Rick's sister and niece are here for a week and we decided to take them up to Atlanta to show them the sights. We were surprised when we left our high 80's to get their high 60's temperatures - it was freezing! Luckily we had thrown in sweatshirts because we were going to the laser light show that didn't start until 8 o'clock and it was outside. Little did we know we'd be wearing them all day, all weekend...brrrr!
Here's Blake and his cousin Danielle hiking at Amacalola Falls in the Appalachian Mountains north of Atlanta. We were sad that the fall colors hadn't really started turning yet. That's something that we miss here at the beach.
Here's the gang on an old steam engine ride around Stone Mountain.
Behind us you can see the carvings on Stone Mountain - The South is proud of it's history. This is our little Mt. Rushmore with Civil War Generals carved into the granite mountain. We learned that the steps of the White House and the base of the Lincoln Memorial came from this granite mine. The lawn behind us was where we watched the laser light show (the biggest in the country).
We also toured the new World of Coke downtown. This was Tony Stewart's memorabilia that was on display - boy did that make Blake's day! The new facility was fun to tour, even though we'd been to the old one. They had a 4-D movie that freaked this kids out, your chair moved all around during the movie and things shot out at you. It was a blast! Blake's favorite part was being able to taste over 60 different Coca-Cola drinks from around the world. He tried all 60, minus the ice teas - I didn't have the guts to tast all 60! We all decided the African drinks were the worst!
We also took our visitors to the Georgia Aquarium. This is the viewing area for the whale sharks - these Grouper fish were some of the smallest things in the tank swimming with the whale sharks!
Here's Blake and his cousin Danielle hiking at Amacalola Falls in the Appalachian Mountains north of Atlanta. We were sad that the fall colors hadn't really started turning yet. That's something that we miss here at the beach.
Here's the gang on an old steam engine ride around Stone Mountain.
Behind us you can see the carvings on Stone Mountain - The South is proud of it's history. This is our little Mt. Rushmore with Civil War Generals carved into the granite mountain. We learned that the steps of the White House and the base of the Lincoln Memorial came from this granite mine. The lawn behind us was where we watched the laser light show (the biggest in the country).
We also toured the new World of Coke downtown. This was Tony Stewart's memorabilia that was on display - boy did that make Blake's day! The new facility was fun to tour, even though we'd been to the old one. They had a 4-D movie that freaked this kids out, your chair moved all around during the movie and things shot out at you. It was a blast! Blake's favorite part was being able to taste over 60 different Coca-Cola drinks from around the world. He tried all 60, minus the ice teas - I didn't have the guts to tast all 60! We all decided the African drinks were the worst!
We also took our visitors to the Georgia Aquarium. This is the viewing area for the whale sharks - these Grouper fish were some of the smallest things in the tank swimming with the whale sharks!
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