The Georgia Aquarium is really well done! I wouldn't have thought that an inland city like Atlanta would have such a great Aquarium, but they do. We saw lots of sea life like belugas and whale sharks that simply are not at other aquariums. Our favorite parts of the visit were the Sea Lion and Dolphin Shows. Sea Lions are really intelligent - I had no idea that a sea lion was able to be trained. I will advise all future visitors to learn from our mistake and make note that the last row of the splash zone really is a spot that can potentially get a person drenched. Ugh. After a quick trip back to the hotel to change and eat lunch, we headed next to the College Football Hall of Fame. I was not very keen on visiting this, but Reed was excited, so we went. They had an interesting personalized experience involving giving some info to them at the start of the visit that would load onto a card. When the card is swiped at different locations, it does things like create photographs, artwork, and even biographies for yourself as a character in college sports. Reed's pictures looked really cute... mine made me look ancient. Ugh. Reed's favorite part was the interactive area where he could throw touch downs, kick the ball through the uprights, and run a short combine to leap for a catch into the end zone. It was definitely worth it just to see how much fun he had doing those activities. We even timed it right to catch the Olympic Fountains show on the way back that had the fountains synchronized to Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson songs.
Our fun evening experience on Friday was to head to a Braves game at the newish Truist Field north of town. It was a bit of a haul, but it was fun to check out the new area, including the adjacent, "Battery," area. We went early to walk around and get the full experience. It was also Star Wars Night so there were lots of people dressed up like characters. We started the night right with Reed winning a free Braves shirt from the local sports radio booth. We enjoyed the view from all aspects of the stadium before taking our seats behind home plate. It was a well done stadium, but the energy seemed a little low. It was fun to see the Braves players make some good plays, hit a couple homers, and win the game. The best part might have been the fireworks display afterwards that was absolutely insane (like someone had an unlimited budget) and choreographed to different songs from the various Star Wars movies. You can tell someone LOVES what they were doing and was very creative.
