Stone Mountain Georgia

While in Atlanta, nothing would do my family but we go to "The Mountain" as they affectionately call it. My cousin Todd worked here while in high school and even some while in college (I think). Now, my Uncle Bill works there part time (he's retired from IRS). They get real disappointed when they hear people say, "It's just a rock". Because it has such a history.

This is a shot as we were going up in the skylift. That's the Atlanta skyline you see in the

background. It was very hazy but I think you can still make out the skyline.
This is on top of the Mountain, looking towards Tenn. The Mountain is the largest outcrop of granite in the world. It's very open, you feel weird being so high and on such a flat surface. I have to admit I was a little weak in the knees, Aunt Alice said "you can walk over to the edge they have a fence". I passed!
This is a carving in the side of the Mountain. It is Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. They say Indians used the top of the Mountain for ceremonial meetings. The Mountain has a little darker side of history too. The KKK used the Mountain for rallies around 1914. But now it is a very family friendly park with lots of stuff to do.