Chattanooga Choo-Choo

Last year when we got out of school mom and I took the boys for a weekend in Pigeon Forge, but this year I just couldn't work that in. So instead we took them to the Chattanooga Choo-Choo. Thanks to Gigi we were able to stay in a train car for two nights. The boys just love staying in hotels!! We got there around bedtime on Friday night and then slept in on Saturday morning. We rode the "charlie" around the complex (you would call it a trolley) and then took a bus down to the waterfront. The boys spent most of their time playing in the water in front of the aquarium. Luckily they can't read so they had no clue that was an aquarium or they would have wanted to go, but I was trying to save some $$ and do less expensive things on this trip since we had just done Disney!! We walked across the river on a pedestrian bridge, but didn't want to walk back so we took a water taxi. That was fun because the driver let the boys drive. When we got off there was a great playground and of course they loved that. When we rode the bus back to the hotel I told mom to get off at warehouse row to shop and I'd take the boys back. Well, she wishes she hadn't. First of all, there was NOTHING there and second of all, she got locked in a store!!! Yep, locked in. The lady left for a break and locked up!!! She was able to finally get someones attention who knew the lady and knew where she'd gone. And would you believe when she came back she just rang up mom's purchase like it was normal!! Fun times. It was a great beginning to summer!!