Friday morning we started our drive to the Tiffin RV factory in Red Bay, AL, to try and get our dash heater fixed. We decided to split the drive into two days, and stop after one day driving somewhere north of Atlanta, GA, and spend two nights. We picked a military facility called World Famous Navy Lake Site on Lake Allatoona. No one is sure why this military campground is supposedly “world famous”, but it was small and very scenic facility. The lake is an Army Corps of Engineers creation and used by more than six million people per year.
http://allatoona.sam.usace.army.mil/
Saturday morning we decided to head back down the highway to Atlanta for a walkabout. Our first stop was the Varsity Drive-In, supposedly the largest drive-in the world. It is over eighty years old, and has obviously expanded in every direction to accommodate the daily hoards of customers. In fact they have over 600 parking spaces! Thankfully Georgia Tech was playing an away football game, or we might not have gotten in. They are famous for their chili dogs; and you better have your order ready when you get to the front or someone will be yelling - "What'll ya have? What'll ya have? What'll ya have? Have your order in your mind and your money in your hand!" The chili dogs were okay, but Dan really liked the Frosted Orange drink (kinda like a melted creamscicle).
http://allatoona.sam.usace.army.mil/
Saturday morning we decided to head back down the highway to Atlanta for a walkabout. Our first stop was the Varsity Drive-In, supposedly the largest drive-in the world. It is over eighty years old, and has obviously expanded in every direction to accommodate the daily hoards of customers. In fact they have over 600 parking spaces! Thankfully Georgia Tech was playing an away football game, or we might not have gotten in. They are famous for their chili dogs; and you better have your order ready when you get to the front or someone will be yelling - "What'll ya have? What'll ya have? What'll ya have? Have your order in your mind and your money in your hand!" The chili dogs were okay, but Dan really liked the Frosted Orange drink (kinda like a melted creamscicle).
http://www.thevarsity.com/
Next stop was the Olympic Centennial Park built for the 1996 Olympics. We were going to take the Coca Cola tour at the World of Coca Cola. But they wanted $15 per person; we figured that the tour would give the history of the product, and be one big merchandising commercial for Coke. So we skipped it. We spent the rest of our time exploring the park, before heading back to the RV to get out of the rain.
Trivia – if the Olympics are two hundred years old, why is it called Olympic Centennial Park?
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