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Atlanta
neighborhood on a sunny Friday morning as we start our trip.
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“The
Flying Biscuit,” where we had breakfast.
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Jocelyn going into the restaurant.
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Michelle, excited to start the trip.
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Jocelyn is happy after having some caffeine.
The french toast, with raspberry jam and crème
fraiche, was perfect—crisp on the outside and custardy in the middle.
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Two eggs,
sausage and potatoes with a “flying biscuit.”
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The
biscuit was not only extra tall,
but had good texture and
excellent buttermilk-y flavor.
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Giant fungus we randomly saw growing on a tree
near where we parked the car. They’re about 10 inches in diameter.
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The Archibald Smith Plantation House museum.
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The site is the house, grounds and outbuildings of a
prominent farmer who helped settle Roswell,
GA (just north of Atlanta). Because the estate was kept
in the family, the buildings, furniture and many artifacts of the time
were preserved.
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The rear of
the house. Behind Jocelyn is the original well and restored well
sheltering structure.
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The cookhouse
building to the left, with an herb garden and a small patch of cotton
behind it.
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The “spring
house,” a three-sided stone structure built around a spring.
This
“house” was naturally cool and served as a refrigerator, primarily for
dairy products.
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This picture doesn’t capture how dank and dark
it actually was.
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A cool
flower we saw on the grounds, before the flowers bloomed.
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The flowers almost look like tiny oak leaves.
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Lunch at
“Q Time,” recommended by Jae Rhim.
Solidly
tasty Southern homestyle cooking.
We got the
“dark meat special” — chicken so tender it was falling off the bone,
cornbread stuffing, collard
greens, yam souffle, and a corn muffin for $4.99.
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Inside
the Georgia Aquarium.
Very
grand and beautifully designed.
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Inside the Georgia Aquarium.
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Movie clip of fish swimming.
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Another
movie clip. This one shows a sting ray.
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Watch the
fish that follow the sting ray.
They
follow and seem to nip the sting ray.
Or they
follow him for protection from predators.
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Movie clip of huge aquarium.
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Movie clip
of whale shark. He has little fish that follow right in front of his
mouth.
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A close-up of the little fish swimming in
front of his mouth. They do that for protection against predators. The
whale shark cannot eat them because its mouth only opens about the diameter
of a corner to eat plankton.
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Movie
clip of little eels.
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Movie clip of little eels. Sorry it’s
sideways. I can’t adjust it.
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Movie
clip of cuttlefish.
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Movie clip of jellyfish.
Next to this jellyfish, not shown, was a
jellyfish that looked like it was dying. You can hear a mother crudely
explaining death to her daughters. Listen to it – it’s hilarious.
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This
little fish digs his hole by carrying stones in his mouth and spitting them
up outside.
He also
fights with other fish who come threateningly
close by opening his mouth wide and appearing to “yell” at the other
fish.
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A horseshoe crab that is being held upside
down.
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Here he is, right side up.
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We picked up Tammy from the airport. We then
ate dinner at Mary Mac’s Tea Room.
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Our breads – cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls,
corn muffins.
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Tammy with
her food. Collard greens, fried chicken, squash
souffle, macaroni cheese.
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Cheese grits, black eyed peas, Brunswick stew,
and fried green tomatoes.
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And of
course since we are in Georgia,
we must have peach cobbler!
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