# Any Interest in a Dixie Dopefest?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 10, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552 "2007-04-10T22:23:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/21 "2007-04-13T02:28:17Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro]
I’m sure the [Choo-Choo’s](http://www.choochoo.com/) is expensive but are there any picniccable places on the mountain?
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Well, there’s [Point Park](http://ngeorgia.com/tenn/pointpark.html), which has a nice view of the city. Not sure if it is picniccable, though. I remember it being smallish. The level part of it, anyway. And I’m not sure if there’s a picnic area.
Of course, if we are trying to provide a counterpoint to Gettysdope, perhaps the site of a Confederate victory would be appropriate. For that, there’s nearby [Chickamauga Battlefield](http://www.nps.gov/chch/) which has lots of picnic tables.
Or alternatively, there are some parks along the bank of the Tennessee River near downtown Chattanooga, notably [Coolidge Park](http://www.chattanooga.gov/PRAC/30_1096.htm).
Downtown has a number of restaurant options. And Chattanooga’s North Shore neighborhood on the opposite side of the river from downtown is a cool walkable place with funky shops, galleries, bookstores, bars, and restaurants, such as [Northshore Grill](http://www.northshoregrille.com/index.htm), and the [North Chatt Cat](http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/dguide/index.v?ac=display_est&Est_ID=52), a hole-in-the-wall bar which has a deck with a view of the river and downtown.
There’s a nice [pedestrian bridge](http://www.friendsforourriverfront.org/images/chatt_walnut_st_tree_400.jpg) across the river, connecting downtown and the North Shore.
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### Author:  [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/22 "2007-04-13T02:34:28Z")
I don’t know about picnic areas on the mountain but [Lookout Mountain](http://www.lookoutmountain.com/), home of Ruby Falls, Rock City, and the Incline Railway, would probably be a good spot for a fest if you wind up in Chattanooga. Or maybe Coolidge Park, which is downtown on the Tennessee River and is within walking distance (across the world’s longest pedestrian bridge) of the Tennessee Aquarium, an IMAX theater, and other touristy things.
EDIT: Or what **spoke-** said
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/23 "2007-04-13T06:27:46Z")
Breaking news: Hubby demands a re-make of our infamous honeymoon at Red Top. We’re in (evidently 😛 ) no matter where it is. Chatanooga, Hot-lanta, whatever. 😃
You gotta hand it to him, he doesnt read the Dope (is not on the Web at all) but when I started to ask him tonite … Honey, there’s some talk about another…
He whirled around : DOPEFEST ?? WE"RE IN !!
heh.
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### Author:  [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/24 "2007-04-13T15:48:10Z")
Maybe picking a weekend first will help with the location choice? We’re open for weekends after the 22nd of April and before 18 May.
Don’t worry, babe, I’ll drive while you study.
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/25 "2007-04-13T19:35:11Z")
Rats. We couldn’t make one so soon. Perhaps I spoke too quickly. ☹
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/26 "2007-04-13T21:13:16Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt]
Rats. We couldn’t make one so soon. Perhaps I spoke too quickly. ☹
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Neither could I, I’m afraid, but in a month or early summer I would be.
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### Author:  [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/27 "2007-04-13T23:29:43Z")
Maybe the last weekend in May?
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### Author:  [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/28 "2007-04-13T23:45:09Z")
I’m not available for July 4th weekend or from 10 May to 5 June.
Everything else between now and August is good for me. Location doesn’t matter.
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### Author:  [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/29 "2007-04-14T00:08:00Z")
Looks like we might have to have two, after all.
When’s Gettysdope?
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### Author:  [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/30 "2007-04-14T00:36:08Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt]
[QUOTE=Sampiro]
Alright, but I got dibs on the [yurt](http://gastateparks.org/net/content/image.aspx?imageid=74112&s=21.0.1.5) (unless it doesn’t have a private toilet). 😛
[/QUOTE]
Ask **Geobabe** , they stayed in it that time we went.
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It does not have a private loo, unfortunately; you have to hike a short way up the hill to use the communal facility. We did check out a B&B near Dahlonega that had a yurt with a private bathroom, though…not that that helps at all with this discussion. 😃
**UncleBill** and **The Dudes** and I are up for something; I think all our weekends are free up through…jeez, October, I think. Chattanooga sounds like a ton of fun, or we can do an Atlanta-area thang–both might be the way to go, since it sounds like a bunch of people wouldn’t be able to make it to one place or the other.
According to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412785&highlight=gettysdope), Gettysdope is on September 15. I vote we do something sooner.
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/31 "2007-04-15T04:25:55Z")
yeah me too, since I’m moving out of Atlanta to Cleveland, OH probably June-ish.
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### Author:  [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/32 "2007-04-15T04:39:31Z")
Never been to a Dopefest, I would be interested if the time and location were convenient.
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### Author:  [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/33 "2007-04-26T16:47:31Z")
HEY Y’ALL! Let’s get something going here. Since **OpalCat** will be leaving soon, I propose we do something in May/early June. Since we’re into late April already, the first weekend is probably too soon, so here are the other choices, speak up with which ones will work (and vote for where you’d like to have it–park, restaurant, or other–and a specific place if you have one in mind): 5/12-13, 5/19-20, 5/26-27, 6/2-3.
My clan is available all those dates AFAIK, and I vote for Red Top, since we’ve had so much fun there before.
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/34 "2007-04-26T17:34:29Z")
I think Dan will be in town one of those weekends… let me see which one.
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### Author:  [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/35 "2007-04-26T17:39:11Z")
I’m just here to take a look around and bookmark. Since I’m in the Ham I’m good with Chattanooga or ATL.
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### Author:  [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/36 "2007-04-26T23:49:33Z")
I would like to remind you all (y’all) that when you invade GettysDope, please bear in mind that I am not a damned Yankee. And I’m nice.
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### Author:  [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2007, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/37 "2007-04-27T00:17:09Z")
May 12/13 and June 2/3 work for **Brynda** and me. Red Top is do-able, but we would prefer Chattanooga.
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### Author:  [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/38 "2007-04-27T14:30:08Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat]
yeah me too, since I’m moving out of Atlanta to Cleveland, OH probably June-ish.
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Just for clarification are you:
…moving to Cleveland, Ohio probably in June
or:
…moving to Cleveland (Georgia?). Oh, probably in June.
😃 Just checkin’.
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### Author:  [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/39 "2007-04-27T14:57:37Z")
June 2-3 is doable, would prefer Chattanooga. May 12-13 might be ok
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### Author:  [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-a-dixie-dopefest/399552/40 "2007-04-27T15:14:50Z")
Either date is do-able, and like Chattanooga would be preferable for me, too. A little early for white water rafting-dope, I guess.
StG
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