TN,GA,NC

Our 1st stop was in Chattanooga TN, where we visited the Tennessee Aquarium. We have visited several different aquariums in some of the places we've been to and liked them all. This one featured a River Walk, Ocean Walk, and a Butterfly exhibit in which you walked through a large area which was enclosed with netting. Butterflies flew all around and were abundant. Very neat experience. The above picture was taken in the River Walk section of the aquarium and featured plants and animals native to the mountain regions. Here is Wanda in Plains, Georgia. This destination was our main goal in scheduling this trip. More about the Plains experience in the earlier presidential post.On our way back we stopped in Helen, GA. Helen was a very tidy town in which all the architecture was of the style of a Bavarian village. The Chattahoochee River runs at the edge of the town. The Tallulah Gorge area is near by. This is where the setting for the movie Deliverance took place. My favorite acquisition in Helen was a T-shirt which reads in large letters - Paddle Faster, I hear banjo music. We spent the last night in North Carolina, stopping for a shopping trip in Highlands. The area is known for the many falls, this one being Bridal Veil Falls. In Highlands I met the Chief of Police while we were shopping in the town. He was interested in the Segway because he was thinking about getting one for his officers to use on parking patrol. Good idea.