Weekend in Atlanta

We took a Saturday trip to Atlanta and had a blast. We saw so many cool things. We visited the Olympic park in downtown (this is also he site where the bombing took place). I really liked how family friendly the downtown of Atlanta is. There is sooooo much to do and the place is crawling with families with kids. In one general area, they have the World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium, Olympic park, Turner, Phillips Arena and the Georgia Dome (with Turner Field not too far away).

The world of Ted Turner

We visited the world of Turner Broadcasting which includes CNN, CNN Headline News, TBS, TNT, TrueTV, Cartoon Network, TMC and Boomerang. It was fascinating.

World of Coke

It was pretty interesting. We visited the world of Coke (which for many Mormons is a mecca). We saw how coke is made and marketed. We got to taste over 60 Coke products from around the world. Did you know the Mormon Church owns Coca-Cola?

Well some of us tan more than others...We are still trying to figure out why T looks half mexican. Maybe it is that wonderful Southern Sunshine...(having sun more than 3 months out of the year is an interesting concept to us coming from Oregon).

We love the southern summer thunder storms. We got about 1" of rain in about 5 min.

Family Trip to Savannah, GA on the weekend of July 4th.

In NASCAR country, "if you aint bump'n, you aint race'n".

Eating lunch in a converted old time train car in Savannah.

M shows off her excellent form and techinque.

Good family competition

Hotel fun in Savannah

Tybee Island Fun

Fun at the beach on Tybee Island...our family only turns 2 colors, white and red. This week end we became red. I guess now, that we are living in Georgia, " I reckon we done becom'd one of them thar official red neks".

Historic court house in Savannah.

Family Trip to Savannah, GA on the weekend of July 4th.

We had some fun at Savannah, GA during the week end of July 4th. We loved the history and sites. Savannah has 21 "Squares" (small parks that are the center of their historic grid layout). Here we are at the Lafayette Square. The Chippewa square is where the filming place of the movie Forrest Gump took place. The scene where Forrest sits on the bench and used the well known line, "Life is like a box of Chocolates..." was filmed at that spot.