if you joined us last week we ended our trip in helen georgia
we stayed at a cracker barrel here last night in chattanooga
address is 50 birming birmingway birmingham that one it's close to lookout mountain and ruby falls
and speaking of such that's what we're going to go see today. yeah
we're going to take the railway up to lookout mountain as well
it's a nice day it's beautiful right now
our tanks are at 20 some percent last i looked they're black and the gray
we haven't been taking full showers can you tell
we don't mind each other stinking put that arm down with you just saying
never let adventures
okay that is the airbags in the back the vb air once it's filled up that buzzer will go off
and you got to make sure your emergency brakes all the way down i'm going to pull
forward michelle's going to grab the blocks we'll put them away and
we'll get going and i'll quit talking lookout mountain is 2.3 miles from here
i'm excited i am too buckle your seatbelt there
safety first
or not
you guys ready for the incline railway it does cost to park in this parking lot
it's only two dollars for the whole day though so when you come in over here if you have online
tickets um straight over here and where is it just right here oh over here to the left yeah yep
the entire cable system has changed
or too soon you will go
way up on the hillside where the new flowers grow
really mad in the springtime
a sunset long
two star-crossed lovers
in the still melting snow
ladies and gentlemen we approach the upper station please remain seated until we come
to the police stop these trains are running every 10 to 15 minutes until 6 40 tonight
you feel pretty ticking right there on this make sure to hang out your tickets
that was like almost straight up and down when we got there towards the end oh my goodness
apparently you can drive up here too if you don't want to take the railway but from here
three blocks just a three block walk down here is what's called point park that's where
we're gonna go next so we're trying to time everything out today we had a 12 o'clock um
for the incline for lookout mountain but just so you know even though we picked 12 o'clock
once we got there they said it didn't matter what time you picked um you can
take your ticket and just go if there's room on the one in front of you or after
you can go on any of them yeah so i think they run like every what 20 minutes they said yeah
just try to pick a time you think you're gonna be there but don't fret it don't worry if you can't
make that time because they said oh no big deal they didn't even care they didn't even ask for a
proof of our our tickets they sent to it they just asked for the name and gave them to us um
but after here we're trying to leave enough time so that we can go to ruby falls at three o'clock
too bad we didn't have enough time for some hiking too we were just talking to a guy
in this little shop here it says the battles for chattanooga um he said there's a really
cool scenic trail right here close called bluff trail i think it leads to an old mill that the
park service has now and are trying to renovate it and everything it sounded like they were just just
discovered some of the civil war the mill i think the male part so that would be kind of cool to see
but looks like in order to go in point park here you have to pay let's go see how much
this is a national military park so we were able to use our america the beautiful pass
you can take a trail to point lookout when you get to the end it has panoramic views of
the chattanooga and tennessee river that are 1300 feet below this point park preserves the strategic
high ground captured by the union soldiers during the battle of lookout mountain in 1863
and today it's part of the chikamanga chattanooka national military park
the confederate army followed up their victory at chickamauga in september 1863 by pursuing
the union army to chattanooga as union troops prepared to defend the city the confederates
encircled the city and prepared to lay siege from early october through late november confederate
troops perched high atop lookout mountain could observe the union army down below
and artillery positions on the point of the mountain could choke off union supply routes
as well as shell union positions down to moccasin bend in late october union and confederate forces
clashed at wahachi in the valley to the west of lookout mountain and union troops successfully
opened up a supply route known as the cracker line on november 24 1863 union troops under the
command of general joseph hooker swept the northern slopes of lookout mountain
in what became known as the battle above the clouds for the rest of the civil war
lookout mountain was a tourist destination for union soldiers and civilians and a photographer
even established a studio to capture portraits of soldiers on the point today there are
several areas of lookout mountain that are part of chickamauga and chattanooga national military park
if you don't have the national park pass and america the beautiful pass
it's worth the 10 bucks for sure oh yeah beautiful to use
as you can see and got a mercedes sprinter van here somebody's here enjoying the park
there it was all right so it's time for us to get moving we gotta head back down the hill
and the hill it's a little hill just a little hill not too steep it's a steep
grape it's very steep all right ruby falls they'll be next
on march 3rd 1893 the united states government recognizing the historical craven's house
purchased it in the surrounding 85 acres of land this was soon to be designated at battlefield park
the campaign railway will fall from an altitude of 2 100 feet above sea level at the speed of 600
feet per minute straight down the face of lookout mountain to the chattanooga valley below
ice cream
do
when you come up to ruby falls there'll be some people standing some workers standing
on the hand side uh where it says ruby falls there take a right there and just follow it all
the way through you think you're in the wrong place but it's kind of a little bit of a steep
turn and you come to this area there is a class c down here you can see it down there
so you come down here and look for your time we're looking for three o'clock
your adventure begins as we descend 260 feet into an underground cavern deep inside lookout mountain
please follow me watch your step
low ceiling low ceiling
we're supposed to walk down here until we see a sign what's down there
the water i'm great we're at an okay crossroads right away
breathtaking ruby falls was accidentally discovered by leo lambert in 1928 on an
unexpected journey deep within lookout mountain in chattanooga tennessee leo named the falls
after his wife ruby and opened the iconic chattanooga attraction to the public in 1929
ceiling floor
all right come as far forward as you can and please put your back to the left side we use
that limestone to build the cavern castle which some call the world's most beneficial entrance we
carefully plan the trail through the cap to avoid disturbing the underground streams and ancient
formations stalagmites rising up from the ground stalactites suspended from the sun and caused
this tunnel was built in 1976
i'm not going to get those those are called helic types
you know they almost look like trees all twisted by aircraft
oh wow you can feel it
how'd you guys like ruby falls it was pretty cool without mountain yeah we really enjoyed it
we would say this is a must-see bucket list item we're taking a few days as you uh remember from
our previous video when we left florida and we're just kind of going place to place on our way back
to iowa we're going gonna take another drive about three and a half hours four hours to our next stop
which you will catch next week because it is time to call it a day catch you next week
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