More Atlanta Memories!

Welcome to the Peach State!

Harper loved the hotel breakfast and I loved the view of the city!

 We both loved Ponce City Market. On the rooftop, we played carnival games

and cornhole. Harper beat me several times!

We played mini golf

and Harper even got a hole-in-one!

Ponce City Market features numerous food stalls with cuisine from around the world.

We chose Pho and shrimp fried rice.

For dessert, Harper chose a strawberry lemonade popsicle from King of Pops.

Ponce City Market was great, but we both agreed
that our favorite meal was at The Flying Biscuit.

The French Toast was the best we've ever had!

Harper said we need to go back to Atlanta just so we can eat there again.

We checked out Atlantic Station and went bowling at Lucky Strike.

They had arcade games too! We played more skee-ball

and they even had our favorite game--Connect 4 basketball!

Across the street, we checked out Yonutz!

They take a donut and cut it in half, then hot press it with ice cream in the center.

Ours was a glazed donut filled with chocolate ice cream and
 topped with chocolate frosting, M & M's and brownies!

We had the best time making memories in Atlanta!

Atlanta Museum of Illusions

 The Museum of Illusions was so cool!

One minute you’re walking normally, the next you’re standing on the ceiling.

At the Museum of Illusions, we learned that
nothing is ever quite as it seems!

World of Coca-Cola and Atlanta Zoo

 The World of Coca-Cola was a fun and interesting museum, but we didn't take many pictures.

Our favorite part was the tasting room, where you can
sample over 150 Coca-Cola products from around the world.
Our favorite flavor was the Royal Watermelon soda from the Philippines. 
The strangest flavor was the Sour Plum soda from China.  It tasted just like BBQ sauce!

Harper designed a custom Coke can for a souvenir!

We also checked out the Atlanta Zoo.

It was such a nice zoo with huge areas for the animals, 

but we could still closely observe them.

Harper was excited when we found a penny press!

We even got to feed a giraffe!

Georgia Aquarium

 On Tuesday, Harper and I went to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

It was the best aquarium we've ever been to! Our pictures don't do it justice.

This octopus is normally very elusive, but he swam right up to us!

We got to pet the sting rays

and saw a sea lion show.

We loved the giant stingrays!

There were soooo many huge fish tanks.  It was just like being in the ocean!

We really enjoyed the dolphin show and

we had great seats, but we got SOAKED!

We had the BEST time at the Georgia Aquarium.

Easter 2026

 We had a nice Easter weekend!
Harper continues to love the Eggmazing Egg Decorator!

She worked hard and made us lots of beautiful eggs!

The Easter Bunny put lots of her favorite items in her Easter basket. 
She got new slides from Lulu

and some very hard-to-find Needoh toys.

I wasn't feeling great, so we streamed our church service online, watched the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary special, played a game of Outsmarted, and made a big "Feaster" dinner.
  Later, we decided to go to town to get frozen drinks.  Harper recently got her driver's license permit, so she took Ashley and I for a ride.  It was a great Easter!

Albuquerque Part II

On Wednesday, we braved the Sandia Peak Tramway. If we look a little panicked in these photos, it is because we combined our fear of heights with a rapid ascent to 10,000 + feet.

   It was worth it for the views!

Following our mountain hike, we spent the morning exploring the
 Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum.

We learned about flying balloons

and even got to go inside one of the big balloons.

They had many interactive exhibits to teach visitors about wind patterns and forces.

We were famished after learning all about hot air balloons and their history, so we

headed to Frontier to eat.  It is an old, very popular, cafeteria-style restaurant.

Harper chose a giant breakfast burrito!

After some shopping in Old Town, we went to Electric Playhouse.

They offer a huge variety of fully immersive, interactive games. 
Harper loved the Paint Splatter game

and the Asian cooking simulator.

Several of the games  felt like a throwback to the age of Pong

and Tetris.

It was a tough game of Air Hockey until Harper pulled a dirty trick.  She took advantage of my photoshoot and fired the puck into my goal!

Another favorite game was throwing dodgeballs at cans of soup.

After an intense gaming session, we headed to the Sawmill Market for a well-deserved treat.  We tried authentic paletas (Mexican ice pops).  While the mango was delicious, our top pick was the chocolate version that was dipped in melted chocolate and topped with Cocoa Krispies.

We went back to the hotel to relax for a bit.  When it was time for dinner, we decided to take what we thought was a shortcut to the hotel parking lot.  Spoiler alert: it was not. We went out a door and found ourselves on the hotel roof.  Then, it started pouring rain.  We decided to go back for our rain jackets, but the door was locked. Eventually, we found a way down near the horse stables. We climbed over some slick boulders, sprinted through the wet grass, and finally made it to the parking lot.  As I looked back to see if Harper was keeping up with me, I saw the most beautiful double rainbow!

We love making memories when we travel!