Chattanooga Into the Night

Everett and I drove up to Chattanooga to stay at the Crash Pad hostel and ride in the area.

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First, we stopped at the hostel for check-in and a tour, then we drove over to Greenlife for dinner.

Mmm, yummy pizza and gelato! I got chai flavor and Everett got wheatgrass/mint.

Greenlife has a garden on the roof and they have bees to pollinate. Whole Foods purchased this store, so we have seen some changes, but it is still a pretty cool place to get our snacks.

We like to walk after our meals, so we headed off on foot to walk by the river. We came across this really cool hill with kids sliding down on cardboard boxes. Hmmm.....there were some extra boxes laying around.......

Everett soon became a pro at "grassboarding" down the hill. He was pretty fast!

This is what you get when you hand the camera to your son.....so, I slid OFF the cardboard a few times...can you tell?

After sliding the hill about 60 times, we continued our night walk along the river.

Back at the Crash Pad we had them start up the fire and brought out our snacks. We looked up directions to a new trail that was built by the Volkswagen plant on I-75. Easy directions and we plan to head over there tomorrow afternoon.

The bunks at the crash pad are made from reclaimed wood from the house that once stood on this property. The bunks have blackout curtains, a reading lamp and fan. The counters and cabinets in the kitchen were created by local artisans. I think the owners are climbers and there were several college kids there who were climbing in the area. They were funny to listen to, as they worked so hard on their witty banter.  he-he