On Vacation!!!

  Our first stop this morning was at Mammoth Cave National Park. We contemplated so many of the tours, and ultimately decided that we would just do the self guided tour this time around. (Primarily because we weren't exactly sure when we would arrive!) When we have more time and are not just passing through, we will plan on some of the other tours.  There was a little bit of disappointment from Dane today. He didn't do his research on this stop and was not happy to hear that Mammoth Cave did not in fact have any mammoths. However after exploring the cave, he did still give it a 9/10.  Then we hit the road! Our next stop was the Indianapolis Children's Museum. We had forgotten about the change in time zones and ran into a little bit of traffic, so we only had an hour to explore. They have a pretty amazing "Dinosphere" We will be back another time to explore more of the museum exhibits! Our final stop for the day before heading to our hotel was the Uranus Fudge Shop...

  We started this morning in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Our first stop this morning was at Rock City. The road up to Look Out Mountain brought us back into Georgia.  There were some skinny passes to go through as we hiked around the gardens and a lot of gnomes were out and about. The lookout was amazing..... You could see 7 different states! So many cool things to see... including some bridges, caves, and waterfalls! You'll have to check out our photo album (linked at the bottom of the post to see more!) I would definitely recommend this place if you are in the area.  Then, we drove to the Earth Experience, the Middle Tennessee Museum of Natural History.  This neat little museum had a TON of specimens from the Baisch Ranch! We had an opportunity to talk with some of the paleontologists there. They do most of their digging in Glendive, and Marge donated a number of specimens to their museum.  Then we drove to Horse Cave, Kentucky. (With a stop at Buc-ees again of co...

Leaving Summerville this morning was challenging. We just wanted to go back to the dig sites! However, we knew it was time for us to start the second part of our trip, the long drive home! Of course, we have quite a few days of exploring ahead of us, but we have completed our dig and quest!  (Well, at least for now!) We split up our driving today with a trip to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. This aquarium is by far our favorite of the aquariums we have been to so far.  Dane's gaming buddy, "Tacko" met us at the aquarium for the afternoon. It was nice to see her again!  The tank with the whale shark is my favorite. We went through that section twice. It was pretty busy there today! I also went live on and off throughout the day. Our buddy Liv was sad that she was not on this trip with us, so I made sure to "go live" so she could participate in today from afar!  After the aquarium, we drove north to Chattanooga for the night.  However, we had a "pit stop...