Chattanooga, Tennessee- May 2014

On Memorial Day, we left Maryland and headed for Tennessee.  It was a beautiful drive through rural Virginia- we never realized how expansive Virginia is!!!  We planned this trip to coincide with some business Bryan had in Georgia, but we are very thankful we stayed in Tennessee!  The people are friendly, the lake we are staying on is clean, refreshing, & full of big ol' fish and the vibe here is so easygoing and laid back.  What a great way to start out summer!  Here are some highlights of our Tennessee trip...

Putting on the Tennessee sticker

Our boys are growing up...

Big Ol' Bass... Caught from our waterfront campsite

Look at those happy faces!

Our little piece of Chester Frost Park

A better angle of our campsite

Doesn't get much better than this

They have a great beach area here at the park that Aaron and I love!  We swim and relax at the beach while Braden fishes!

Aaron swimming with friends

There's Braden fishing on the dock with his new friend, Matt.  Aaron and I were on the beach :-)

Great BBQ here in Tennessee!

And all the frog legs you could ever want!

We checked out Raccoon Mountain yesterday.  Crazy cool cavern!

Wow!

Looks like a man with a beard!

We learned all about stalagmites, stalactites, columns, chandeliers and other cavern terminology that I'm sure will serve us well in the future!  

We also took a spin on the go- carts!

The boys had the track to themselves...Aaron held the lead for the longest time :-)

We are close to a nuclear power plant, so we made sure we educated ourselves on what to do in case of an emergency...

And we decided against eating the catfish...

Tennessee has beautiful parks - we visited this one after work one day...

They had a great playground with a cool "zip line"!  Aaron loved it!

We have explored the park and the surrounding areas looking for fish...

Braden usually finds them...

Bodie has really gotten into fishing with his dad...he helps with his now infamous fish yelp/cry/strangled bark...our neighbors love us!

Boy, is he sleeping well these days!!!

In case you were wondering, the answer is YES!  Aaron IS getting in plenty of gaming time :-)  

Here we are...still smiling ❤️