3wingbutterfly

Future Farmers of America Camp! (Yeah, I’m cool like that.)

I grew up 30 minutes south of here and always envied the people who lived even a few minutes closer.

Chattanooga has it all, yet it feels like a small hometown.

This city has my heart. I’ve got so many memories living in this town. Childhood field trips and visits to my favorite aunt, teenage trips to the mall and dollar movies, walking and driving around with my college best friend, my first date with the man who is now my husband… I could go on and on and on. Chattanooga is magic, pure magic.

I fully plan to retire early here and live in the center of downtown so my kids won’t have to envy the people who live closer.

This is really an aquarium, where there are tons of species of plants and animals. If you’re trying to choose between the two pick this one (plus Chattanooga is the most wonderful city in the world- especially compared to the god-awful downtown Atlanta.)

I lived just south of here growing up so I have been here over a dozen times (field trips), but it never gets old. My husband and I had our first date here about two years ago and literally spent 6 hours getting to know each other and touring the aquarium. It is the perfect date place early on.

If you’re in Bangkok, GO!

does not do this place justice. It’s worse than that, if possible. My husband and I decided to elope here last year on 7/7/7 and it was even crazier than we expected. We could have walked faster than the pace of the traffic. The other tourists seemed to be straight out of the hills and the attractions weren’t very attractive. We enjoyed a nice little “backdoor” ceremony after lunch at a little chapel near the clerk’s office and decided we’d probably need to start heading home right after to crawl out of the city before dark.

It was fun on a whim, but not somewhere I’d spend too much time.

I loved all of the little plastic figurines you could make, skip the souvenier shop and bring lots of quarters!

I used to come out here with my husband three times a week to walk the trails. Beautiful place and great long, yet managable hikes.

My hometown… left as soon as the dorm rooms at college opened and never wanted to look back. Some people like it, but I was a goldfish in a shot glass.

I spent about two months here one summer during college. I am from a small town in Georgia (in the US) and it was my first time out of the south or on a plane. Being in Khon Kaen and halfway accross the world from home made me want to see the world.

Its been about 3 years since I spent that summer there, but still almost every day I rememind myself “mai ben rai.”