We had an interesting dinner last night -- discovered the "Blue Orleans," a Creole restaurant. Gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish etoufee, crawfish pasta, seafood platters and bread pudding and homemade beignets, key lime pie, Bananas Foster! Anne and I finally tried the "crawdads" we have all heard so much about -- in Crawfish Etoufee and Crawfish Pasta - not any different than shrimp in my book -- just smaller. Good, but not great. Every Friday night, they have New Orleans style jazz groups come in -- great fun! Check out their menu for the next time you visit in Chattanooga!
Today, we discovered TVA's Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Facility. Sound exciting? Well, it was! If interested, check out their site.
It's a large 528 acre lake on top of a mountain where they pump water UP from the Tennessee River and store in the lake and then release whenever they need to generate emergency electricity! There is only about 100 of this type of plant in the world. The views are KILLER views -- Grand Canyon of Tennessee, with lots of scenic vistas. We SCREWED UP and I took a one-way, one lane, little driving "path" across the very top of the dam -- 8500 feet long and 230 feet high! My new defibrillator really got a workout on that drive! It was a surprisingly interesting afternoon - just a few miles out of Chattanooga.
As it is everywhere, the trees and shrubbery and azaleas are in full bloom right now and this place is simply beautiful.
Love and God's blessings to everyone.
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