Come Fly With Me: Fall Break 2005

It had been some time since Will and I had gone somewhere alone (Spring Break 2004, to be exact) and some time since we'd spent a good amount of quality time together. Fall Break was a perfect opportunity, so last week we booked a great hotel in Chattanooga with a package to visit the Tennessee Aquarium together. It was somewhere neither of us had ever been so we were really excited.

The weekend started with the (somewhat) annual party at my old work. Except this time I got to take Will with me, which was great. It was nice to catch up with everyone, especially my favorite Heather. Except I learned that you should never eat only tiramisu for dinner then drink two margaritas with a beer in between. Bad news. I wasn't really drunk, but my stomach wasn't happy.

We left early Saturday morning and got to Chattanooga around 1030am (after a really yummy breakfast at Cracker Barrel... the first time I had eaten at one.) We checked into the hotel (which was so fancy we 'checked' our bags til the afternoon) and headed on the electric shuttle down to the Aquarium. Turns out the tickets that came with the hotel package were "VIP" so we got to skip the long line and go straight in. The aquarium was really neat and the area of Chattanooga along the Tennessee River is beautiful. We headed back to the hotel in the afternoon, and after a nap we headed to a famous barbeque place where we had a great meal. We then headed back to the hotel, watched some movies and looked forward to a morning without an alarm...

...except that the hotel fire alarm went of at 915am. For a minute I thought I was back in my bed and the alarm was going off for 630am spinning. We headed outside where Will stood on the cold grass barefoot until the fire department came (yep, it was an actual fire). After they let everyone back in we headed to breakfast (also included in the deal) at the hotel's 4 star restaurant. It was possibly the best breakfast I've ever had.

We then checked out and headed to Lookout Mountain to ride the Incline Railway. I was pleasantly surprised by everything at the top of the mountain, including the Military Park that we spent a good amount of time in. After spending some time there and taking a quick drive to see Rock City we headed back home. We finished off the weekend by seeing Elizabethtown with Alex and Kristy.

It was a great trip and we promised each other to make taking a trip together someplace new a priority every year.

And now for pictures...

The Tennesse Aquarium