Our
last day in Stone Mountain began with a fine plan that was soon altered when we
discovered there was to be a throng at the park protesting the carving on the
mountain. We had originally planned
supper, but to insure we had plenty of time before the evening’s
festivities, we decided to do lunch at the Metro Café Diner (seems like saying
the Metro Restaurant Restaurant to me) – I got a shot of our group and just had
to take one of Bev’s Gyro Platter as it was a huge plate of food and the gyro
was delicious.
Since
they served breakfast all day, I had fried catfish with home fries and fried
eggs (on top of course) and it was very good, especially the fish.
So
following lunch and after seeing how much the campground had filled, we decided
we should go pretty early to the Laser Show Spectacular only to find that it
had been cancelled due to fear that the protesting folks might pose a danger –
so here are a couple of shots from the web of what we would have seen.
The
bad part is that this is the only park activity we had planned to do – oh well,
maybe another time. Later, we saw the
evening news coverage of the protests and the counter protest and there seemed
to be quite a bit of activity with a couple of injuries and several arrests. There
were police in riot gear but thankfully in the campground, we were oblivious to
it all.
Since
all of the park events were closed that evening, we sat around the fire and visited, which
was probably just as good as the show. At evenings end, I walked up a small hill to
our RV and when we arrived, I said to Bev, you know what, I just walked up here
knee pain free - it was a great feeling to have after so many years of painful walking.
This
ends our double rally with the Tennessee Travelers and a big thank you to our
Rally Masters for a fine job – we all had a good time and always enjoy spending
time with these folks.
Photos
can be enlarged by clicking on them.
Have
a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.
Larry
4/23/16
event dates
More fun rally time, then to relax again.
ReplyDeleteSure is nice to be pain free, enjoy !
Those men are a part of our history and erasing them off the monument won't change that fact. Oh well. Sorry about the laser show. But great news about no knee pain.
ReplyDeleteLarry, Glad to hear that your knees are healing like they were intended... No pain is a good thing! Dinner sounds good too. We found some decent gyros on our most recent little trip too... Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteYay for knee pain free walking!!! It's too bad the light show was cancelled but glad you had a good time visiting with your friends instead. That gryo platter looks tasty!
ReplyDeletePain free walking is the best! So glad those new knees are working out for you. And I think that an evening visiting with friends is better than fireworks; those times are what great memories are made of.
ReplyDeleteThe Stone Mountain laser show is a good one - hope you get the chance to go back again one day and see it. What a great looking group! Fun trip :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad that ya'll managed to have a blast anyway! And that breakfast with the catfish looks fab!
ReplyDeleteSitting around the fire visiting sounds pretty darn good to me.
ReplyDeleteHow nice that you are getting to really enjoy yourself and be pain free.
ReplyDeleteHi There, I've enjoyed following your RV journey into GA... We have been to Stone Mountain --but that was many years ago and it has changed A LOT... Sounds like you are doing well with your new knees. Hope you are still working hard on your weight now.. That will help SO much...
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Betsy