Acworth, Georgia

It is Monday evening. Sunday we did not go to CNN. Stayed home and relaxed for awhile. Then Ernie, Doug and I took off for Ingles Grocery store. Beautiful store. Really. It is only about 10 years old, still neat and clean with lots of interesting things. Different canned vegetables, souse and one other organ meat that we can not think of at the moment. Then on to some garage sales. No good buys, but fun looking. Oh, The fellows did buy a few things. and I guess I did too. It is late and I am not remembering very well.

Here I am by the shore of Altatoona Lake. There are 9 Corp Campgrounds on this lake. We like it here. Peaceful and nice spacing for your RV or tent. They do have several marked places for swimming where they have provided sand on the each. I picked up a few rocks for my hens and chickens.

Ernie and I in front of CNN. Monday morning we headed back to Atlanta for a tour of CNN. It was quite interesting. We saw control rooms, broadcasting rooms and had special stops where we learned how things were done. The new weather board is unique. No longer does the weather man have to worry about the color of clothes he wears. The map is put on the screen from behind, not the front. We were shown what would happen with the old way when if you wore green or blue, all you would see would be your face and hands. The atrium of CNN is a huge food court and shops. We ate at Don Juan's Cantina. It was pretty good. Betty even did a "broadcast" just like the real newsmen. With a script and the monitor to read it from in the fake studio. They give tours 7 days a week. We were fortunate that it was just the 5 of us and our guide. Dorothy was in her wheel chair and so we did not have to do the stairs and used the elevators. Our tour was backwards, starting at the top of the building and going down. The walking tours, up and down steps, had 45 persons in them. So it was special as we could talk with our guide and ask lots of questions. She told us that she was "in training", that she would be a guide for a year and then go on to broadcast journalism of some sort.

Where we went "Underground" Atlanta on Saturday.

And from the Coca Cola Museum. Lots of old advertisement memorabilia. Brings back memories of what you remember seeing or used. We leave this park Tuesday. Head over to Alabama for a stay.

Weather here is cool in the morning, but sunny all day. have a happy day. jkc