Today, after a VERY slow start, we went to downtown Chattanooga.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know what to expect from this place.\u00a0 Various travel sites that I had visited mentioned very few highlights to see.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t need to see the inside of the #1 attraction, the aquarium, but we could walk around the exterior (on one side was a \u201ctrail of tears\u201d memorial walkway).\u00a0 The #2 site was an iron bridge and the #3 site was a national cemetery.\u00a0 Another top site was the Hunter Museum and the nearby \u201cart district.\u201d\u00a0 Fortunately, all the but the cemetery were in easy walking distance, so we decided to do a little walking, and then we would drive to the cemetery.<\/p>\n
What the travel sites failed to mention was how clean the downtown area was and how stunning the architecture was.\u00a0 This place was beautiful!<\/p>\n
The Hunter Museum of art has the largest collection of American art in the South.\u00a0 The paintings run from 1750 \u2013 2010.\u00a0 Though there were few \u201cmajor\u201d pieces of art, the collection as a whole was quite stunning.\u00a0 We all had a good time.\u00a0 The current installation about slaves crossing the Tennessee River was especially nice.\u00a0 Just outside the Hunter Museum was a glass walkway\/bridge that led to the iron bridge.\u00a0 Beyond the iron bridge was the trail of tears monument which led to the riverfront park.\u00a0 From the river park was a walking\/biking trail that led back to the museum and the art district.\u00a0 I was really a nice walk.\u00a0 There were sculptures along the way.\u00a0 Rather than hitting the art district (due to time constraints), we decided to drive to the cemetery and call it a day.\u00a0 The cemetery was a nice experience \u2013 all those grave markers lined-up like a military parade.\u00a0 In the evening, we met up with more relatives at one of the better steakhouses I have been to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today, after a VERY slow start, we went to downtown Chattanooga.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know what to expect from this place.\u00a0 Various travel sites that I had visited mentioned very few highlights to see.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t need to see the inside … Continue reading