2017 12 15-16 Sweetwater Creek State Park, Centennial Olympic Park and The Georgia Aquarium

Friday, December 15, 2017

Sweetwater Creek walk. Tori looks dejected because there are no access trails down to the water. 

There is still snow and ice even though we have had several days of 50 degree weather with sunshine. We did have to reroute off the trail to avoid fallen limbs from the snowfall. 

No Zombie Apocalypse here. Over 700 movie and television productions have been filmed in Douglas County and Douglasville. "The Hunger Games", "Stranger Things", "The Walking Dead", "The Founder", "The Have and Have Nots", "MacGuyver", lots of murderous and psychopathic thrillers, "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son" and "The Young and The Restless".   

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Series of waterfalls in Centennial Park, downtown Atlanta. We thought maybe the traffic would be better on Saturday but still had several slowdowns. Once we found the Parking Garage the only issue was the low clearance. Our truck only had about 3 inches of clearance under the supporting crossbeams.  

This sculpture of three figures represent (from left to right) ancient Greek Olympics, the first modern Olympics and the Atlanta Games. 

Lots of water features in Centennial Park. The Georgia Dome/Atlanta Stadium, former home of the Falcons, was imploded recently but didn't all come down so they are trying again at 1am this coming Monday. Glad I don't live in that neighborhood. 

Our destination is the Georgia Aquarium.

Albino American alligator

Sea Dragon - one our favorite sea creatures. 

Sea horses

The rest of the pictures are from the 6.3 million gallon seawater tank. A green sea turtle. 

Several kinds of shark including this one who looks like he's not having a good day. 

One of the whale sharks and two manta rays.

Here's some perspective of the size of the green turtle yet so graceful. 

I am so fascinated by manta rays since we saw two of them while snorkeling in Hawaii. They are monster-size but gentle giants. 

Merry Christmas to all. 

Bob and a friend.

Bet you all have heard that the busiest airport in the world completely shut down on Sunday, December 17, 2017. A fire in an underground electrical area turned off all the lights throughout the entire airport. The FAA grounded all incoming and outgoing flights. The lights were out for 11 hours. The terminals were cleared but no reports indicated what happened to all the customers who were stranded except that some were transferred to a conference center.