Stone Mountain GA

It was a fun day. We left the RV at 9:30 to do the park. We drove over, got our tickets, and got on the 10:30 cable car up to the top of the mountain. That was kind of interesting. There were some neat exhibits in the building along with a snack shop. There was a fenced off area for some endangered plants, a great view of Atlanta in the distance, and a good view of our campsite. We came back down and went to the Stone Mountain Museum. This area has had a rather dark side with the expulsion of the Indians and Klan rallies. We had lunch at the museum café. I had a really neat BLT with apple smoked bacon and fried green tomatoes which was really yummy. Bill had a Graceland sandwich, a grilled peanut butter, chocolate, banana sandwich. That was good, too.

From there we went to the Granite Exhibit which was really well done, showing the years of granite mining on the mountain. But the best part was the Antebellum Plantation. This was an area of buildings brought here and reconstructed. The buildings were open with wonderful descriptions of the furnishings. Everything was labeled which I truly appreciated. The major exhibit was the Dickey House, a huge 6250 sq foot mansion. That was a lot of fun, and we spent a bit of time there.

Bill stopped to see what was being offered at the antique store that was closing after 40 years. I stayed in the car and snoozed. He came back with a catalog of pretty impressive items. Finally we took the train ride around the mountain which was a 5 mile ride and rather anti-climatic.

We got back to the RV about 5:30 which was a longer day than we had anticipated. Bill grilled steaks for dinner, and we relaxed a bit.