Pit-stops on our trip home.

Our new thing is to find points of interest everywhere we go. So, on our trip home for Easter we made a few stops.  We stopped at Wheeler Dam and looked around and I explained the significance of the dam and the dam system. (Fun daddy, right?)  Since we stayed an extra night our "missed school day" turned into a fun but educational trip home. Our first stop was the The Iron Man at Vulcan park in Birmingham. We strolled through the museum and I explained some of the things and why the steel industry was so important to the South and we also talked about some of the Civil Rights pieces on display. Then it was up the elevator to the platform of the statue. I will say that I was with Mary on this one. The floor of the platform, which was several stories up, was made of a thin metal grate that moved and that was an uncomfortable feeling. A few pics and down we went. One of the park workers gave me directions to Fanny Flagg's "Whistle Stop Cafe" so off we went. Lunch at the cafe was great and I even ate fried green tomatoes. Our next stop was the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum in Atlanta. That was very interesting. I even learned a few things I did not know and saw some great pieces of history. The girls had loads of fun just walking around and listening to the different interactive videos. Next stop.....home.   This was a fun daddy and daughter day.

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