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September 27th we left Savannah and headed for Atlanta. I really hated to leave Savannah and Tybee Island. I don't know if we will ever have another chance but I would come back here in a heartbeat. I love it. We got into Conyers, outside Atlanta, late in the afternoon so we just checked into the motel, ate supper, and went to bed early. Great news, there was a Cracker Barrel restaurant right next to the motel so it was really handy. We got up on the morning of September 28th and drove into Atlanta. We passed the Georgia Dome where the Falcons play football, the Turner Broadcasting building complex, and Georgia Tech, to name a few familiar sounding buildings. We went downtown and toured the World of Coke building. Coca-Cola has been around since the late 1800's and it was interesting to see how Coke survived through history with very little change. We then went to the Margaret Mitchell museum. Part of the museum is in the apartment she lived in with her husband when she wrote "Gone With the Wind". She was quite a forward thinker and accomplished quite a bit for a woman in the 1930's. The museum held many momentos from the filming of the movie. I sure wished Bonnie could have been with us. Gone With the Wind is her favorite book and movie and she would have loved seeing the museum and finding out even more about Margaret Mitchell. We ate lunch at a sports bar called Jocks & Jills. Wayde went to the restroom and came out laughing because there was a signed poster of Coach Belotti (Oregon Ducks) in the men's bathroom. It was great since Wayde had on his yellow hat with his U of O pin. We went to the Kennesaw Mountain Civil War battle site. As always with these places, it was a very moving experience. It is so hard to imagine, with all the buildings of Atlanta in the distance, how is must have been in 1864. We got to the Atlanta Airport that afternoon in time to pick up our friends, Gary and Joyce Smith, who are joining us for a few days so Gary can shoot the Glock match with Wayde.