Tennessee Rocks

Well, since I had 5 days off in a row, I decided it was time for my first Birmingham Road Trip! :) A girl at work told me about Lookout Mountain, which borders Georgia & Tennessee. So, Friday morning, I loaded up Roony and headed out. It's only a 2 - 2 1/2 hour drive. I had planned to ride the train up the side of the mountain, but I found out when I arrived that it was closed for routine maintenance through March. Bummer! I wound my way around the mountain to get to Rock City & Ruby Falls. I was VERY impressed with Rock City. It reminded me of Garden of the Gods in Colorado. The first picture is of a partially frozen waterfall there on the mountain. There's some beautiful scenery up there. When I finished, I drove down to Ruby Falls. It's a nice sized waterfall located in a large cave inside of a mountain. The cave was pretty fun - and bat free (which was a must!). No one knows where the water comes from to fuel this waterfall. They've done numerous studies with all the streams along the mountain to no avail. It's just a miracle waterfall. :) After Ruby Falls, I hit the highway and headed towards Nashville. I had wanted to visit the Country Music Hall of Fame and an art museum I'd seen on their tourism website. Saturday morning, I headed out on my Nashville adventure only to find that the CMHF Museum was closed for "spring cleaning"! How's that for timing?!? :) That's why I only have a picture of the outside. I walked around downtown and found the art museum that I had wanted to visit. There was some beautiful, weird, and interesting pieces there. It was fun to see the creativity of people. I walked around downtown for a while after leaving the art museum, but since the temperature was barely 30 degrees around lunchtime, I decided I'd had enough. I ate lunch at the Big River Brewery & Grill - which has DELICIOUS burgers!! - and headed back to Birmingham. It was a lot of fun, and I plan to go back while I'm here to see the CMHF Museum!