Down south part I

Hey! We have successfully made it up to and through the first part of our big trip to the south. After rousting the kids out of bed at 4:30am and making our way with them and all of our bags through the rigmarole that is airport security, (I seriously doubt anyone would make explosive devices out of their two year old's shoes, and if they did, anyone would clearly see the fuses) we ended up having a few nice flights and arriving in Huntsville Alabama in one piece.



After a comfortable night staying at the Greenfield's house and being treated to some great food and hospitality, we set out the next morning for Atlanta, by way of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Near Chattanooga, we visited the Chickamouga/Chattanooga Civil War battle sights. The area is beautiful, with abrupt, rocky hills, covered in thick hardwoods and pines all around. We were pressed for time, but would have loved to spend more time outside of the Chickamouga visitors center exploring the terrain. The torrential down-pouring rain didn't help much with outdoor exploration either.

Just before getting to Atlanta, in an area that was only slightly above the boondocks category, we visited a cemetery that has the grave of one of Andrea's mother's ancestors who was a revolutionary war soldier. This old cemetery had some amazing historical graves from the revolutionary, up through and beyond to the civil war. There were some particularly touching civil war grave markers that detailed the deaths of children in the civil war.



















For the last day we have been at the Anytime Fitness conference. Tomorrow is the last day of the conference and the girls are going with Poppy and Gigi and Andrea to the American Girl store near Atlanta as well as Stone Mountain. I will be staying at the conference and indulging myself with the overly abundant meals and snacks.

Over the next few days I should be taking more pictures and will get them up here as soon as I can.