Still in the Chattanooga Tennessee area...
We woke to a cool, cloudy morning in Chattanooga, TN. We pulled the dock lines and moved Dream Chaser from her dockage at the bluff wall to a location up river. Our three hour trip took us through Chicamauga Lock and Dam which is 129 feet high and is the second highest dam on the Tennessee River. This is a concrete, gravity-type hydroelectric dam. The name Chicamauga comes from a break off group of a Cherokee tribe which lived along Chicamauga Creek just north of the dam site.
Dream Chaser motored a half mile up Soddy Creek to Shady Grove Harbor Marina in Soddy-Daisy, TN. This is a beautiful area with clean water and wooded rolling hills full of fall color. We met the very friendly marina owner and extremely helpful neighboring boaters.
Hooking up to electricity at the dock is not always an easy procedure if you're on the outside of the dock. At this dock, our electric cords had to go under the dock to keep the walkway clear, but we did it!
We had a laid back afternoon with lunch at a Chinese Restaurant, naps, a walk, errands to Home Depot and Goodwill (for a few good books), and then our discovery of a yummy bakery. This was the place to experience freshly baked, delicious Moon Pies! A traditional Moon Pie consists of round graham cracker cookies about 4” in diameter with a marshmallow filling in the center and dipped in a chocolate (or other flavored) coating. The bakery moon pies consisted of two delicious round chocolate cakes, with a creamy white layered filling, and crowned on top with rich chocolate icing. Yum! Now, all we needed with our pies was some RC Cola, also cuisine of the American South!
Dinnertime found us at Home Folks Buffet, a full buffet with all home-made dishes, Southern hospitality, and small town charm. Wow, these southern folks sure know how how to cook and bake!
Friday, November 1
Headed home...while our new “friend” kept an eye on Dream Chaser.
Our clock alarm went off at 4:45 am and 30 minutes later, we are in the car headed to the Chattanooga Airport. After nine days of adventures, we hugged Scott and Sandy good-bye, and hopped a plane home via Atlanta.
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