Chattanooga, Tennessee (January 1st-3rd 2009)

This is goofy *hiyuck hiyuck hiyuck* and I have just returned from the wilds of Tennessee. This was a long road trip, but lucky for me I had lots of people to entertain me along the way. After travelings for nine hours though a body gets tired. I was more then trilled to arrive at our destination and ready to crawl into bed, but oh man did we step back into the 80s with this hotel.

Mirrors on the wall behind the bed *hiyuck hiyuck hiyuck* makes it so much easier to put my hat on in the morning. Its bed time for this guy.

I'm excited to go into the Aquarium where all the fishes live. There are two different sections there is an ocean section...I hear there are lots of sharks there *hiyuck* and then the river/fresh water section where the seahorses are...although they are named sea horses they should be in the ocean part *hiyuck*

Here we are at the petting pool. Yes you can pet fish *hiyuck hiyuck hiyuck*. The stingrays were also fun to feed they sucked the shrimp right out of your fingers. This was one of my favorite exhibits.

This was a cozy way to get from one exhibit to another, but it sure did get cramped every now an then *hiyuck hiyuck hiyuck*

Some of these Aquariums were rounded and let you crawl up into them and have your pictures taken with the fishes. This brings new meaning to sleeping with the fishes *hiyuck*.

Being around all that water has a strange effect on the Goofster I think its time I handled my business.

Remember children that Aquariums are dangerous. I fell into the tank with the sharks and thought I was gonna be on the menu for dinner. Speaking of dinner I think its time to go get some I'm starving watching all these fish swim around is tiring work.

Well after making so many new friends at the aquarium I just couldn't have fish now could I? So I settled for cow...is she eyeing me or my drink? After swimming with the sharks I think I'm paranoid.Look at this little fella he seems harmless enough...*hiyuck* maybe I'll stick with the harmless animals for awhile.Well I made a discovery at the museum...land may not be as safe as I thought it was *hiyuck hiyuck hiyuck*

Lucky for me I made a new friend who knows how to climb up in to high places.

Well I don't know where my friend went he left me stranded in this forest maybe I'll find someone who can show me the way out.

These woods harbor a rare tribe that I discovered. I better get out of here before they decide to eat more then my hat.

Yey! I was rescued it looks like its time to head home. I hope I can nap the rest of the way back.

Tonyalocity

Before I left on my latest excursion with like my best friends, I was talking to one of my online friends and this ingenious idea was formed. I was telling them I would send them awesome pictures of what I was doing and what was going on and tell them some interesting stories, because lets face it where ever I go fun is always around :P. I invented an adventure of my own design I got a Goofy beanie baby for Christmas and it has now become my "traveling gnome". If anyone remembers the old Travelocity commercials there was a gnome and he would get these great prices on travel through Travelocity and they would take pictures of him at famous landmarks or whatever. Well Goofy doesn't really hit famous landmarks but he will be your guide to documenting my traveling experiences. So I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed taking the pictures and conjuring up the storyline.