Grandpa Larry's Surpise Visit

My dad and two of his friends surprised us last week with a visit from Tuesday to Saturday. He got to meet Joel and Clark. It had been about four years since I had seen Dad myself.

We did a lot of sight seeing while they were here. We all went to Racoon Mountain and panned for gem stones. Clark had fun throwing the treasure back into the water. Michael spent most of his time hunting for the gem Clark threw away. :-)

We went to the train museum and had a great time riding a train. Clark and Grandpa had a blast seeing the old steam engine and feeling the bumpity bump of the tracks. Here's Grandpa and the boys in the passenger car getting ready to go.

Here's the engine that pulled us. You can't help but be impressed by the enormity and strength of this machine. We all felt like we had stepped back in time. (I love living in Chattanooga!!!)