Stone Mountain Georgia

[Sylvester]

The family and I camped for two nights at Stone Mountain during the 4th of July weekend. Stone Mountain has it's laser show and fireworks, which would have been nice if we had been able to get within a half mile or so from them. That park was so packed on the 4th, you could have walked a mile on humans without touching the ground. I realize once again why I don't like big campgrounds, there is just too many people. The campsite we had was gravel and on a hill. Nice driving a tent stake in gravel, especially when you hit a rock. However, all negatives aside, a bad day of camping is better than a good day at work. We kept busy, saw a lot of the park, walked for more than 10 miles in two days, and in the end the whole family was happy to have gone. I might add, they had a small automobile museum there, and while they had no VW's, they had of all things a Tucker. Of the 46 that still exist, and one of them is here, figure that one out. It was hot, as Georgia is in July. It cooled off around midnight, and heated up quick and humid around 10:00AM. That is why I camp in the hills, the hills I say. Boy is about as sharp as a bowling ball. That's a joke son, a joke! I will add some pictures and add more commentary later today. If you ever get to Atlanta, you need to stop and see Stone Mountain. I dare say getting to ride on a WWII DUKW through the park and into the lake makes it very enticing, if just for me. Pretty impressive huge old rock if I say so myself.

[LiveonJG]

Sounds like you had a good time. Looking forward to the pics.

-John

[hambone]

Photos PHOTOS!
I lived in Virginia for 2 years as a kid... the forests in the south are imbedded in my being. I think at 7 years old is where I really developed my love of nature.
I'll bet yer family had a blast! And guess what, it's early July the summer is just getting rollling.

[Sylvester]

I am ashamed, I did not take many pictures up there. Day two I forgot to bring the camera from the Bus. Lot of good it did back there. Ok, here is the camp setup, note lots of gravel, and old kerosene lantern I use. We were near the water though.



This is Stone Mountain and the engraving. This is about where we had to sit on the 4th, could not see or hear the laser show. Some of the fireworks were shot from the top of the mountain.



Here is Samantha at night. The lights were a nice addition, of course we had lots of visitors asking about the Bus. One fellow even nailed the year, he used to own a few Busses.



My attempt to take night photo's of the fireworks. Believe it or not, way back there is the mountain. And how many times in life do you get to stand on Robert E. Lee blvd?



On top of the mountain, it is rather high up and quite a dropoff. Here my son is on the edge, with a parking lot about 3/4 a mile away.



We did have fun, and it shore wore me out. Still, I bet with less of a crowd there it would be more enjoyable. And this time, I didn't set anyone on fire. Ya'll come back now, ya hear?

[RussellK]

Did you go to any of the museums?

[zblair]

Love the lights on Samantha! That's a great photo of you and the fam too, Sly.

[Sylvester]

Did you go to any of the museums?

My son and I went to the automobile museum. That is where we saw the Tucker. If you like old jukeboxes and picture shows, go there. We also went to the Stone Mountain museum, can't remember it's specific name but we didn't stay long. No pictures from them, no camera that day.