#Fall Travel

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Went to the CUTEST little gelato place in Rota last night! I got chocolate peanut butter and dear god was it good!

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Hypothetically, if I were to visit Salem during Halloween, is it as easy as I think it might be to find costume stores there to celebrate in style?

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Downtown Chattanooga: Travel Guide

Original post link / Original post date: September 25 2023

Chattanooga, Tennessee is a beautiful location packed with things to do. Something that I have implemented on the trips I’ve gone on would be having a day for certain areas: you have a day for downtown, for shopping, for Lookout Mountain, and a day for anything else. This keeps the flow of the trip going nicely. Today, I’m discussing a downtown day in Chattanooga idea, for any sort of references you would like to have for your own trip or wanderlust Pinterest board.

My picks: Tennessee Aquarium, iMAX, Creative Discovery Museum, Hunter Museum of American Art, Moonpie General Store, and Rocket Fizz.

As always, make sure to research these areas further to ensure they are what you would like to spend your time doing, or actually fit the wants of your party. I would highly recommend if you intend on doing all of this, to break this up into two days. I also have another post covering Chattanooga in a broad-stroke, and I have that linked here for any reference you might need. 

Tennessee Aquarium:

Website / Address: One Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 37402 / Contact: 800.262.0695  Hours:  Sunday-Friday: 10 am – 5 pm.  Saturday: 9 am – 5 pm.  Closed Thanksgiving Day & Christmas Day / At the time of writing, the Aquarium is closed on 10-22-2023 for a special event. 

Located in downtown Chattanooga on the Tennessee River, this is a location that takes about 3 hours to fully get through; it is within walking distance of the iMAX theatre and tickets are available for both locations at the same location, either online or in the Tennessee Aquarium ticket office. This is a walking location, so make sure to dress yourself and your party accordingly. This is an easily accessible aquarium so there aren’t awkward elevator locations in relation to the layout of the aquarium. There are two gift shops, so be warned. You will want to buy a dumb octopus thing.

iMAX Theatre:

Website / Address: 201 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 37402. / Contact: 423.266.4629

Located a short walk away from the Tennessee Aquarium, this is dependent on the length of your film viewing, but can be anywhere from 40 minutes to 2 hours. Make sure to plan accordingly for the film you want to see and double check the time slot for the film. Year round, they have films relating to wildlife and ecosystems in connection to the Tennessee Aquarium, but it still does function as an iMAX so there will be other films too. A fair warning for those who are not too equated with iMAX: if you or anyone in your party has sensory overstimulation issues, vision issues that can cause migraines, or are migraine prone, I would be wary of attending the iMAX theatre.

Creative Discovery Museum:

Website / Address: 321 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 37402. / Contact: 423.756.2738  Hours:  Thursday-Tuesday:10 am – 5 pm  Closed on Wednesdays through the spring at the time of writing, 09-25-2023. 

When I was a child, my parents broke up the two days for downtown Chattanooga so we could attend both this museum and the aquarium. I think that is best if you want to start in the morning. Aside from that, the children’s museum is located just down the street from the aquarium. You can comfortably walk there if you parked in the Aquarium’s parking lot. The length of time you spend here will be dependent on any little party members you have, so just make sure you account for that.

Hunter Museum of American Art:

Website / Address: 10 Bluff View, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 37403 / Contact: 423.267.0968 Hours:  Tuesday: Closed Monday, Wednesday-Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm Sunday: 12 pm – 5 pm

This museum is located on the Tennessee River, west of the Tennessee Aquarium. I would recommend driving there and getting your parking validated by the museum. This museum is wonderful and as it is self-guided, you can take as little or as much time as you would like. If I had to give you a time, I would say 1 1/2 hours. This is another walking museum but it has a lot more places to sit and stare as opposed to the aquarium. This museum is a wonderful, inside, break and it’s so nice to just be able to walk around.

Downtown shopping- Moonpie General Store & Rocket Fizz:

Moonpie General Store: Website / Address: 429 Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 37402. / Contact: 423.877.0592 Hours:  Monday-Wednesday: 10 am – 7 pm.  Thursday-Saturday: 10 am – 8 pm.  Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm. 

Rocket Fizz: Address: 411 Broad Street #105, Chattanooga, Tennessee. 37402 / Contact: 423.777.5699 Hours:  Monday-Thursday: 10 am – 9 pm.  Friday-Saturday: 10 am – 10 pm. Sunday: 11 am – 9 pm. 

There is a small downtown area where there are local shops and such, and these three would be the ones I think are nice to go to. I would recommend coming to the area for the afternoon of your day in Chattanooga. The Moonpie General Store is really a Moonpie store, but it’s very cool to go in. Plus these are the freshest moon pies you could buy. Rocket Fizz is a soda and candy store with a fun collection of niche sodas and hard to find candies. There are a lot of niche and local shops in this area that I haven’t personally visited, but I would encourage you to have a look around.

Loose extra thoughts: the downtown Chile’s is very nice. I know it’s a chain, but a good chain restaurant is reassuring to have, so I do want to make sure that I keep up with letting you guys know if there is a good chain restaurant as a safety net. City Cafe is also in downtown Chattanooga and they have some pretty darn good deserts.

That is my loose itinerary idea for a day in downtown Chattanooga; feel free to use this as a basis or general idea of what you would like to plan for your own trip! There’s a lot to discover in Chattanooga so I’ll make sure to update this if there’s any new ideas I have from any trips I go on.

Aside from that, make sure to take care of yourself sometime today, and treat yourself with gentleness, All in all- Happy travels! – Annie, the crosseyed cricket.

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Wanderlust Wednesday: Fall in Love with Montreal

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A Pragmatic and surprisingly comforting perspective about the Trump 2nd Presidency from the ACLU

***Apologies if this is how you found out the 2024 election results***

Blacked out part is my name.

I’m not going to let this make me give up. It’s disheartening, and today I will wallow, probably tomorrow too

AND

I will continue to do my part in my community to spread the activism and promote change for the world I want to live in. I want to change the world AND help with the dishes.

And I won’t let an orange pit stain be what stops me from trying to be better.

A link to donate to the ACLU if able and inclined. I know I am

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The views from my balcony 🌴

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Autumn in the Scottish Highlands

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