Atlanta Trip part 3

Day 3.5:

     After Dialog in the dark, everyone feels like some ice cream, so we cross the street.  There was at total of 24 flavors, plus every kind of goodie and fudge you can imagine.  Has you ever had coconut ice cream?  Its really good!  But then, I like just about everything coconut.   Peanut butter ice cream is really good too.

Here is somebody's ice cream

And a lovely picture of me. (sarcasm)

Most of the rest of our family.

And the Duffs.

They have some really cool light fixtures, don't they?

     As we were heading out the door we stopped to watch this guy make waffle cones and waffle bowls.  It really is very simple, but you need a special waffle iron.  Turns out, he is a christian named John.  He has been trying to set up outdoor prayer meetings in the area for some time.  Well, we didn't actually leave till about 20 minutes, and 4 waffles, later.

Anslee with her waffle

John with the waffles

Atlanta Trip part 2

Day 3.1:  

Wednesday morning we went to Atlantic Station for some sightseeing.  We had lunch at the Tin Drum asiacafe, which was really good.  The Thai Fried Rice I had was great, and everyone else liked what they got.  After lunch we went to "Dialog in the Dark".  I would certainly recommend it.  

For an hour you are a blind person.  At the beginning your are given a cane fit for your height.  Then you are given the rules and ushered into a dark room with big square plastic seats that reminded me of ice cubes.  As you listen to a recorded thingy about how your senses are about to be "enlivened" and such, the lights that illuminate your seats slowly dim.  When the recording stops, the room is pitch black.  Nope, you can't see a thing, not even outlines of things.  Even so, through the whole tour I never closed my eyes. :)  There were seven small red LEDs over the exits, but that was the only thing you could see.  Your guide is either blind, or visually impaired.  

The first room you enter is a park.  There are things like real grass under your feet, rocks, trees, benches, and even a bridge.  Room number two is a grocery store, Room number three is a wharf, Room number four is a city street, and the last one is a bar.  They only served coke products though. :)  Can you imagine going through all of these things completely blind?

The restaurant 

Mr. and Mrs. D

Emily

Thai Fried Rice

Pod Thai

Hudson and Jamie

Dialog In The Dark

Anslee

My Siblings

Living on the edge...

Most of the Duff Family

Hope you enjoyed this post!

Atlanta Trip part 1

     Well, as some of you know, we went to Atlanta, Georgia this past week.  We went for the FIRST Robotics World Championship.  We had an amazing time, and even met some new friends!

Day 1: Monday morning we leave just after 10:00 AM.  Its a pretty boring ride to St. Louis, but bearable. :)  We took out the 2 back seats in our 15 passenger van to fit all of the tools and banners and other junk...I mean...very useful articles our team needed for the competition, plus luggage for 7 people.  All the tools bounced and made a lot of noise, but you become immune to it after a while.  We arrived at my cousin's house just in time for dinner.  We had a good time, especially since we haven't seen them in 3 years!

Day 2:  Tuesday morning we leave around 7:00 and start the trek to Atlanta.  I got to see quite a few new states on this trip, including: Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana.  I still haven't seen the ocean or the Appalachian Mountains in real life, but I will!  Going through Tennessee was gorgeous!  On US24 heading south, just before Chattanooga, there is solid rock on the one side with random waterfalls in places.  Just beautiful!  I didn't get any pictures that weren't blurry, sorry!  That night we sleep over with some new friends in Atlanta.

More to come!  Especially photos!