Aced Atlanta Missed in Macon

"My fellow Americans...  "

The Oval Room again 

Painting by Jimmy Carter 

State flags at the Carter Center

Our tour of Atlanta began at the Jimmy Carter Center.  It includes a very nice museum dedicated to the life and work of Jimmy Carter.  Another replica of the oval room, but with a different arrangement of furniture and trinkets.  In Jimmy's retirement, he's taken up painting!  From there, we went to the MLK historical site.  It includes his tomb near an eternal flame and the home he was born in.  We watched a short movie about his childhood home and his youth.

MLK Historical Site

ML's childhood home

final resting place

Next, we went to the Federal Reserve Bank.  We tried to visit the D.C, site when we were there, but you couldn't take cameras into the building.  The Atlanta Monetary Museum thought ahead and had lockers you could use for all your electronics.  It was very interesting to see the counterfeit examples and the 100,000 bill examples.  You could also look in as they loaded bags full of money into carts to be sent off to wherever they send the money off to.  They were not interested in taking down our address.  As we left, they gave out post cards and bags of shredded money!

Right around the corner from the bank was Margaret Mitchell's apartment where she penned Gone With the Wind.  Also very interesting.  

short story by young Margaret

Rhett, Mara and Scarlett

After a quick lunch, we drove to Macon.  The plan was to visit the Harriet Tubman museum and then the Allman Brothers Museum at the Big House.  What a great plan, however both places are closed on Mondays.  I thought I checked on that, but there must have been a glitch in my research.  The only other place I had written down was the Sidney Lanier Cottage.  He is a notable native of Macon, but his home closed at 4:30 and we got there at 4:37. 

We found some big M's and cute bears, our hotel had a nice pool and we had a lovely restful evening.  Tomorrow the plan is to head into the hurricane - stay tuned.