Vacation 2014: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park & Lookout Mountain
One last stamp for the kids' National Parks Passports as we headed home: Chattanooga. At the top of Lookout Mountain is the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. We arrived in late afternoon, right before a rain storm. Ah, lovely, beautiful rain! The park is small, but beautiful. It is more of a commemorative park than educational, but it is worth the tour. There is a great visitors center. I held on tight to the hands of Clare and Thomas because it is a long drop from the top of this mountain, with no happy ending, surely. People have homes where their backyard just drops off. I still get a little queasy looking at the pictures. We did not examine any of the on-the-edge exhibits. I am so thankful that other than the rain pouring down as we were going to the car, it was an uneventful trip! People walk down those st...