Tuesdays Show and Tail . . .

News Flash - and I apologize - I forgot who sent this to me - but it's true. In Georgia - at the bottom of our license plate - the county we live in is listed (FYI - GA has more counties then any other state!). We have an opportunity to go to the tag office and buy a $1 a sticker saying "In God We Trust" and put it over the county sticker. I went today and it's true - and now I have this sticker on my license plate! So if you live in GA and want one - go to your tag office.

Remember Chee Burger Chee Burger in Chattanooga - I had written about it before. It has the best hamburgers and milk shakes - EVER! More combinations then you have ever seen anywhere. This is where we went to lunch. I had a cherry - pistachio - chocolate shake = spumoni flavor.

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Be sure and check out Angela's Blog - West Virginia Treasures and join all of us as we talk about animals and pets!

And now starts our tour of Chattanooga (complete with some animals).

This was right next to the Chattanooga Duck ride. Looks like a dump maybe from the outside, but ....

The treats inside were dreamy. This picture doesn't do them justice.

Mom and GS - getting ready for the ride - complete with a duck whistle (yes that might have been a mistake).

The tour guy asked for the tokens to show we paid. GS asked if he could keep his - nicely - and the man said sure. Hey if you don't ask you won't know!

We rode over to the Chattanooga River and this is where we changed from truck to boat - going down this incline - fast!

These are a little bit out of order - but this is Ross's Landing - the first store in the area. Mr. Ross himself ran it. The president of the United States did not like the Indians and ordered them all out of the south. One and fifty Indians went to Washington DC and asked the president to change his mind. No. The Indians came back and asked Mr. Ross to become an honoree Indian Chief and ask the President to reconsider. He did but the answer again was no. So all the Indians were made to walk west. A good half of them died on their way and the walk was the walk of Tears - so these fountains - stand for Tears - as a remembrance.

Okay the houses on top of the hill - the rich old money houses. There were three ways they made their money - trains - tobacco - coke (yes coke). The first bottling plant was there!

And the song the Chattanooga Choo Choo - never existed persay.

Now here is an animal - a heron I think. So here is one animal.

Here is the grandson driving the boat! He did a great job and he was serious.

This is where we came up the hill to turn into a truck!

This is a picture of the Duck.

Grandma trying to hold on to grandson when we were going down the hill - he told us we were going to be splashed big time - not true.

I look kind of grumpy in the picutre below, but I wasn't I was listening to our guide and looking. He told us that in 1969, the federal government declared that Chattanooga's air was the dirtiest in the nation. Their were over 100 factories dumping into the air and the river. The government took Chattanooga on and decided to clean it up. With the clean up - the factories started dying out until there were only 4 left. It was dying. Our guide told us that the Tennessee Aquarium singularly saved the city of Chattanooga. After it was build people came in droves. Restaurants were build. The river was built up and cleaned.

I have to tell you it's a nice little city now.

The heron again.

We just sailing away having a good time.

Duck Fights - another animal story - we saw some ducks out there - our guide told us that in his opinion ducks are the meanest animals he's ever met (I'm not sure that is true, but they are mean). So here's a picture and a video of a duck fight.

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Now a little humor:

And what would my blog be without a quote?

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Love, sandie