Despite all the warnings that Eleanor was not a good traveller, she settled down quite happily and soon realized we would not pick up for her all the time. So she chirped away quite happily. Andrew called to say they were leaving the hospital and we should meet them further on the trip to Chattanooga. Unfortunately we drove into torrential rain which reduced visibility to only a little better than zero so we had a very slow and stressful drive. We struck similar weather in a similar area on a previous trip. This time though we felt obliged to keep going as Andrew and Hannah were waiting for us at a Cracker Barrel Restaurant down the line. We were very glad to drive out of the rain a little before that and even more glad that it passed on before we left. It was about another hour drive to Ruby Falls and we stayed clear of rain. In the end we decided to drive up to Cloudland National Park and check into our cabin and leave the falls walk until the next day. It was a lovely spot and very comfortable cabin.
