We had a great layover day in Chattanooga today. We’ve found this city to be very boater friendly as well as may neat things to see and do.
We started the day slowly by sleeping in some and relaxing on the boat a good part of the morning. After a late breakfast we ventured out to the Tennessee Aquarium which’s right above the city docks where we are located. The aquarium is huge and very nice. It has an entire large building dedicated to the river systems; how and where they start all the way to the oceans. It is very well done, and bonus....it was inside and air conditioned on a VERY hot day 😎. We spent 5 or so hours here and could have spent even more (except for our feet getting tired).
After the Aquarium we hopped on the free shuttle bus and went across the river to do some shopping at Publix. Provisioned back up for the long boating days we have planned for the coming week.
Back at the boat we ventured back up into downtown for a few for ice cream (gotta have it 🍦) and then rested our tired legs for a bit before cooking dinner and settling in to enjoy the Independence Day festivities. We sat in our zero gravity chairs on the bow of the boat and enjoyed a nice concert by the Chattanooga Sumphony while eating our baklava cheesecake we had gotten yesterday 🤩. The fireworks were not as good as the Ft Loudon display we’d seen on Saturday but they were nice.
To bed we went to rest up for a planned long cruising day of 100+ miles tomorrow in the predicted 96 degree heat.
 Rowing team practice  |
| Otters playing at the aquarium |
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| American Alligators.....I hope I don't see any this close on the rivers! |
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| Paddle fish, they open their mouths and filter food from the water! |
 Petting stingrays!  |
| Albino??? catfish |
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| The lemur exhibit was pretty cool! |
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| Ring tailed lemurs |
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| Lots of butterflies! |
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Penguins!  |
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| Jellyfish are so much cooler here than at the beach! |
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| All different types of jellyfish |
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| SHARK! |
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| Aquaholic at the docks at the Bluff, Chattanooga |
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| Our neighbor at the docks! |
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| Our view of the pops concert and fireworks |
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| Chattanooga fireworks |
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