Day 24, Chattanooga 10/5

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Diann @ Helm, Gorgeous veiws, Volleyball anyone ?

While still fighting the current, we made it the 31 miles to Chattanooga. This stretch of the river gets as deep as 135 feet and makes a dozen turns. This area is known as the “Grand Canyon of Tennessee” and it is absolutely beautiful. I hope the pictures convey the beauty.

I had to take the picture of the volley ball net in the water only a short distance from the 65’ deep channel. You do not want to get out of the marked channel.

We’re in the eastern time zone now, tied to the Chattanooga City Dock right on the downtown waterfront. There are about (8) boats tied up with us to enjoy site seeing of the area. Chattanooga also has free electric bus shuttle routes in the downtown area, one of which we took to find the BBQ restaurant “Sticky Fingers”. The food was very good right down to the pecan pie. The restaurant opportunities are endless.

Right up the steps from our dock is the four level Tennessee Aquarium. It is the world’s largest freshwater aquarium. Our plans are to tour the aquarium tomorrow, along with other tourist attractions offered on the Chattanooga waterfront. We are looking forward to the turn-around and reaping the benefit of the 5-6 MPH current we have being fighting for the last 463 miles.

Hope to find a t-mobile store tomorrow to find out what is wrong with our air card. Relying on WIFI is OK, however sometimes to weak of a signal. Had a small drizzel/rain tonight but, still warm. Tom is sitting on the aft deck in shorts, 9:00 PM