To the South! Georgia edition

After our fun in Mississippi, we drove on over to Georgia to hang out with Doug, our friend from Northridge. He had to work the day we were in town, so while we waited for him, we meandered around Atlanta.

Laura used to live in Dunwoody as a kid. We didn't visit it this trip, but it was fun seeing it on the map.

We had breakfast at Waffle House, just so Laura could understand all the jokes.

Breakfast wasn't so bad.

We wandered over to Stone Mountain to see the giant slab of stone.

Just in case people forgot, reminders like this (a carving of confederate leaders) let people know that WE ARE IN THE SOUTH. 

We found a toy store:

We rode a train:

Then it started raining, and our plans to ride on the cable cars to the top of Stone Mountain were dashed with the lightening. It was ok, it was about time to go see Doug, anyway.

On the way back to the car, we saw this sequence of signs, which made us think of the Flight of the Conchords song, "Ladies of the World". 

If you're interested, you can watch the song here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFjrbmj0CUc
"Lady-man-lady!"

We found Doug! We had dinner at The Vortex, featured on Man vs. Food (which is why we went there, thanks, Troy!).

Troy's dinner: the Double Coronary Bypass. Here is the description of the burger from the menu: "Twice as ridiculous as the Coronary Bypass! Topped with two fried eggs, six slices of American cheese, and eight slices of bacon, served between two grilled cheese sandwiches that we use in place of the regular hamburger buns." Here's their website if you're interested: http://www.thevortexbarandgrill.com/

Laura's dinner: the Super Hippy Veggie Burger. Cuz that's what Laura is: a super hippy veggie burger!

After dinner we played in Centennial Olympic Park.

We also wandered around downtown area for a bit.

We stayed in the cheapest Motel 6 we could find both nights we were in Atlanta, and the rooms were so terrible, we forgot to make a video review.

Then we drove from Atlanta to Florida, to go see Laura's family! To be continued...