Sunshine!

Today dawned bright and clear for the first time since Memphis. It promises to be a good day to See Rock City.

Yesterday we visited the Towing and Recovery Museum and Hall of Fame. Chattanooga is the center of the tow truck manufacturing business and the home of the Holmes Co., the major builder. This is a museum dedicated to the history of the tow truck operators and industry and the  people whose contributions have been significant over the years. It is very well done. It starts with an introductory film and then you get into the museum room full of tow trucks and associated equipment. There are old ones.

And fast ones.

And big ones.

And little ones.

There is also an outside wall with plaques dedicated to those who have lost there life in the process of a towing incident.

They have displays of toy tow trucks that people have collected over the years from all over the world. Hundreds of them.

The original tow trucks were often made from the luxury sedans of the time, since they were large and sturdily built.









Not a big place, and it doesn't take a long time to go through, but it's a close up look at the folks and equipment from a very important industry. Well worth the time to visit.