My Trip to Tennessee

I know it's been a long time since I've blogged, so I'm going to go back a bit.

Friday, May 16 thru Monday, May 19

Instead of having Chuck come home like usual, we decided that I would fly to Tennessee to see him. I was pretty excited! I was a little scared to go on the airplane though. (Actually I was alot scared!!) When Chuckie dropped me off I almost cried. I couldn't even look at him to say bye. I wanted to run back to the van and go home.

What was I afraid of, you ask? I haven't flown on an airplane since Amber was 2 weeks old--23 1/2 yrs ago. I was afraid I wouldn't know what to do going through security. I was afraid I wouldn't know how to get to my plane connections, and I was afraid, of course, that something might happen on the plane. The last fear I left to God -- there isn't anything I can do about the plane once I boarded. I prayed alot on my outbound flights, but on the way back I was okay. I only prayed occassionally, not the whole time. God is great! He took care of me all the way!

Thanks to Tina for her guidance on how to pass security with flying colors! I didn't have a problem. Everything went through and they didn't have to take anything away from me. Thanks again to Tina for guiding me through my flight connections. I made it from flight to flight with no problems. (Well except for what I would consider a close call, but more of that later.)

My flights to Tennessee were great! My connection went through Dallas, Tx and then on to Nashville, Tn. I must say the view from an airplane is beautiful! You can see God in all His glory everywhere you look.


This is the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga Tn.


A view of the Cumberland River as we're walking over the bridge to downtown Nashville.


This is the road between Nashville and Chattanooga.

On Saturday we visited downtown Nashville, the Hermitage Homestead (the home of President Andrew Jackson), Ruby Falls and Lookout Mountain. Ruby Falls and Lookout Mountain are in Chattanooga which is a couple of hours away. The Hermitage Homestead was very interesting -- they said about 90% of the items in the house are the actual items used by President Jackson. Unbelievable! Here's a couple of pics, I'll post the rest online.





Sunday we spent at his cousin's house. We haven't met his side of the family, so this was a thrill for us. They were great! We'll be going back in August for a family reunion. Our whole family will attend. The kids are pretty excited.

I flew back on Monday, this time much like the expert. I wasn't afraid, and knew exactly what I was supposed to do. But, like everything, you need to be ready for the unexpected. I left out of Nashville about 20 minutes late. I only had a 1 hour layover in Chicago, but I figured I'd still be okay. By the time my plane landed there was 7 minutes until they started boading my plane. Of course my connection was on the other side of the airport. I did all but run through the airport. I tried real hard not to push people out of my way and breakout into a run:o I arrived at my checkin as they were loading the last of the passengers. Whew! At least my next stop was home. It was a great trip! Thought for the day -- I really need to step out of my comfort box more often!