Family

We usually don't get to take a summer vacation b/c business picks up and David is gone most of the summer.  We always try to go to the beach on Spring Break b/c we know we probably won't get back. Plus, we had the Colorado trip in February.  So it's not a big deal except the boys keep asking if we were going to go somewhere while school was out. 

We thought about going to Washington DC for the 4th holiday but couldn't set aside enough time to do everything we would want to do (Smithsonian Museums, Capital, Memorials....) So I came up w/ our old standby 4th - Pops in the Park in Chattanooga.  Then I found out that The Chattanooga Lookouts were @ home on the 3rd w/ a fireworks display.  So everyone thought that sounded like a good plan.  David suggested we spend the night downtown so the boys could swim after the game. I researched the Downtown Hotels then it hit me-- The Choo Choo!! So I booked a Victorian train car to sleep in. 

The boys were excited about the Train Car.  It was really neat.  We have promised Parker since he was about 4 yr old that we would stay in a train car someday.  I hope the boys will remember it.  They love to stay in different hotels. They talk about The Gaylord Opryland Hotel all the time. 


    
We had a great dinner @ Big River then off to the Lookouts/Smokies Baseball game.  Man! It was hot!!  I honestly thought that I was going to be sick during the first 3 innings of the game.  Not to mention that those innings were incredible slow! I kept myself occupied by watching people pass out.  Why were they drinking Beer in that heat?  Dropping like flies!!   Finally the sun started going down and it felt much better.  The game picked up and got really good! Chatt. won it in the last inning so it was not boring. 


Back to the Choo Choo to swim.








  Our "Staycation" was a good one.