THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2019:


Today I drove 170 miles traveling from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

TENNESSEE RIVER CRUISE Thirty-three minute video of my cruise out of Chattanooga on the Southern Belle.

ROCK CITY GARDENS Eighteen minute video of the iconic attraction on Lookout Mountain.

MY DAILY EMAIL SENT ON OCTOBER 24, 2019

Howdy, I left my hotel in Gatlinburg right after sunrise. I had planned to stick around the Smokys for most of the day and then drive to Chattanooga later in the day. But the forecast for Chattanooga tomorrow looks bad so I thought I would get here early and do some of the things I was going to do tomorrow today instead. It was about a three hour drive to get over here. The first thing I did was take a riverboat cruise on the Southern Belle down the Tennessee River. We cruised the Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River, the Tennessee River Gorge. The cruise was advertised as a fall foliage cruise, but there was very little fall color today. We cruised past some very nice homes. It was a nice cruise. The weather was beautiful. But it lasted too long. It was a three hour cruise. After the cruise I drove up Lookout Mountain, crossed into Georgia and visited Rock City Gardens. The gardens were decorated in autumn finery. I took the shortcut to Lover's Leap. I was unable to do all the up & down steps and climbing over rocks that the main trail requires. I was really pleased at how well things went yesterday at the SkyBridge. I didn't walk nearly that far here today and I was in much greater pain. I couldn't walk over fifty feet today without having to stop and rest my feet. I finally got to Lover's Leap the focal point of Rock City. The picture below was taken out on Lover's Leap looking back on the mountain. You get a nice view of Chattanooga from up there. I picked the right time of day to go. If you go in the morning you'll be looking into the sun. Below is a picture of the flags. There is a flag for each of the seven states they say you can see from up here. Can you figure out what all seven states are? Next I checked into my Best Western motel here in Chattanooga. I got my dinner from a Logans Roadhouse next door. Have a good evening, Tim

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Today's complete, mostly unedited dash cam footage is nearly four hours long. I drive 170 miles traveling from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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