Today we ventured out in Atlanta, Georgia, at Stone Mountain. This is basically a huge, bald granite rock....carved into the side is Generals Davis, Lee, and Jackson on horseback riding into battle. The carving is so large that a 6 foot man can fit into the opening of the horse's mouth! They have a cable car which takes you to the top of the mountain scooting right by the carving-for some great photo ops-enabling you to really get a good look at such amazing art. The cable car only costs $5.50 for a one way ride, but there is a $10 parking fee to enter the park. Once at the top you can explore all the dips and craters...kinda makes you think that if the moon was made of granite-this might be what it looked like. You can see for miles and miles...breathtaking. Instead of riding back down in the cable car, we decided to get some exercise and take the trail down the mountain. First starting down the mountain is a little steep, but there are handrails along the trail to help you keep your footing. The kids had no problem at all...in fact it was me that couldn't keep up with them! We encountered tons of hikers coming both up and down, young and old, enjoying the beautiful spring day and the exercise of climbing the mountain. Coolest of all was all the initials and dates we found carved into the rock face-some as recent as within the past week and others dating back into the 1800's-proof this place has been a well loved and well worn hiking spot for hundreds of years. The kids only complained once we got to the bottom and we had to walk around about a 1/4 of the mountain to get back to our parking spot...well, they were tired until they saw the play equipment inside the park. It was rewarding for all of us to look back up the mountain to see how far we come and what a big accomplishment it was for them-to say they climbed down a mountain.
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