On Friday we headed out to Covington and
Conyers to explore the surrounding area.
We started the day off by heading to a gun range in Covington. Joel and I shot three different types of
guns, a .22 semi automatic, then a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum, and finally
Ruger .357 Magnum. (None of that means
anything to me, I shot guns, that’s all I know!) But it was really fun and a very different
experience. Very Southern! My favourite was the first one because it was
fairly light and had very little recoil.
After the shooting range we went into
downtown Covington to look at different houses and admire the town. Lots of movies have been filmed there,
including Remember the Titans and the Vampire Diaries. So we walked around in the beautiful
weather. Then we headed to the Blue
Whale Inn which was a very nice old southern house turned restaurant. We sat in the rocking chairs for a while and
soaked in the Georgia sun. After that we
headed to the Lake that my uncle sails in and walked around in the bushes for a
while. Lots of fun hiking around. We ended up at a military memorial. A very quiet and peaceful one, which was
really cool! It had a list of all the
foreign conflicts America had partaken in since 1900. There was a lot. There was also an old helicopter from
Vietnam. Joel liked that!
After that we headed to a covered bridge
which reminded us of Knights Ferry in California. They also had one of these old bridges. Very nice.
The next day Joel and I decided to head
into Atlanta. We started the day by
driving around, we saw the Aquarium (biggest in the world apparently),
Coca-Cola World, the State Capitol Building, and the Georgia Dome (where the
final 4 is going to be played this coming weekend). Finally we headed to Piedmont Park where we
spent a couple hours wondering about and admiring the beautiful view of the city. It reminded me a lot of Central Park in New
York. Lots of pretty trees in the middle
of a city. While we were in Piedmont
Park there was a man who jumped into a lake and apparently was acting
crazy. So something like 4 cop cars, 2
ambulances, and 3 fire trucks came. We
sat around for a bit watching the scene and eventually they got him out of the
water, but the shear amount of people seemed a little bit of overkill!
After Atlanta we decided to do another
round and the Tournament of Kings, which they had in Atlanta. And since it was close to my birthday I got
in free! Which is kinda why we did
it. This was one lots of fun, even more
fun than the one in Vegas we decided.
The focus of this show was the horses so there were lots of tricks using
Spanish Horses. Very nice! And of course the jousting, fighting, and
food was fun too! I had to convince Joel
not to buy a souvenir sword!
Our last day in Atlanta was Easter
Sunday. So we headed to mass with our
family. After mass we decided to paint
eggs outside on the porch. It was nice
to spend some time hanging out with my cousins!
I don’t see them enough. After a
hour or so of that, my aunt had made dinner.
We needed to eat early because my cousin was heading back to uni that
night. So we sat down for a dinner of
ham, asparagus, sweet potato, bean casserole, and warm bread rolls. It was delicious! So amazing. And we finished the meal with apple pie or pecan
pie, or both! Was topped with whipped cream!
We spent the last night watching lots of
TV, showering in the morning, and eating food.
Tomorrow we are heading back on the road and towards Charleston,
SC. It will be weird to get out on the
road again, but I am excited to go back to the trip!
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