the history of the falls, how they were discovered, and saw many spectacular rock formations 260 feet inside Lookout Mountain. The more colorful rock formations were creatively named, such as potato chip, elephant's foot, tobacco, steak & potatoes, etc. The tour culminated in the actual Ruby Falls (named for the wife of the man who discovered them). From Ruby Falls, I headed to the top of the mountain to Rock City. At Rock City, I toured the many gardens, including a gnome underpass, and walked across a swinging bridge to Lover's Leap and the peak of Lookout Mountain, where 7 ... read more

Friday May 20 4:40 Pm Arrived in Chattanooga after a pleasant drive through lovely hills. Stopped at the Tennessee visitor center as for some reason you go from Tennessee into Georgia and then back into Tennessee again. Got lots of good info there but was disappointed as they didn't have wireless internet. I decided I would take care of renting a room first but found out they were scarce. Seems like recent bad weather plus a Stupid baseball game being played here have filled up all the rooms . Spent two very hot hours looking for a room. I finally rented a Suite at the Knights Inn on Shallowford Road North of I-75 for $70.30. As it was a very hot day I decided just heck with it and I rented the stupid room and have ... read more

We are now past the half way point of our travels. Well it was a very cold night and day started with breakfast in our Hotel lobby (scrambled eggs on toast + OJ). We headed out to the car and it was windy and cold. Temperature in the car said it was zero outside and this was about 10AM. We headed to a place called Lookout Mountain which is only a few kms from downtown. First stop was Ruby Falls. I deliberately did not tell the kids anything about this place so they would be surprised. The tour starts by going in an elevator down about 260 feet through limestone to the middle of the mountain. We await a tour guide who then took us deep into the caves seeing various formations along the way to ... read more

The day started pretty late and we missed the breakfast inhouse. We had a couple of yoghurts and bananas with us and finished these and then headed off around 10.15AM. We arrived at Scottsboro Alabama around 11AM and the drive here was a bit different as we were not on an Interstate but driving through various small middle american towns (still dual carriageways so a good road nonetheless). A bit windy today but mostly clear skies and temperature a bit warmer at around 12 degrees. Today was essentially a travelling day to get to Chattanooga which is back in the Southeast corner of Tennessee, but when we researched the journey we realised that Scottsboro was about half way and has a famous attraction called the Unclaimed Baggage Centre. Essentially all of the lost baggage that is ... read more

The day before our big trip, and it’s snowing in Kunsan, I take my guys out for dinner, Gamjeatong, potato soup. After dinner we get home and pack, we decide to stay up since we have a taxi coming to pick us up at 2:30am to take us to the bus terminal for our 3:00am bus ride to the airport. As we are waiting for the elevator I jokingly say “Let’s not leave any luggage”, last year we (actually it was me) left a bag in front of the airport and did not notice until we were in the check-in line. As the elevator doors close that’s when I realize that I don’t have my wallet….doohh! We arrive at the airport and check in and go through security and customs, once through we go to the ... read more