2) 5:30 p.m. CARB FILL-UP

There will soon be action verbs in your sentences, so head to nearby Tony’s Pasta Shop & Trattoria in a former carriage house of a Victorian mansion for some fancy carb loading that won’t break the bank. Just about everything here is made from scratch and time tested. Grab a seat on the upper deck under the wisteria, and try the Low Country linguine with sautéed crawfish and mushrooms ($13) or seafood ravioli with dill sauce ($14). Warning: It’s all too easy to gorge on the olive oil dip with bits of pecorino, so go easy.

3) 9 p.m. CAVE DWELLER

Avoid the tourist crush at Ruby Falls by opting for the lesser-known Ruby Falls Lantern Tour, which squires and schools small groups through the Lookout Mountain Caves to a 145-foot waterfall more than 1,000 feet below the surface, and named after the wife of its discoverer. The tour traverses a maze of corridors with formations the guides explain along the way. At some point, the guide will require participants to turn off their lanterns to experience total darkness, but not after hitting the switch on the falls’ spectacular light show. Lantern Tours are available from February through November and cost $29.95.