2014 Road Trip Part 3 - Atlanta

The Discover Space Shuttle!

We had fantastic time in Pennsylvania, but eventually we had to continue on to the next part of our roadtrip. Our next stay was with some cousins in North Carolina. On the way, we stopped just outside Washington DC at the Air and Space Museum.

The Air and Space Museum had all kinds of neat airplanes for us to look at, and it was a great stop for us to run around and stretch our legs. Our favorite part of the museum was definitely the space shuttle. It was gigantic.

When we got to North Carolina, I was excited to meet my cousins Randy, Michelle, Matthew, Staci, Darryl, and Hallie. Randy, Michelle, and Matthew were nice to let us stay with them, and they even gave us some fun bubble toys to play with when we got there. The next day we went swimming with them, had a quick nap, and then headed over to the Marbles Kids Museum.

Future Hockey Player

This children's museum had a lot of neat things, including a hockey court, which Hazel loved. She has a mean slap-stick. They also had a gym, an electric grid, a playscape, and other fun areas. We were happy to wear ourselves out there before meeting Staci, Daryll, and Hallie for dinner.

The next morning we said goodbye to our North Carolina cousins and drove straight to Atlanta. Like on our trip to Pennsylvania, we surprised Mom and Dad by electing to skip children's museums along the way to get to Bubbe's house in time for dinner.

We did a lot of fun things while we were in Atlanta. On Thursday, our first day, we went to see Bubbe at work at her dental office and get our teeth cleaned. All three of us did well. I was a little shy around the X-ray machine, so Bubbe had her teeth X-ray'd first to show me it was okay. I agreed to do the X-ray the next time we're in Atlanta. That night we went to a big outside party with Aunt Laurie and Uncle Jonathan. It was great to see them again. All of kids impressed Bubbe with our potty-training, and our ability to pee outside when necessary.

On Friday, Dad, Mom, Aunt Laurie, and Uncle Jonathan took me, Hazel and Turner to the Fernbank Museum of Natural Science. They had an awesome exhibit on dinosaurs there. I've been reading a lot about dinosaurs on our trip and immediately identified the giant dinosaur fossil in the main room as an Argentinosaurus. Bubbe and Aunt Laurie were impressed. Dad's favorite part of the museum was a section on wales and evolution. Hazel and I used the computer to make all kinds of fat dolphins, which we thought was hilarious.

Friday night we had planned to go swimming and show Bubbe how great our swimming skills were, but it starting storming. So instead we stayed in and watched Frozen on Bubbe's TV. It was really fun.

On Saturday we got up early and went to the Atlanta Aquarium. Our favorite part was the dolphin show. I especially liked it when the dolphins swam backwards standing up. I told Mom those dolphins were crazy. After the show, I went up to one of the dolphin trainers and asked him how deep the water was (30 feet) and how many gallons of water it held. He asked me to guess and I guessed 24,000 gallons. He said good guess, but it was actually 2 million gallons! That's a lot of water! Another highlight from the aquarium was the penguin exhibit. Like last year, I managed to attract a lot of penguin friends.

We came home for a nap on Saturday and then Saturday night we went to Stone Mountain for the laser show. Bubbe was impressed with how well we all did staying up late. All of us really liked the laser show and fireworks, and Turner especially liked the Frozen tribute. Dad liked the Devil Went Down to Georgia tribute.

After such a busy week, we took it a bit easier on Sunday and stayed at Bubbe's house. The weather was nice, so we played outside with her hose, sprinkler and pools. It was a great way to spend the day.

Saturday evening, we had a small birthday celebration for Mitch with cookie cake, ice cream, and homemade snow-cones. Then we said a sad goodbye to Aunt Laurie and Uncle Jonathan, and packed up, ready to begin our drive home the next morning.