I was ordered to post a blog with the pictures from our recent trip to Atlanta, so I am on campus right now, getting it done. Elin is having a crafty craft-night, and since I needed to use a computer anyway to buy textbooks, she thought it was the perfect opportunity. I am not opposed to blogging. In fact, I enjoy it when I do it. The problem is time and convenience. See, we no longer have the internet at our house, because our connection moved a couple of months ago, and so for me to post, I would have to come to campus, and the only time I could do that would be after work. After work, I have a lot of other things I would rather do than come back to campus. I can’t think of what those things are, but I am sure that there are some. Below, for your viewing pleasure, are a few of the highlights from our trip.
This is a picture of the Atlanta skyline that I took as we flew in. Pretty good shot, eh?
This is at the World of Coca-Cola, where a nice bronze man is serving a drink. I am showing my Y pride. You might notice that this shirt does NOT say “Quest for Perfection.” I had no desire to be laughed at.
This is at the end of the World of Coke tour, where we were able to sample Coke products from around the world. After zooming in, I determined that Elin is drinking Simba brand guarana, from Paraguay. I drank a lot of guarana in Brasil, and this stuff was pretty close to the same flavor (at least as far as I can remember). Shortly after this shot was taken, Elin had her first drink of a purposely caffeinated beverage! Gasp! There were a lot of good flavors, and some not-so-great flavors. I noticed that the not-so-great flavors seemed to come mainly from Europe. Probably France.
After drinking all the Coke products we could handle, we walked about forty yards to the Georgia Aquarium. I found out quickly that I drank more than I could handle, and so I had to stop by the bathroom several times before we made it through the entire place. It was pretty incredible (the aquarium), and reinforced my belief in three things: evolution, the Almighty Creator, and absolute avoidance of deep, open water.
These pictures just do not do justice to the grandeur of these creatures. Since I can’t write a caption that will do them justice, I won’t try.
I am pretty sure that I took these two pictures from below. Part of the aquarium was a tunnel, so you could walk (or take a moving sidewalk for all of 15 feet) under the water, as it were. It was pretty sweet.
After the aquarium, we dropped by the Varsity, which is (correct me if I am wrong, Logan or Paula) the first drive-in restaurant in America. The shakes were delish, and the rest of the food, well, cheap. The workers were the real treat. If you’ll take a minute to look closely at this picture, you will see a phenomenon only to be found in Atlanta, Ga. It is called the “Two-toned July Sky.” It happens only in the last week of the month, and I was fortunate enough to capture it as I took a picture of the Varsity sign. Simply amazing.
Of all the amazing and fantastic experiences and creatures we encountered while in The Big Peach, little Lydia outdid them all. She was a delight, and Elin and I hated to say goodbye. Someone might notice (like Logan) that there are no pictures of our hosts, Paula and Logan. That is an accident. All these pictures are from the first full day in Atlanta, and I guess we didn’t have any of them. Sorry about that. We had a fantastic time there, and sincerely wish that we could have stayed longer. The above recollections merely scratch the surface. Thank you, Logan and Paula, for being excellent hosts.
*That whole thing about the "Two-toned July Sky" is a lie, if you could not tell. The truth is that I took it from inside the car, and the top part of the windshield made the color difference. And that picture of the Atlanta skyline belongs to Wikipedia.
