Trip to Mars..

[jdmidwest]

Loaded up the spaceship for a new adventure.  $250 in Hi Test Rocket Fuel and away I went.  Low earth orbital takeoff was a pain, lots of thunderstorms and wind made the initial liftoff a pain.  Lots of turbulence.

I landed in a barren land, lots of rock formations and some green stuff.  Pretty good looking territory.  A few water sources, but pretty pathetic

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There were several weak minded life forms around, wandering pointless.

The terrain was hilly, there were signs of structures far away from me.

And I finally found a Chickamauga Smallie..

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

Nice JD!

[Ham]

Always Fun to see and fish new places!

[Foghorn]

Enjoyed the pictures and nice fish too!

[jdmidwest]

My buddy's new lake home that will be the retirement place.  Its the one on the right of the big one.  Back in the woods.

 

We have Chickamauga, Nickajack, Watts Barr, Normandy, and Tims Ford all near the place.

BTW, Aliens dropped a orange rock in the lake for some reason.

Lots of places to go and see.  We did the overlooks and Rock City.  Interesting place, need to plan to spend some time there when you go.  The Fairyland Cave was a creation.  The whole thing took alot of work.

 

 

[jdmidwest]

The Flying Saucer House on the road up the hill to Signal Mountain was the theme to the thread.  Goofy looking silver house made to look like a flying saucer.  We went to Julia Falls on that part of the tour.  Signal Mountain was crucial in the Civil War, as was many of the overlooks we went to.  Good places to nail anything moving up the river.

Lots of Native American culture there.  Moccasin Bend was a big site.  It is in one of my pics from the Overlook on Lookout Mountain.

Downtown has its own culture also.  Liberal area, bums roamed freely, sleeping on some of the best attraction areas.  But we waded thru.  Nice Art and a Aquarium that we did not visit.

Nice weather and temps.  Free concert downtown on Friday Night.  Lots of good BBQ meals.

I was wanting to trip over to the Smokies, but did not make it.  It seemed to dwarf the 1700 ft flat spots we were on overlooks.  A shot from Rock City 7 states area show them in the fog that make them the "Smokies". 

On the return trip, we toured the Fall Creek Falls area, a deep gouge in the area that has many falls and eroded scenery.  We were near it when we did the Tims Ford and Normandy trip a few years ago, but did no

Then there was a new sensation.  Suspension Bridges.  That radiation induced ear defect did not stabilize well in motion.