
We arrived at the Overnighter RV Park on March 13, 2017. It is a small park and as the name suggests it is used mostly for a one night stop before moving on.

It is also for sale if you have a desire to live in Athens, which is about an hour northeast of Chattanooga. We paid $23.45 a night with our Good Sam discount. WiFi was good and our Verizon signal was strong.
We visited Chattanooga in April 2016 while staying in Crossville, TN, which was our first stop of the second year so it seems fitting we were back here again on the last stop. This time we were able to catch the things we missed the first time around.
The Incline Railway was one.
The rail-car takes you up the side of the hill and offers you amazing views through the glass roof and windows.


They use a pulley system to bring the trains up and down - that wheel doesn't look all that big!
The views from the observation deck are quite spectacular - you can see five states from here.
We traded favors with another couple - taking each others pictures. As you can tell from our coats it was a little chilly this day.

Just three blocks away is Point Park. It is a National Park that commemorates the "Battle Over the Clouds."
In November 1863 the Union Army won a series of battles around Chattanooga and drove the Confederate Army south into Georgia.

The rock formation from one of the pictures is still there, it is now fenced off so you can't climb on it any more but it is still standing.

One of the other displays was of the hardtack that they ate - it's a wonder they could fight at all after eating that.

The views of the Tennessee River and Chattanooga with the mountains in the background were breathtaking.
Athens is home to one of the Mayfield Plants.
This one is where the ice cream is made and packed.

While the weather was not the best during this stay we did get one fairly nice day for hiking. The Gardens of Sunshine Hollows is just north of downtown Athens and what a beautiful place. They have 20 acres of gardens and over 1,750 varieties of Iris, Roses, Hosta, Daylilies, Dahlias and Canna. You can order from their website as they ship to all 50 states. They also make an amazing fruitcake - Les doesn't even like fruitcake and loved this one.

There are also 8-miles of trails for hiking. The flowers were not blooming yet but we did get a sneak peak at some in the greenhouse.

The trails take you past a small pond and up and down some hills.
While most of the trail is still dormant from winter we did get to see some lush green color in the form of moss and ferns.
It is pretty hard to miss the 50+ foot Cedar tree. It is 15 inches in diameter which is unusually large for a cedar in this area. Les looks pretty small in comparison.



Till we meet again...
Happy Trails to You!!!
Tips and things we have learned along the way.
~ While we try very hard to stay away from snow we can't always escape cold weather. When the temperature drops down below freezing there are a few precautions that we need to take.
1. Inside we use our propane heat instead of the electric heat. If it's below 38-degrees the outside of the furnace will freeze over which means we have no heat. Plus the floor stays warmer helping the pipes to not freeze.
2. Outside we don't want our hose freezing and cracking so to prevent this from happening we cover it with insulation. You can pick it up at Lowes or Home Depot. It is easy to cut to the size needed. Les wraps it with twine to secure it in place.
When it's down into the teens like it was at this stop we also disconnect from the water spout so that it does not freeze either - the owners are generally pretty happy when that doesn't happen.
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