I was not able to find any coin operated laundries within easy walking distance of Ross Landing. So I resorted to hand washing clothes like I did for The April 27th, 2011 tornadoes. This is the only instance of me posting dirty laundry on the web! :)

A day in the sun dried the clothes so I could wear them that night.

We wandered up to a coffee shop just past the Hunter Museum of Art.

Chattanooga has some amazing art.

This complex filigree work might give me an idea for a design. I have no idea what at this point.

Here is a detail of how it's assembled.

The karst geology appears to offer up a great potential for caves.

Sure enough. This hole doesn't go back far enough to qualify as a real cave though.

This is my first real paddling excursion on a SUP. I wasn't sure about swimming in the river since people were complaining about the amount of scum getting on the waterline of their boats. So I made sure I did not fall. I stayed standing for an hour, then knealed down for a few minutes to rest. Then back up for the remainder of the trip.

Debbie's enjoying paddling.

This looks like it was once a tour boat.

I don't know the real story here but it looks like it might be soneone's expensive fools errand. People sometimes buy huge, old boats at a discount thinking they can fix them up. But they woefully underestimate the amount of time and money required. After some years they give up. This is a huge waste IMHO.

The Southern Belle.

The fleet.

This is something I really should have done. But it is hard to get enough time.