Day 1 of our trecking across the country (ok, only to FL) without dad. We arrived in Chattanooga, TN, which Chad has renamed to Chadanooga. Pretty clever I thought! We used our TomTom the whole way and it was wonderful until it ran out of battery life. Thank goodness we had our mapquest paper directions as back-up. Note to self, always have backup! We had a minor mishap while passing thru Nashville. We blew a fuse and didn't have any power in our electrical outlet. This is why TomTom ran out of juice. Wasn't until this morning that I was able to run over to a local Nissan dealership and had them fix us. Not only are we fixed but now we have three extra fuses, and I know how to change them! Thanks Moutain View Nissan Dealership!

Last night the boys and I ate at Big River Grille and Brewing Works which was great! They said it was an 1 1/2 hour wait for a table. I told them inside or out was fine. We left to walk around downtown Chattanooga and within five minutes we received a phone call that an outside table was available. Five minutes! We ran back, ate and had a great time. The whole time Alex was spying the horse and carriage rides passing by. He was especially fond of the man with the top hat and the dalmation dog that was so calmly sleeping on the seat next to the man. If you haven't guessed, we ended up going for a ride. Did you know dalmations are so soft?!

This morning we ate the City Cafe Diner which was hooked up to our hotel. It was good food, good price. Chad enjoyed the atmosphere. We are getting ready to check-out and head out of town towards Gainesville, FL but we wanted to get this out there first. Following is our first video podcast of our trip - all for you dad! We will get better at taking and posting them. Also, we will work on better backdrops and more energy as we speak. This is all new for us. Enjoy!

Love you dad (JB)!

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