Spent part of a day in downtown Chattanooga around the Tennessee River front....

Hunter Museum of American Art and Houston Museum of Decorative Arts

Delta Queen now is being used as a floating hotel.

Drove up to Outlook Mountain to the site of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.  The mountain overlooks several Civil War Battlefields along the Tennessee River.

Off to Knoxville....

As we left for Stone Mountain in suburban Atlanta, we were given a send off by the Macon wild turkey troupe....

Arrived at Stone Mountain campground.....

Climbed 1.3 miles to the top of Stone Mountain....whew.....

Downtown Atlanta in the distance....

Rode the Marta into Atlanta, toured CNN Headquarters and World of Coca Cola and strolled through Centennial Olympic Park site of the 1996 Summer Olympics.....

The vault....holds the secret recipe for Coca Cola (LOL)....

Off to Chattanooga.....

Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, Georgia.

Historic homes....

Toured St Joseph Catholic Church in downtown Macon....

In the evening we returned to the church for a concert of music for organ, brass, and timpani (a Cherry Blossom Event).

 Visited the Ottis Redding (the king of soul) Museum.  Met his sister and his wife who manage the museum....

Here's a link to a well known Ottis Redding song....we can't get it out of our mind.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr-e4

View from the park where we stayed, Claystone Park Campground....

Off to Atlanta....

St Marys, Georgia, jumping off point for the ferry to Cumberland Island National Seashore bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Enjoyed a day exploring Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island.  The island is home to the Carnegie Manson, Dungeness, and a herd of about 150 feral horses. Paths take you through a canopy of live oak trees through salt water marshes and dunes to the beach.....

St Marys is a historic small town, site of one of the final battles of the War of 1812 and was occupied by Northern sailors during the Civil War.  Located adjacent to St Mary is the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base home to Trident nuclear powered submarines.  The base in a very secure facility so we were not able to get any pictures. However, we were able to visit the Submarine Museum....

The following are pictures of the historic area of St Marys....

Our Lady of the Sea, the oldest masonry building in Georgia

First Presbyterian, oldest church in Georgia in continuous use, built in 1808

St Marys waterfront, shrimping is a major industry in the area.....

We celebrated St Patrick's day while in St Marys.....

Off to Macon, Georgia.