A brisk morning greets us as we step out of our hotel, Drury Plaza in Franklin, Tennessee and onto our motor coach. The drive to Chattanooga takes us down I-24 so we should make pretty good time. Has anyone heard of Michelle Murray? Celebrity sighting! Coming up behind us is her tour bus with her photo and tour information splashed along the side of her bus. Looked her up on Google and see that she is a recording artist and actress. I guess this is a pretty common sight in and around Nashville. Sadly, though we didn't see her but we'll accept her tour bus as a sighting. Sad, aren't we?
On The River Again . . .
Yesterday we took a rive cruise on a riverboat. Today it's the River Gorge Explorer on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga. Near the aquarium close to downtown Chattanooga, the River Gorge Explorer travels along at upwards of 50 miles per hour making sudden stops to view the colors of fall and the wildlife above the water and on the water. We saw a young bald eagle, turkeys, great blue herons and turtles by the score. Our naturalist aboard the Explorer gave us a full history of the Tennessee River as well as pointing out the abundant wildlife. She used a number of visual aids to give us the big picture of life on the river. This was truly a thrilling ride flying along the river and coming to a near sudden stop with water crashing up and over the boat. Of course we were all inside and dry so watching the water come over the windows was really kinda neat. The tour ended with the Captain doing donuts on the water giving us a 360 degree view of the surrounding area. (see the video on our facebook page... www.facebook.com/travelmasters.org)
After a wonderful rib and pulled pork dinner at Sticky Fingers downtown we made our way to The Chattanoogan for the night. In the lobby tonight Marsha gave an impromptu iPad lesson to a few members of the group, one of which just purchased hers today. Oh yeah, anther game of Farkel is on the books for tonight. (Congratulations to Karen & Judy tonights grand champions). I however, will be watching the World Series, thank you very much!
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