His Uncle Bill and Aunt Belle are both 88 and have been on their 350-acre cattle farm for about 50 years! And they are as spry as can be - still helping out on the farm when more hands are needed. The farm is run mainly however by their 56 year old son. They have lots of cattle (raised for beef), as well as goats, horses, mini horses, a donkey, chickens, roosters, dogs, cats, a bird, a snake, and a veiled chameleon...it's quite the zoo!
Another fun part of our trip was the visit to the Chattanooga Choo-Choo museum. We got to see lots of trains and a HUGE display of miniature trains too!
We also got to hit the Tennessee Aquarium - which is the biggest one I've ever been to! It's got basically a full-size aquarium for ocean life, and a full-size aquarium for fresh-water...it was great! it also has a great butterfly house - and we were lucky enough to be there when they were releasing the butterflies that had just hatched. The kids got to take them on their fingers and then put them over on sunny leaves so they could dry their wings - it was a once in a lifetime opportunity and quite cool.
