Our weekend in Chattanooga

This past weekend we went to see our friends the Kents in Chattanooga, TN. I (Brent) took a day off from the clinic on Friday to make it a 3 day weekend. On Friday we went to Fall Creek Falls, Burgess Falls, and Rock Island State Parks. Each of these parks has beautiful waterfalls. The weather was fantastic and we went on several short hikes. Morgan was a little trooper and made dad so proud as it looks like he may have a little hiking buddy in the making. Morgan is fascinated with stairs and fortunately there were lots of stairs carved into the trails we hiked. Here we are trying to get Morgan to pose for a family picture at Rock Island State Park.

We drove to Chattanooga Friday evening and spent the rest of the weekend with the Kents. We got to see their new home. It is always great to see old friends, but it is even better when you get to see all the good things happening for them. Their house is beautiful and their kids are a blast. We had a great time catching up, playing games(even if Brent got destroyed after talking tons of trash), going sightseeing, roasting marshmallows, and eating great food. The Kents were amazing hosts. Here is a picture at Rock City, a pretty area on Lookout Mountain with walking trails, overlooks, and lots of pretty scenery.

On the way home we stopped by the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It was amazing to see how massive the space shuttles and rockets are that mankind has launched into space. I could not get over the size of the rockets and the seemingly impossible raw power necessary to launch something that large into space. It was nice icing on the cake for our 3 day trip. Thanks again Joe and Nicki for the great weekend and for your ongoing friendship. Here is a slide show several more pictures from our trip.