Florida Spring Training 2018 - Day 54

It was raining when we left the RV Park this morning about 9:30 am.  As we headed north on I-75 it started raining really hard and continued for about an hour as the cold front moved through the area.  The skies cleared eventually and it cooled down quite a bit.

As we approached the Atlanta area the traffic significantly increased and remained so until we arrived at Stone Mountain Park a little bit east of Atlanta.  The park, a big deal in this area, is a state park that surrounds Stone Mountain.  

Stone Mountain is a granite dome. elevation 1,686 feet, 825 feet above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain is well known for not only its geology, but also the enormous carved relief on its north face, the largest bas-relief in the world. The carving depicts three Confederate figures: Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

The park is a great destination attraction, is a very popular place to visit and an excellent place  for a family vacation.

There is a 400-site RV park, two hotels , numerous sights and attractions, lakes, a golf course, restaurants, hiking and nature trails, picnic areas and group pavilions, evening laser light shows, boat rides, a cable car gondola ride up the mountain, a train that circles the mountain, nightly fireworks and a conference and environmental center.  Mostly though, the mountain is a Confederate war memorial that so far has escaped revisionist history outrage.

After getting set-up in the RV park and relaxing a little, we had dinner at The Commons Restaurant at the park golf course.  We had a great dinner with a lakeside view, then drove around the park a little to get oriented to it all.

We are going over to Kevin's apartment tomorrow, then to a baseball game between the Phillies and Atlanta Braves tomorrow night.  We will be staying in a hotel near Kevin's place tomorrow night and coming back here on Sunday.  We will be staying here on Monday to explore the park, then leaving Tuesday for Alabama to visit a high school friend, Paula and her husband Dallas.

Pictures - Day 54