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Real Name: Jim Eliason
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Stone Mountain: Stone Mountain
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  • Small mountain of a single rock much like Ayers Rock in Australia. It is built up as a tourist attractions which includes:

    A large Rushmore type carving of famous Confederate Generals
    A cable car to the top
    A train that runs around the mountain
    A River boat ride
    A 1880 town.
    you can pay for each of these seperate or you can pay one price for an armband which gives you access to all the attractions.

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    Phone: 1-800-401-2407
    Address: Highway 78
    Directions: East of Town
    Website: http://www.stonemountainpark.com/
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    Stone Mountain: Stone Mountain Village
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  • An 1880's replica village with shops and resteuraunts at the base of Stone Mountain.

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    Phone: 1-800-401-2407
    Address: Hwy 78
    Website: http://www.stonemountainpark.com
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    Stone Mountain: Stone Mountain View
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  • The view from the top. You can get there either by a cable car or by hiking.

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    Phone: 1-800-401-2407
    Address: Hwy 78
    Website: http://www.stonemountainpark.com/contact/
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    Stone Mountain: Plantation House at Stone Mountain
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    Stone Mountain: Cherokee Pow Wow at Stone Mountain
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  • Our trip just happened to coincided with a cherokee Indian Pow Wow at Stone Mountain. Pictured it the traditional dance competition.

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    Centennial Park: Centennial Park
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  • This Park was the center piece of the Atlanta 1996 Olympics.

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    Phone: 404.222.PARK (7275)
    Address: 265 Park Ave West N.W.
    Directions: Downtown Atlanta
    Website: http://www.centennialpark.com/
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    Zoo Atlanta: Atlanta Zoo
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  • This is a great zoo, definitely check it out if you are in Atlanta. One of the few zoos in the US with giant Pandas.

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    Phone: 404.624.WILD.
    Address: 800 Cherokee Avenue
    Website: http://www.zooatlanta.org/home.htm
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    Underground Atlanta: Atlanta Underground
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  • A mall of specialty shops and resteuraunts underneath downtown Atlanta

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    Phone: 404-523-2311
    Address: 50 Upper Alabama Street
    Directions: Downtown Atlanta
    Website: http://www.underground-atlanta.com/
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    Cyclorama: Cyclorama
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  • Its kind of hard to explain but it is a Mural designed to be viewed in the round. You sit in what is like a theatre but the seats move around the painting. The painting itself is of the civil war battle of Atlanta.

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    Phone: 404-658-7625
    Directions: Grant Park
    Website: http://www.bcaatlanta.com/index.php?pid=81
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    Atlanta Braves / Turner Field: Turner Field
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    Comments for Jim_Eliason about Atlanta
    Redlats Sat Mar 4, 2006 17:05 UTC
     I enjoyed your tour of Atlanta. I had to go back to visit my page to see what my remembrances were when I visited. I never had a whole day for Stone Mtn, so I never made it there. Maybe next time!
    mansionion Wed Aug 24, 2005 15:05 UTC
     Nice intro pic & good info on your tips here. :) -m-
    rexvaughan Sat May 14, 2005 22:07 UTC
     Nice page on my home city. If you get back, let me know and I will buy you a mint julep.
    Andraf Tue Feb 8, 2005 17:34 UTC
     Very enjoyable intro page Jim. Nice pictures.
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