{"id":2737,"date":"2011-04-08T21:53:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T01:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2011-04-08T21:53:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T01:53:41","slug":"raccoon-mountain-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=2737","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon Mountain! Chattanooga!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy and I just got back from a great few days up in Raccoon Mountain!<\/p>\n<p>Fantastic time enjoying the beautiful scenery.<\/p>\n<p>We especially enjoyed climbing to the top of the mountain.  Quite a hike and a great view!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2737\/1244781041_v8xbW-S.jpg\" alt=\"r\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2730\/1244780033_R6JxP-S.jpg\" alt=\"rv\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We hiked miles around Cloudland Canyon.  Veddy, veddy beautiful!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2805\/1244805425_mde8U-S.jpg\" alt=\"w\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2787\/1244787508_62vkf-S.jpg\" alt=\"tk\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2795\/1244789035_yfvmv-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful clouds around the canyon!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2843\/1244810492_i8oe7-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Can you see the opalescence in the cirrus clouds?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2845\/1244810633_Me44b-S.jpg\" alt=\"o\" \/><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s caused by light refraction in the ice crystals.<\/p>\n<p>We also went to Chattanooga Zoo. Super cool stuff! It&#8217;s smaller than our zoo in Atlanta, but everything they have is really cool.<\/p>\n<p>I liked the jaguars the best!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2939\/1244801794_gbmoh-S.jpg\" alt=\"j\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2941\/1244801921_c5pos-S.jpg\" alt=\"jj\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I loved this chimpanzee.  His name is Hank.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2868\/1244795215_qZeTD-S.jpg\" alt=\"h\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the Tamarin monkeys.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2946\/1244802412_fhbZC-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><br \/>\nClouded leopard kitten was also super cool!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2912\/1244798994_u9QYo-S.jpg\" alt=\"cl\" \/><br \/>\nI wanted to ride this camel.  They wouldn&#8217;t let me.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2904\/1244798414_FSiU5-S.jpg\" alt=\"c\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have owls in our back yard.  I love to hoot to them.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2930\/1244800732_FXAjL-S.jpg\" alt=\"o\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I saw these Macaws in the trees of Costa Rica.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2954\/1244802982_uqHb6-S.jpg\" alt=\"m\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We love zoos!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2901\/1244798109_JFUhp-S.jpg\" alt=\"k\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On our way home we saw this!  Yow!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2967\/1244773161_jZQ5p-S.jpg\" alt=\"t\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Made me want to jump out and shoot video like when I worked for CBS.  Kathy thought I was crazy.  Guess you never really get that stuff out of your blood.<\/p>\n<p>Other things I found interesting:<\/p>\n<p>Millions of Girls would disagree.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2686\/1244774285_2NT4Y-S.jpg\" alt=\"m\" \/><br \/>\nWho would disagree with this?  Perhaps your doctor.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2693\/1244774854_MRhDD-S.jpg\" alt=\"f\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rocking causes death?  Hmmmm.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2772\/1244785418_7SPr4-S.jpg\" alt=\"r\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Final thought.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.smugmug.com\/Trips\/Chattanooga-Tennessee\/Chattanooga\/IMG2964\/1244804140_mwHmB-S.jpg\" alt=\"d\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy and I just got back from a great few days up in Raccoon Mountain! Fantastic time enjoying the beautiful scenery. We especially enjoyed climbing to the top of the mountain. Quite a hike and a great view! We hiked miles around Cloudland Canyon. Veddy, veddy beautiful! Beautiful clouds around the canyon! Can you see [&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\/2737"}],"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=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2738,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}