Chattanooga Trip

Keith, Connor, and I headed up I-75 to Chattanooga for 2 days/1 night for a mini-vacation!  Connor slept the whole ride there (1 1/2 hours) so he was ready to play when we got there!

We started out at the Creative Discovery Museum where Connor climbed in the slides, played with water, and explored throughout different exhibits.  One of the exhibits even took us up an additional 3 floors to an observatory where we could see all of the surrounding mountains!  

We then headed to the Tennessee Aquarium, which is divided into two buildings - River Journey and Ocean Journey.  I won't lie - I had super high expectations for the aquarium, based on what I had heard from people, and I was a little disappointed.  The only big fish at the ocean journey were sharks (no dolphins, whales, etc)... Maybe we are just spoiled with the Georgia Aquarium nearby?  Either way, we had fun!  Connor enjoyed learning to say "fish" and liked to stand right next to the glass and try to pet the fish as they swam by.  In one of the exhibits, you could touch the big fish!  Keith and I were a bit scared but Connor LOVED it - he kept touching them with no fear!

After dinner at a local brewery/grill, we walked around downtown Chattanooga - what a quaint big/little city!

The next morning, we walked to and across the Maple Street Bridge to an awesome donut shop, Julie Darling Donuts, where we sampled a few delicious donuts.  Connor's favorite was the oreo donut - specifically, the icing and oreos... not so much the plain donut part.

I would definitely recommend Chattanooga for kids Connor's age - we had so much fun and it wore him out (yay)!  We hope to go back in a few years when we can hike and do the train stuff with him!