ROCKS

On Thursday we spent the day at various areas on Lookout Mountain.

This is a mountain just south of “Nooga”. (Slang for Chattanooga)

It was pivotal in the Civil War as who ever controlled it had control of the city.

To look at it from the city you see a completely forested mountain. One of the attractions of the is the very steep railway that goes up the eastern side.

At certain places the angle is 72 degrees.

Here we are looking down

Our freeway is somewhere out there.

Now we’re looking up at the station.

From there we drove to a place called rock city. To get there we drove many neighborhoods on small twisty roads. I don’t know how they zoned this mountain, but from below you would not think any homes were there except a few on top.

I imagine in the heat of the summer those trees are very welcome.

This place is literally a rock garden,we ain’t “talkin” pea gravel.

Here’s a look at the waterfall from the top

I love how this was built from the bottom up!

From there we went to Huntsville, Al. Also known s rocket city

Their great Space and rocket museum is very good.

It really takes you back.

Their exhibit on the space race and the moon landing is very good.

I’m still astounded at the size of the Saturn V rocket.

They have a whole building dedicated just to that rocket.

We are now in Muscle Shoales and tomorrow will be going to the Fame and Muscle Shoales studios. In 2013 there was a great movie made about these studios.Check it out for a great history of the music that was made there.

Until later