Two weeks of catching up to do

The posts have been infrequent lately. Sorry about that. Now... all of a sudden I have some catching up to do.

First of all we just want to brag a bit about Chattanooga. As you know, the Tennessee River runs right through town. This week-end there was a big rowing competition centered at the downtown area. There is a great public gathering area right on the Riverfront.

Downtown has lots of fun things to do and great restaurants to boot. There is a walking bridge across the river which takes you to the North Chatt area with more restaurants and fun shopping. Coolidge Park is on the North shore.

There is a Merry-Go-Round there next to a kid-friendly fountain area. It's a great place to hang out. The kids love to cool off there in the summer. Bigger kids (like adults) use the big grass areas to play Frisbee or volleyball. There's also a small, steep hill just right for kids to sled down on cardboard sleds. What a great city we live in!

Two weeks ago, our friends (Carl and Karen)came for a visit. Since the fall weather is so nice we spent a good deal of time outside. We played Bocce in the back yard and then went to try our hand at Disc Golf.

Larry and I had recently discovered a course not far from home that is free!! Yes, we did spent a couple bucks on four discs but that's all it took to get us started. If you've never heard of Disc Golf it's a game similar to golf but instead of clubs and golf balls you toss a Frisbee type disc. Here the old guys are posing by "The Old Guys" sign by the 3 Hole (we just couldn't resist). You can see the shape of the course curving off to the left. There are distance and mid-range drivers as well as putters. This course is in the woods (as you can see from the photos). We've since visited another course and it was more in open. Either is fun. You can't quite see it (in the photo on the left) but the "hole" is an elevated basket (maybe if you click the photo it will give you a larger version and you'll be able to see the basket) with vertical chains around it to catch the disc.

Now, I can't go too long before making mention of Abi. She is 5 months old now and getting cuter every day. And we thought she was already a cutie pie!

Here's a short video as well. (When I get some photos from Laura of Abi playing in a pile of leaves I'll add that too.)




Finally (more bragging on the part of the country we live in) we visited Cloudland Canyon in GA, about 35 minutes from our house where we caught some great vistas. Enjoy.






Dogwood Tree