After our breakfast at HIE we headed north about 9:30am. The traffic was decent, in a 55 we were doing 75. We got off at Prez Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Museum. It was set back from the main area but within a stones throw of downtown Atlanta off exit 248C. The museum will be undergoing renovation in April till October. The exhibit was really low keyed but centered in on his Israeli and Egyptian accords. Along with his feelings toward the people, that they need a spokesperson not from a political party but for the good of the people. A nice exhibit about his submarine duties on the SS391 Pomfret, then there was his meeting with Admiral Rickover which made him realize he must do his best. In 2004 the last seawolf like fast attack submarine (boat) SS23 was named after him USS Jimmy Carter; why such a low number??. They made him a honorary plankowner, this entitles him to a plank from the boat when it is retired. As I am a plankowner of the SSBN 628 Tecumseh I should have been contacted about one when they pulled her apart.
From there two miles across the highway to Coca-Cola museum. Parking is adjacent to the museum for $10, right downtown. Seeing there is no restaurant in the museum, we ate on the grounds next to and part of the museum at the Far Coast, Shirleen had the vegetarian chili soup, I the chicken salad sandwich. Did I mention the Turtle caramel pecan ice cream sandwich she had? It was nice to see a couple kids playing together on the short grass area. One from Europe the other Oriental, they played together like they were old friends, what can we learn from this? The exhibit cost a pretty penny even for seniors. The exhibit has a number of movies, the 4-D one was really good, really all were. The bottling exhibit was noon-functional today. We then went in to taste the many flavors of Coke products from Asia, Mid-East, China and the free world. This is a nice half day visit.
I asked a guard how far the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Doctor Martin Luther King was, it within a couple miles but not walk able, I later saw why. The location is a National Parks Site. We had a short time to visit but it is sure a place to visit. It shows he chronology of his life as a person who wanted to better the poor by his non-violent working Civil Rights Movement.
Off we go, it is 5:12pm mid town Atlanta, seven lanes of traffic headed north. It was a breeze, a couple of slow spots but no worse than downtown Mankato on a weekday. As we were travelling in a 55 mph zone at 78 mph we still had some passing us. We arrived in Dalton GA around 6:30 at a Comfort Inn and Suites. We were told that there was a O’Charley’s across the interstate. Stev asid we should eat their, but at last nights stop. He raved about the naked salmon and steam asparagus he had. We opted for a split of a rib eye, Potato cheese stuffed with bacon soup, great slightly sweet biscuits and crispy fried onion rings. Brittney our server asked if we were at the Days Inn as they get a 10% discount, we said no , she said are you sure. I said well yes, later told her our desk clerk told us it was good. Tomorrow towards St. Louis - Jerry
From there two miles across the highway to Coca-Cola museum. Parking is adjacent to the museum for $10, right downtown. Seeing there is no restaurant in the museum, we ate on the grounds next to and part of the museum at the Far Coast, Shirleen had the vegetarian chili soup, I the chicken salad sandwich. Did I mention the Turtle caramel pecan ice cream sandwich she had? It was nice to see a couple kids playing together on the short grass area. One from Europe the other Oriental, they played together like they were old friends, what can we learn from this? The exhibit cost a pretty penny even for seniors. The exhibit has a number of movies, the 4-D one was really good, really all were. The bottling exhibit was noon-functional today. We then went in to taste the many flavors of Coke products from Asia, Mid-East, China and the free world. This is a nice half day visit.
I asked a guard how far the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Doctor Martin Luther King was, it within a couple miles but not walk able, I later saw why. The location is a National Parks Site. We had a short time to visit but it is sure a place to visit. It shows he chronology of his life as a person who wanted to better the poor by his non-violent working Civil Rights Movement.
Off we go, it is 5:12pm mid town Atlanta, seven lanes of traffic headed north. It was a breeze, a couple of slow spots but no worse than downtown Mankato on a weekday. As we were travelling in a 55 mph zone at 78 mph we still had some passing us. We arrived in Dalton GA around 6:30 at a Comfort Inn and Suites. We were told that there was a O’Charley’s across the interstate. Stev asid we should eat their, but at last nights stop. He raved about the naked salmon and steam asparagus he had. We opted for a split of a rib eye, Potato cheese stuffed with bacon soup, great slightly sweet biscuits and crispy fried onion rings. Brittney our server asked if we were at the Days Inn as they get a 10% discount, we said no , she said are you sure. I said well yes, later told her our desk clerk told us it was good. Tomorrow towards St. Louis - Jerry
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