Chattanooga-Tennessee River Gorge Run, 7.31

[Last Real Texan]

We are planning a wednesday the 23 rd of June Departure from Demopolis....You my friend are part of the crew.....

Tex

[The Hedgehog]

We are planning a wednesday the 23 rd of June Departure from Demopolis....You my friend are part of the crew.....

Tex

Perfect. I can see the fireboats spraying water and the fireworks show as we leave Nickajack Lock. A welcome reception will follow at A dock.

[Sweet 16 1966]

This sounds like a good trip. Where would all stay? Hales bar or downtown Chatt? Friday/ Sat nights?

[Sweet 16 1966]

If you want to stay downtown vs Hales...call Marine Max for overnite mooring. 423-266-1316.

[The Hedgehog]

Todd, give a shout when you are ready to talk food. Lots of grilling options.


Barbara, if you want to do the drop off thing, I can probably help. Bet I can find you find a nice indoor place to store it and will be glad to take it there.

I will be heading down in the am to secure spots for Poodle and Buiz.

[The Hedgehog]

This sounds like a good trip. Where would all stay? Hales bar or downtown Chatt? Friday/ Sat nights?

I would recommend staying at Hale's Bar. That is where most of the group will be hanging out. If you want to do your own thing, the Dock's at downtown are nice. There are several good hotels that are walking distance from the dock. You will want to specify an inside slip as they are more protected.

Once we get a head count, I will talk to Marty at MarineMax and reserve some space for lunch on Sat.

[The Hedgehog]

If we can get a group of us coming in at a good time on Fri, I was going to take the group for a late afternoon cruise on the Roamer. If it looks like we have a bunch of stragglers, we may just do a meet and greet at the Roamer. Dinner plans will be loose on Friday. We have restaurant at Hale's Bar that has good beer, burgers and pub food. Or we can mobilize a group to the Mexican restaurant in Jasper. They have MEAN drinks at the Mexican place so we would need drivers for those that like a cocktail. You can ask my father about that place. He is no weak drinker but that is the only time I have seen him in a falling down state.

We are doing a run up the gorge on Sat. I am considering an 11:00 central departure. It is a nice 45min to an hour to Chattanooga. It can be done in less but I like to run hard for a while and then take it in. It is a beautiful place. Sometimes I like to get hung on a log so I can wait for Tripper to extract me.

When we get back, it would be fun to raft up in the swimming hole by the bluffs. It is a nice sheltered cove with good anchor water. If need be, we can take Tex's boat or the Roamer for amenities.

I am planning a cook out at A Dock for Sat night. I have discussed this with the A-dock crowd and they gave the idea a big thumbs up.

Sundays are good for misc rides and general fun.

For cabins we have a number of options. Hale's Bar has both floating and non floating cabins available. They have pros and cons. You can tie up your boat up to the floating cabins so that is kind of fun. The regular cabins are closer to A-Dock and that will be the primary hang out location.

[BUIZILLA]

we'll be in late Thursday, leaving Monday

[The Hedgehog]

we'll be in late Thursday, leaving Monday

Awesome. I would imagine that I will be there Thurs.

Are you bringing the motor home?

[BUIZILLA]

coach depends on whether Janice comes with me, but I would like to,,,,, it also don't fit in the lakehouse driveway, and I need to go there for a few days.... I wanna Capt. the Roamer if I don't bring the Critter...

[The Hedgehog]

coach depends on whether Janice comes with me, but I would like to,,,,, it also don't fit in the lakehouse driveway, and I need to go there for a few days.... I wanna Capt. the Roamer if I don't bring the Critter...

You can certainly drive the Roamer.

No, I could see the Lakehouse driveway being kind of tough. Don't let that stop you. I have an extra car you can borrow.

[The Hedgehog]

Tim and Deb are coming.

Somebody needs to go pick up the Weasel.

[big grizzly]

i have not been given details but looks ike Debby6 called Barb and we are in that is all i know at this poin

[LadyGrizz]

and made me an offer I couldn't refuse! It looks like we will be joining y'all. Tim and Deb have graciously offered us seats in their boat so I don't have to worry about getting ours up there. As Randy says, and Roadtrip reminded me, my Donzi family is just absolutely awesome!

[RedDog]

Don't you love it when a plan comes together!

I most likely can't get there until Saturday morning, but no reason it won't be early Saturday morning to join in all the fun. I am flying in from the west (Calgary) that Friday so I suspect it will be late when I get home. I'll have everything ready in advance so we can head out for Chattanooga for a 9 to 10 AM arrival. Leaving on Eastern and arriving on Central time will be my friend...

Barb / Randy - I'll be in touch soon about logistics