Weekend trip #1

To break up the monotony of Doug's long absence, Zelig and I have gone on a few adventures together.  The first trip outside of Monroe was to Stone Mountain.  It's a state park located halfway between Monroe and Atlanta, an easy drive down 78.  The main feature of the park is a large chunk 'o granite.  I'll let you read the wiki explanation of the how's it but basically, what you see was at one time, millions of years ago, a large blob of molten rock or lava.  It collected, cooled, and what you see today is exposed from thousands of years of erosion.  What you see is only 1/10th of the actual rock.  There's 9 more miles of it below the soil.  Impressive! 

Bas-relief featuring three main players of the Confederate Army: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.  There is a rope way or cable car taking park guests up to the mountain and back down.  They pack 'em in so if you'd prefer, you can hike up or down the mountain as well.

 

A new attraction to the park: SkyHigh Hike.  Participants walk and balance along beams and ropes at a minimum of 10 feet off the ground.  There are three levels to the attraction.  Zelig and I did only the ground level and the second level.  We wore safety harnesses which tethered us to an above latch system.  It was pretty scary but Zelig wanted to do it.  I sweated a lot!  All you need to do is trust in this bit of wire cable to keep you upright.

 

From the top of the mountain.

We ate lunch at the park, bought some funnel cake, rode the Stone Mountain Railway, a very slow train ride around the chunk 'o granite and saw the new 4-D adventure movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth!  Whoopee!  It was a fun day with Zelig but Daddy was missed by us both. 

Next week...Lookout Mountain, TN!