The 2nd of Many Chattanooga Trips

The first one was for the tour. But we literally just drove up there that day, did the tour, and drove home.  So this is sort of the first official trip to Abby's new home? 

On our way that morning to orientation.  Jon dropped us off.

 Even though I know I am in for a BORING day, I am pumped at this point in the morning to receive my goodie bag of *free stuff.

*I think we all know I am paying for this crap somewhere...but still, it was fun.

Abby was just about to leave for her student stuff.

We found the bookstore!  Moc's Nest!

Which is where we bought Jon a hat.  Abby is wearing her *free t-shirt....

 Meanwhile, back in funville, Jacob and Jon visited Ruby Falls, which are inside a cave...

 They rode go-karts and went to the top of Lookout Mountain...

 They ate at Logan's and panned for gold and precious gems.

Perhaps I should put an asterisk next to 'gold' and 'precious'??

 Oh, and they went zip lining...

Here is what I was doing while my child dangled 50 feet above the ground--fighting sleep, that's what.

At one point Abby and I ventured out and explored a little.  Oh, and we went looking for a convenience store to buy her some deodorant.  Because she didn't pack any for her over night stay at the dorm that night.  She also didn't pack shampoo, conditioner, or soap.  But we had discovered those things before we left that morning.  I guess she thought I was going to spend the night with her??

Anyway, our adventure took us down a road that featured a restaurant called "Champy's."  And when I say restaurant, I mean bar that serves some food and lots of half naked people were hanging out. We made snide comments. 

Then, that evening when Jon, our nephew Joe & his wife Jessie, and Jacob picked me up for dinner, guess where they took us to eat? Yep.

It was actually thoroughly delicious, and it turns out not as trashy as it looked at first glance.

We stayed at our nephew's and his wife's house.  They live 30 minutes from the campus.  It is quite convenient.

Joe and Jessie have two dogs-Rocko (above) and Layla (below).  Both are awesome dogs, except that they bark when someone walks in the house, and then every time that same person walks into the living room from another room.  Regardless of how long those people have been staying there and how much they, the dogs, have warmed up to those people.

I snuck this pic.  Abby would probably kill me, even though she looks adorable.

*side note-spell check is telling me that "snuck" is not correct.  I am sorry, but I just can't put "sneaked."