Lookout Mountain

Grandpaw and Grant explored this cave, one of several along the trail. Huge boulders hung precariously over our heads. At one point, there is a section of mountain split away from the rest and towering in column form. The hike was about five miles and had several fairly steep up areas. Grant and Cailean never complained, although mom gave Grant a ride for a short while.

This is the view of Chattanooga that the invading army had as they moved to engage the confederate defenders farther on. Notice the bend in the Tennessee River. It curls all around the city.

While we were hiking the trails on the mountain, we stopped to take pictures. Grant and Cailean managed to scamper up the trail ahead of us out of sight. When we caught up to them, we found them here on a prohibited part of the trail sitting on a precarious overhang. They were probably safer than we thought, but try telling that to a grandmother (who fears heights).

Before we went to Kennesaw to visit Susan, she drove us to Lookout Mountain where we spent many hours visiting the battlefield of the Civil War and hiking the mountain. Here we see some dangerous looking canoneers surveying the field in front of them. The battle was a remarkable military feat, as the Union force had to climb the steep mountain to engage the confederate defenders.