Chattanooga to Sweetwater, Tennessee

Another lovely hot day in the USA – approximately 28⁰C and very hot.  After breakfast we headed off to Chattanooga.  We lost an hour as we crossed into Eastern Time, so we arrived there at 10:30am.  Took the world's steepest railway up Lookup Mountain for some spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Later we found a parking near the waterfront area and wandered around.  We saw Ross’ Landing and learnt about the Trail of Tears. - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross's_Landing and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears

We then caught the shuttle bus to go and see the Chattanooga Choo Choo and one of the shops there was a scrapbooking shop – I could not believe my luck.  They mainly had things relating to the area, which was great.  After a bit of shopping we caught the shuttle back towards the waterfront area and got off near the Big River Brewery Co. where we decided to go in for lunch. We walked back to our car and then headed off to Sweetwater.

We arrived in Sweetwater at 4:30pm and checked out the Hilltop Hotel and then took a drive downtown.  We wondered into a few shops and then went to K-Mart where we bought a cooked chicken, salads and rolls for supper.  Dereck and Doug went for a swim in the hotel pool with a few beers while Sue and I watched them.  At about 8pm, after sitting round the pool plotting our route for tomorrow we headed back up to our rooms and proceeded to take out the table and chairs and arranged them on the verandah and we sat there and had supper.  We had quite a few laughs at the thought of what other guests might be thinking.  It was still very warm and the sun only went down at about 8:30pm and we were able to catch a stunning sunset.  We eventually went to bed at about 10pm.

Michelle signing off ….