Rock City, GA

One of the biggest attractions near Chattanooga is “Rock City.”  The landscape is just as it sounds, all rock.  During Christmas, the place is ablaze with lights on almost everything.  I wore boots that were not meant for walking.  Had I know there were so many steps up and down, I’d have worn track shoes.  It took us two hours to complete the journey.  There were steps, very narrow passage ways made by huge boulders, water falls, lighted toy soldiers lining the paths, Toy Land, Lover’s Leap (with an outstanding view of Chattanooga city lights), and Mother Goose (MG).  MG was a large room containing small figures of trolls, fairies, fairy tale characters, geared towards children. These were on a huge raised table in the very center of the room.  The line walked around the square. We had only walked a small distance inside the door and stopped.  Every kid/adult in that hot stuffy room had to examine each minute detail of each scene.  I told Keith, “I’m hot, this is boring and I’m outta’ here.”  Keith had told me I had to “stick it out.”  Quickly running between the attendees and the wall, I called out, “Claustrophobic, I’ve got to get out, I’ve got to get out now.”  Surprisingly, people went out of their way to let me out.  For you haters, I did not scream, I actually was very quiet, given the noise level of that miserably stuffy/hot/crowded room.  Finally: Freedom!!  Turns out Keith was right behind me.  He said he didn’t want to stay in there either.  There should have been a disclaimer posted on the door, “If you are childless, please skip this “attraction” and move on.  Nothing to see here.”  Climbing through the rocks was terrific.  This is the longest time I’ve spent walking (two hours) since my December 2010 back surgery.  The night was cold and the trek was invigorating.  I had to briefly rest twice.  Keith only sat with me once.  I would do this again in a heartbeat, but will wait until visitors come through.  It’s $19/person. There were souvenier shops with cheap junk at high prices.  Right at the end I didn’t think I’d make it to the car.  He bought me some water and after that, all was well with the world.  Then I had to walk to the car.  Bah Humbug.

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