{"id":1282,"date":"2009-12-23T23:41:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T03:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2009-12-24T01:47:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-24T05:47:05","slug":"raccoon-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=1282","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon Mountain!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy and I have had a wonderful time together over the last week!  We visited our new favorite place:  Raccoon Mountain, TN.  We stayed at Alpine Lodge.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3692\/748484978_zFpBZ-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Weather was mighty cold when we got there!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3539\/748483540_WKdXK-S.jpg\" alt=\"k\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But over time it turned out to be awesome weather.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed spending time at Reflection Riding at the base of Lookout Mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Nature is fantastic!<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I explored Raccoon Mountain Cave.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3923\/748524048_Am7Vo-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3964\/748495121_Vaqat-S.jpg\" alt=\"r\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3957\/748511399_ZNEvY-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then climbed most of the way up the outside of the mountain!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3735\/748534737_2HGZc-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3899\/748542616_qTsz6-S.jpg\" alt=\"m\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Kathy was biking.  She doesn&#8217;t like that cave stuff.<\/p>\n<p>We had a super time, but sure do miss being with my Mom and Dad and brother Jim in Georgetown, TX.<\/p>\n<p>Great to be with MY family!<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful sunset this evening on our way home from TN.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG4204\/748482695_cDqNT-S.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was in the front yard of the Tellus Science Museum.  Great place!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of the things I saw that made me stop and really look.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3719\/748485191_UTK8Z-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3721\/748500935_qZnQR-S.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG4243\/748506096_QcMAt-S.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3741\/748515793_d5Bmu-S.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3495\/748489610_u3KVr-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3720\/748492318_ECHZH-S.jpg\" alt=\"l\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3722\/748509011_CNeDi-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3718\/748540649_HhZbm-S.jpg\" alt=\"a\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like shooting geometric shapes with my photography.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3804\/748516353_FPooe-S.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3596\/748507650_E6nia-S.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3585\/748490742_cQWV3-S.jpg\" alt=\"s\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3694\/748500660_qHzLf-S.jpg\" alt=\"b\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG4021\/748518535_yShZK-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Raccoon-Moutain-1219-2309\/IMG3842\/748529344_EY9TD-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy and I have had a wonderful time together over the last week! We visited our new favorite place: Raccoon Mountain, TN. We stayed at Alpine Lodge. Weather was mighty cold when we got there! But over time it turned out to be awesome weather. We enjoyed spending time at Reflection Riding at the base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1284,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions\/1284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}