For HG's birthday, she wanted to get out of town and go on a little getaway with fresh air and sunshine. So we hopped on AirB&B, found a cool 'tiny house' to rent outside of Chattanooga (Tracy City, TN), and invited her buddies for a weekend road trip. We went into Chattanooga one day and explored Rock City and Coolidge Park (and had dinner with Mere Mere), and before we came home, we trekked to Foster Falls. The girls spent a lot of time hanging out in the hot tub, doing face masks, playing with balloons, or just singing loudly and hanging out. We ALL had a great time and loved celebrating Helen Grace!
We stopped at every Sonic we passed between here and there.
The big girls shared the king bed upstairs in the loft, and Cress was PUMPED about having the top bunk of the bunk beds right outside my room. She finally learned how to back up and over the ladder and get down all on her own.
The outside space was wonderful, and the weather cooperated and was so nice.
Even a spot for Bunny Monkey
Checkers while we waited on dinner Saturday night
Nothing Bundt Cakes for the win
These experienced big sisters were so sweet to play with and include Cressey.
Waiting for our time at Rock City
Coolidge Park
Walnut Street Bridge
ANNNND she's done...
Hair chalking
Foster Falls: I thought that Google told me that this hike was something short like .3 miles on a concrete path and had room at the bottom of the falls to splash and play in the water. So before we hit the road on Monday morning, I thought that would be the perfect amount of hiking to do in normal clothes/shoes and in plenty of time before we started our drive home. I told the girls to just wear their waterproof shoes/ sandals and regular clothes (not swimsuits). Maddie was the only smart one who wore tennis shoes. Wellll....we soon realized that I must not have read the whole review on Google and that I must have just seen the distance and description from the car to the viewpoint of the tip top of the falls (see below). Come to find out that the trail from there to the bottom of the falls was a STEEP and rocky .5 mile hike down and then .5 mile back up. Cress thought it was an AWESOME adventure on the way down and did great. We all loved the swinging bridge we had to cross to get to the falls, and it was a fun experience to wade in the water....and then Cress tumped over and fell in the water. You would have thought her arm got cut off. She wailed and wailed. I was so mad I didn't plan for that and bring another outfit or swimsuit. She was so mad and OVER it, but we had to get back UP the mountain! Whew, it was not a fun trip back to the car! But we all made it, and it was the big girl's favorite part of the whole trip. So fun to explore, see new things, and get some fresh air and sunshine!
Starting our descent
From the bridge, looking back up at the trail we just came down
From the bridge, looking down toward the falls
Before things went south
HG tried her best to calm her down
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