Friday 8 May 2009. The place: Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park, just outside Atlanta, GA. The site of an important Civil War battle in 1864. Motivation for visiting: valuable and stimulating educational experience for Grace and Gloria, according to Stephen and Lisa; Mom and Dad said we had to, according to Grace and Gloria. The girls were a bit skeptical about the whole idea until they saw the old Monopoly-style cannons. This ratcheted up their interest level considerably until it dawned on them that no one was likely to shoot any actual cannonballs out of them. At this point we headed into the Visitors Center for a brief orientation and then hiked up to the summit of Kennesaw Mountain itself, which qualifies as a mountain by Appalachian standards, I suppose, but out West would probably get picked on and teased by all the other mountains. Still it was enough of a climb to tax our hardy tourist attraction-hardened bodies to a degree, and from the top we enjoyed a panoramic view of Northwest Greater Atlanta below, including a couple of large malls that Sherman must have overlooked when he burned the city in 1864.
Steve wrote this, didn't he?
ReplyDeleteThis does have that Stephen swagger, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteReceived your birthday wishes to Vance and his card. I passed them on to the man who has yet to venture near the computer. Change comes very slowly with this man. Be safe.
oh, yeah...Stephen....lose the white shorts. Can't see where they leave off and your legs begin.
ReplyDeleteI love this blog! Your grass is so slow growing, but Mo will mow it this weekend. Aubrey misses Grace. I miss the lot of you!
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