ATLANTA, GEORGIA
🛩It's outside time wooohooo!!!!! July 2021 five (5) people decided to go to atlanta for a week. Those five people were us!!! From left to right...Donnette, Donnell, Daquasha, Jason, Antonio.
Whenever we travel, plans are always made well in advance and this trip was no different. We had an 📝 itenerary to keep us on track for time sensitive events.
Monday
We landed later than expected due to bad weather. Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport could be blog post on its own, that's all I'll say about that airport. Went to get the rental...they didn't have any Suburbans left 🙅🏾♀️and we were like nooo beeeeyyy not to-flickin-day!!!! We were so tired and hungry that once we got the rental sorted out we went directly to look for food. To our surprise them suckers closed early too (damn COVID)...you know 😤😡🤬HANGRY??? Thank God for one 🍔🍟🥤McDondald's that was still open. It was well after midnight once we finally got to our Airbnb to get some 😴🛌rest.
Tuesday
But first we gotta eat...
After breakfast we went to the Georgia Aquarium and saw the dolphin show then we toured World of Coca-Cola factory. Afterwards we drove over to Zoo Atlanta where I saw 🦁Lions, 🦍Gorillas and 🦒 for the first time in person...yes I was excited.
Later that day we went ⛸ ice skating! At least that was the plan, I just stood on the ice and tried not to fall and break anything. I still had a great time tho because this too, was a first experience for me.
That night we decided to have dinner at home and chef it up because our Airbnb came well stocked with a grill on the deck.
Wednesday
We made breakfast at home.
Second day was a cruising day. We did some shopping, browsing around and eating!
Once we got in for the night, I challenged everyone to "The Towel Challenge"....total waste of time I say! 0/10 I do not recommend
Thursday
First item on the agenda for this day was to take our COVID-19 test, at 8am, for the return trip home.
Breakfast was at IHOP.
This day was so exciting. We went to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History and as far as I am concerned I SAW A DINOSAUR!!!🦕🦖
After looking around the inside of the museum, we went outside for the WildWoods nature walk and saw a huge nest. I wonder which animal built it...hmmmmm🤔
While at Lenox Square, we stopped at the Cheesecake Factory for a quick bite.
After shopping we went home to rest and get ready for dinner at The Sun Dial Restaurant that evening.
The Sun Dial Restaurant
Towering 723 feet above ground sits the Sun Dial Restaurant on level 72. You can have access to their 360-degree breathtaking views of Atlant's skyline.
As we ascended in the elevator the ear-popping began and the view was well worth it. This night was our fancy-fancy night and we had an amazing time. 10/10 would definitely recommend it.
Taking a stroll after dinner.Friday
We woke up early to start the journey to Tennessee!! We spent the day exploring Chattanooga and visited the Tri-state line; Georgia-Alabama-Tennessee. Keep scrolling to see our view of Chattanooga.
On the way.
Then we came across this bakery, CUPCAKE KITCHEN. I wanted to try everything.
These were so delicious.
We got a snack from this Thai food truck then made our way up to Lookout Mountain.
Georgia-Alabama-Tennessee Tri State Corner
We drove up some winding roads to get to this point, it made us so dizzy but when we arrived, the exitecement to start the hike kicked in and we were ready to go! It was clearly shorter than we thought lol but still we had so many jokes along the way.
The time dropped by one hour once we got into Alabama then bounced back when we headed to Tennessee.
Cashew
I had lunch from this vegan restaurant in Chattanooga called Cashew. I love vegan/vegetarian food and decided to try them out. It was really good. The pics below are of their Philly Cheesesteak sandwich and Nachos with cashew cheese and chilli. I washed it all down with an iced coffee.
We later went for a stroll on the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge the crosses the Tennessee River.
While in Chattanooga we saw it fit to locate a few of the murals.
We found the Donut Wall (1900 Broad St.) by Joseph Giri
215 E. Main St.
Traveling Musician by The Artist Seven (1351 Passenger St.)
Umbrella Alley 🌂 
Donnette and Antonio went kayaking in the Tennessee River
Just walking around Chattanooga.
Jason and I were booked at 9am for horseback riding but the facility had an COVID-19 outbreak among the staff and had to close. We were refunded all of our money but it was a bummer that we didn't get to experience the riding. After leaving the arena, we spotted a couple of deers on the roadside.
We checked out a thrift store to fill some time and did some last mintue shopping as we were scheduled to fly out the next morning.
Later that night we went out to Ponce City Market for dinner. Atop Ponce City Market is Skyline Park with a miniature golf area and a few other spots that we wanted to check out but the lines to get up there were soooooo looong omg!! There was no social distancing and hardly anyone wore masks so we decided to not mix and mingle too much.
There were a few things we didn't get to do like, ride the Ferris Wheel at Skyview Atlanta in Cenntenial Park or visit the peach farm to pick peaches. Nonetheless, the trip was successful and enjoyable. Hopefully during a next visit we'd be able to do the things we didn't get to do this time around.
Woke up at 5am and went to the airport to make our flight back to Nassau, Bahamas!
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