Today, I decided to start my day by driving to Stone Mountain. So, after packing my car, I pulled out my GPS and typed in Stone Mountain. I then had to try to find one out of about 5 million entries (turns out that Stone Mountain is not just the name of a park, but the name of a city/town as well, and they have named a lot of things “Stone Mountain”), of which at least 5 or 6 of them are listed as “Stone Mountain Park”. Turns out that just putting a real cool carving on a mountain wasn’t enough, they had to turn it into a giant family fun park. I finally found it, and as I was driving in, I had the opportunity to pay $15 to park. This doesn’t actually get me into the park, mind you, this is just to park my car. You can then go into the park, which I assume has games, rides, etc., or you can ride the tram to the top of the mountain, or you can hike to the top of the mountain (I don’t know if this has a cost, but it won’t take very long; it’s a small mountain). They also have a dinosaur exhibit, by the way, which made me think of a couple of cute girls I know who would probably enjoy it. Fortunately, I found a visitors’ center outside the gate that I could go in for free, and I got a good picture of the carving on the mountain.
The figure front and center is Robert E. Lee, on the left is Jefferson Davis, and on the right is Stonewall Jackson. I thought it was pretty cool. It’s the largest relief carving in the world (if I remember right) at 90 feet high, and 190 feet long.
I then drove down to Savannah where I will spend some time tomorrow exploring one of our most historic cities. More tomorrow. Safe Road-Tripping!
Ramblings of a Wandering Man 