Weekend.. my trip

It had been so long, since I had done something exciting... Wanted to go somewhere.. relax... away from work...

So we planned that we would do it on the weekend...Firstly we had 2 full days... but we were wondering where do we go, in and around Macon/Atlanta... I had already been to Smokey Mts... even Chattanooga... So now we had to go to some place (nice place) in Atlanta or nearby.

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Saturday
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We decided we will go to Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta... I wanted to go to this place from a long time :) By morning 10.00 AM on Saturday (15 Apr) we were inside the mountain Park... ( thank God!! we didnt get lost). We first thought of just going round the park once just to see what all were there...(mainly wanted to search where we could eat).. We finally ended up going to the lake.. where people were fishing.. and we went till a bridge.. This was a wooden bridge on the lake... It was fun driving the car on wooden planks :) Took a few pictures and left from there.. towards our next destination...





We reached the sky ride (cable cars which would take us to the top of Stone Mountain).



Nearby found a cafe.. Barged into it.. had some things to eat.. Then bought the tickets for all day round... then off we went to the queue... it took just 5-10 mins so that we could get into the car :).. As it was going up... it felt like leaving behind so many things.. and rising so much in the air, felt as if I am trying to fly. We reached the summit of the stone mountain... It seemed so beautiful.. wouldnt say top of the world.. but yes it surely was wonderful..... Could see greenary... could see Atlanta Downtown... Lets say I had a bird's view :) We took few pictures.. sat on the stone for a while.. then we went down a little bit.. from the non steep end, then came back to the summit..so that we could take the cable car to go down.... After the "treat for Eyes" we went to the souvernier shop.. I bought a magnet to stick on the fridge (for mom).. We went down.. and yes I even got my penny engraved with the stone mountain park logo :)







Well it was so hot that we had to buy mini melts... I just loved it .. they were so yummy and cooling.. (similar to ice cream).



After that off we went to boating... Ok boating in the hot sun..doesnt seem to be fun.. but we did enjoy it.. I was peddling after so many years.. and felt so nice.. There were so many ducks there.. It was fun.. and after this we went to the mini cruise ride there.. this was quite boring compared to boating.. but we were talking about water making waves.. photos.. etc..we were in shade.. so things went well there too...





From here we moved into CROSSROADS... This was all woody.. We went into a shop where we could get the demo of glass items in the making. Watched that for half an hr... but then we got tired of standing there... Then we went to a 4-D movie :) called Tall Tales of the South. It was nice.. with snakes crickets.. popping out.. and the wind and water..
After this off we went to the rail road.. This seemed like toy train in Cubbon Park... But then who doesnt like to go back to Childhood days :) Well to add to it.. we had a automated message which went on describing the history... Along with this.. they were the rhymes and songs on trains and locomotives.. It was fun to see everybody singing along :) In b/w the rail stopped for a musical play... It was nice... We had a full round of the stone mountain... It was nice fun..

After all this we were dead tired..moreover hungry... bought a few peanuts and went to the place where the Laser show would start... We were there from 7.30PM and the show wouldnt start until 8.30 PM coz it wouldnt be dark...(Day light savings funda) Well till then we sat and had a chat... Looking around at people there, wondering how different it was in India.. laughing at certain things, amazed at some... We saw little cute kids running around... A few staring at other kids eating ice cream... It was a gr8 sight.. seeing so many people there...
The show finally started at 8.50 PM. Well the laser show was good... I wouldnt say it was amazing or spectacular.. But yes it was good... To add to it was the fireworks and wonderful music on the background... All this made it worth the wait... After the show got over around 9.30 PM we left the place... One good thing there were so many people yet there wasnt any confusion, no stampede (I remember the evening when I went to see Dussehra procession in Mysore.. it was a chaos)... We were out of the park in 15 mins... Then had a peaceful drive till home... Had some home cooked food (Chef - Me)... Then off to sleep...Oh I just kept my head on the bed and off to my dreamland :)

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Sunday
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This was quite a relaxing day from the morning.. We got up around 8.30 or so... then prepared tea... ( I had to complete some imp work.. so did that for half an hr)... Finally by 10, we decided we would be going to Beach in Savannah...So got ready, prepared breakfast - gojju avalakki (dunno what its called in English... maybe powdered poha with Puliogre gojju[different kind of tamarind paste]) and left home at 11... Then went to the nearby store bought juice,water etc... We dint want to die of thirst.. it s so hot here... This was a 3 hr drive... (yeah yeah lot of scope to get bored).. We had lot of fun... Initially we played antakshari... singing songs in different tunes..killing the songs, enhancing the songs... arguing on the lyrics..etc etc.. All this while i wasnt driving.. Then I started off driving...We were busy trying to overtake the other vehicles... I was touching 97-98 miles/hr (my friend did a 110)... I was hoping for 100 atleast but somehow either other vehicles came in front or cops or smthing dint allow me to touch... But this was also good :) After all this fun n frolic we reached Savannah.... Now we quite dint know how to reach a beach... Round and round we went around Savannah Downtown... Its pretty historic.. Not too modern.. It has that tinge of history.. Was looking good :)
Finally we reached River St.





Now i have no clue how we reached there.. but I loved this street... A river on the side.. and buildings the other side... All ancient buildings or so they seemed coz of the bricks... We planned to walk a little bit on this road and got some information on how to reach the beach etc... So we had lunch - Salad [dunno what its called] which had cabbage (I still feel it was lettuce) and etc etc.. I dint eat it.. and Onion Rings and Potato Fries...



After this we started off to the beach... This was another 30-45 mins ride... We went on and on.. on and on... we could see water from far away but then hadnt reached our destination... I was getting impatient.. It had been ages since I had gone to any beach....



We were going to the Tybee Beach in Tybee Island... :) We finally got a parking place.. and off we went towards the beach...Finally we started walking on the sand... The kindu find on the beach.. Just keep ur feet and it just gets immersed in sand... We finally reached the place from which there was no sand..just water, water and water. We were so excited... Held our chappals in the hand and went into the water.. the cold water touched our feet.. and I felt a though I had reached one end of the world and was stepping into another...Then kept playing and walking sidewords.. my friend wouldnt let me go in too much... There were lot of birds at one side.. So we were walking towards that...
As we were walking came across jelly fish... (a dead one ofcourse) took the photo... and moved on ... I kept on saying (eww) till we reached the other beautiful spot...



Wow so many beautiful birds.. all lined up in a row.. One starts making sound and the rest follow... There were as if in groups... One starts flying and the grup flies along.... Rest are still in the line... And all the others go to the other side and form a line.. We had wonderful time watching this :) I was running behind the birds.. driving them and splashing water all over... instructed my friend to take pictures and videos :)





After all the fun n frolic here..we just sat on the beach and were looking ahead... Just a silly though came over... Swim across the ocean and go home...:)



Well these feelings come n go... and the time had come for us also to leave... So with a heavy heart we left the beach... And again started driving back home... I was tired and sleepy.. but I managed to be awake and spoke for a while... and for the 100th time blamed my friend for not bringing CDs :)



Finally we reached home by 9.30... Had a yummy bisi bele bhaat and then went off to sleep so that we could wake up for the office the next day....

PS:: Y does every trip have to end up with "Oh!!! Office tom"