Last stop...Atlanta! We were so lucky with weather on this trip--other than our very first night flying into Hurricane Elsa, we had no other rain interruptions. In Atlanta, we did get some very welcomed rain our first night in and boy, it moved in fast--but us AZ peeps, LOVE IT. Our plan was to watch the new "Black Widow" movie anyways that first night so the rain did not mess anything up for us👍 (LOVED the new Black Widow movie).
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| Crazy clouds moving in! |
Six Flags over Georgia:
We spent our last full day at Six Flags over Georgia of course! Great day to go--super overcast and not too hot. We also pretty much had the entire park to ourselves. We rode every single ride we wanted to with a 5 minute or less wait. We were able to ride roller coasters, go to the water park to get wet and ride the slides, then back to ride all our favorite roller coasters AGAIN! It was AWESOME!
World of Coca-Cola:
Max and Chris are HUGE Coke fans so we definitely had to hit this place up before we headed to the airport. It was SUPER cool. Coca Cola has been around a LONG time (since May 8, 1886 originally meant for headaches/exhaustion) and is definitely the most popular world-wide carbonated drink. It was developed by a Pharmacist that was then sold to a marketing-genius which is why it's still around today. The original hand-written formula is apparently the best kept secret of all time and is still guarded today in a vault at this location.
Max and Chris are HUGE Coke fans so we definitely had to hit this place up before we headed to the airport. It was SUPER cool. Coca Cola has been around a LONG time (since May 8, 1886 originally meant for headaches/exhaustion) and is definitely the most popular world-wide carbonated drink. It was developed by a Pharmacist that was then sold to a marketing-genius which is why it's still around today. The original hand-written formula is apparently the best kept secret of all time and is still guarded today in a vault at this location.
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| The actual vault that the Coca Cola hand-written recipe is kept in. |
New Coke:
I was super young when "New Coke" came out and I lived in the middle of no where (Uvas Valley, NM) which is why I had NO idea that "New Coke" was such a controversy! I remember liking it but apparently there was a lot of angry people who dumped New Coke down sewer drains and actually sued Coca Cola. There's a funny display showing all the outrage of this time period:). Coca was actually sued and that's one of the reasons why we don't see New Coke today. Who knew?! Not me😂
Taste-Testing:
At the end of the tour, we got to sample different sodas from around the world--most of them, NOT good😂 but we are HUGE fans of the Coca Cola freestyle machine. Here's a video of Max drinking a soda called "Beverly" that is apparently popular in Italy...😝
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| Max's new BFF |
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| Olympic Park right next to World of Coke. |
We also hit the "Ponce de Leon Market Place." Very hipster place to be. There wasn't a single thing there I would have bought for myself but once again, a cool history--the building used to be owed by Sears & Roebuck and back in the day you could have purchased a spider monkey in this building for $31.50. Dang. Missed opportunity. There was a cool painted piano that anyone could play on so Max did.
So after 8 days of exploring new places, we were ready to head back home. We had a such an awesome time--Chris is an excellent trip planner...he should do this for a living:) We sure missed having our adult children with us but it's too hard to get those guys on the same schedule as us. Georgia and South Carolina were awesome but I'd be happy anywhere as long as I'm with my crazy kiddos and my hubby💗
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