This is the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel--Chattanooga's old train station restored into a wonderful hotel complex.
As soon as you walk in, it's like stepping back into time right down to the 1940's music that's playing. And they have their own little world inside--
Beautiful garden area.
Here's two teenage friends enjoying the gardens--well, actually she's texting--sign of the times, I guess : )
And all of these old passenger cars are now hotel guest rooms. However, my "business" expenses wouldn't allow us to stay in one of these--we were just in the regular hotel part : )
And I had to get a shot of this--
The entrance to the ladies room!
And here it is when you open up the doors--
This very large sitting room BEFORE you enter the actual ladies room (That poor little girl probably went running to her mother crying 'Mom, there's a crazy lady in her taking pictures of me!'
Then the next day we went to Gatlinburg in the Smoky Mountains. This photo was taken on the balcony of where we stayed.
We were actually staying right in downtown Gatlinburg, but back here was very serene and absent of any noise except for the sounds of nature--loved it!
This is such a great area of the country. I'll never stop being amazed at the art that God has created for all of us to enjoy.
Like these---
(shots from the very excellent aquarium in Gatlinburg)
And even this one--
Yes, this is a fish. Can you see its eyes and mouth? God must have been in a funky mood when he made this one : )
So next time I come back I'm hoping to show you what I'm working on right now--another busy weekend again--Nick's coming home--yay!!