We did it! We got up early and made it to the Georgia Aquarium!
IT WAS AWESOME!!!
A very reliable source told us that this aquarium is the top rated aquarium in the country. We are here to tell you that it is! We have lots of pictures to verify that it is the best but they do not really do it justice. If you ever get a chance to visit you should! Do the early bird special. We were there for 1 hr before it opened. It was really great and totally worth getting up early. By the way, early for us is 9am!! That was our arrival time...ha! The whale sharks are just incredible!
We had a huge blessing by getting to see Jim Haskell today! We miss him so much even after all of these years. He & Linda are doing great. Lunch at The Varsity was pretty amazing. They serve more burgers in a day than any other place in the world! Jim gave us lots of Atlanta pearls of wisdom while we looked out over the city. I think it would probably take us a full week to see all that Atlanta is home to. But I think we covered the top 2...The Aquarium & Jim!!
We left Atlanta and made our way to South Carolina. We drove through a down pour and when I say down pour, I mean the bottom really fell out!! I have never driven through rain that came down that hard and fast. Thank the Lord for electronics or my kids would have freaked out! We still made it in time to catch some sand and the pool! We are staying at a great little resort right on Patriot's Point. The little pizza joint right up the street is amazing. It is the best pizza EVER! Andolini's Pizza if you are ever in this neck of the woods.
I have failed to mention some of the nicest people that we have met along the way...
The lady we met at the Louisiana gas station that is from Louisiana but lives in west Texas now. She was home for the holiday weekend. We were both getting gas and buying water. She was so nice to talk to. In Oxford, we met a guy that went to school with Allen, one of the Duck Dynasty boys. He noticed Sterling's hat and told us all about growing up with the Robinson group. The girl that gave us the special tour of Wildrose was just about ready to let us take home as many dogs as we could get in the car. She was just precious! The lady at Elvis' birth home told us lots of extra special tidbits that we loved getting to hear. We also got a discount for traveling so far that day! Ha! The fella in Alabama that put extra pepperonis on Carson's pizza because she was the only one that liked them (out of my 3 kids). The man we met in the elevator this morning at the aquarium whose grandson is from Keller, Texas. He introduced him to us later. He plays baseball and has been to Georgetown to play the Wings. Steve, the bellman helped us with our bags today here in Charleston. This is the first bellman we have had on the trip. I think I like having a bellman. The nice people from Texas that we got to visit with at the pool tonight. And Charles from Charleston for recommending Andolini's.
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