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Real Name: Rex Vaughan
Lives In: Decatur, US
Member Since: Mar 21, 2004
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rexvaughan's Atlanta Travelogues
Title [Click to view]Travel YearPictures
Botanical Garden & Dale ChihulyAugust, 2004 8
VT Meeting in AtlantaJune, 2005 8
The Making of a Doughnut (Krispy Kreme, that is)July, 2005 4
Kids and trains in the Botanical GardenAugust, 2005 6

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Kids and trains in the Botanical Garden

by rexvaughan - last update: Aug 6, 2005

My 5 year old grandson thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the botanical garden. Here he is in the Kids Garden riding a cow. Does that make him a real cowboy? If you look closely you can see that the cow has a toothbrush in her "hand". Whimsey is one of the features of the kids garden.
Jake and the trains

Lots of trains

The current special exhibit at the garden is called "Locomotion in the Garden" and features an impressive layout of tracks, bridges, trestles, underpasses and buildings with about 8 different trains in constant motion. Here is Jake admiring one of them from a high point.
More trains through the flowers, past the little building and into the tunnel.
A train on high. Someone went to a lot of work to construct this whole exhibit and Jake and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
There was even a single car trolly making the rounds. I found the little buildings attractive.
Some of the buildings like this one left of the tracks are representations of real structures in Atlanta.

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rexvaughan's Atlanta Travelogues
Title [Click to view]Travel YearPictures
Botanical Garden & Dale ChihulyAugust, 2004 8
VT Meeting in AtlantaJune, 2005 8
The Making of a Doughnut (Krispy Kreme, that is)July, 2005 4
Kids and trains in the Botanical GardenAugust, 2005 6

Comments for rexvaughan about Atlanta
StumpTim Wed Oct 28, 2009 00:16 UTC
 is MaryMacs still on Ponce de Leon = the chicken place??
cachaseiro Fri Oct 23, 2009 07:34 UTC
 great tips rex. as you noticed i am coming to atlanta in about a month time and i might be back with a couple of questions. i will be extremely busy though so i donīt know if i will have the time to meet up but i will see what i can do.
moiraistyx Wed Apr 15, 2009 18:19 UTC
 I am looking forward to meeting you. thanks for the warm welcome
dancinbudgie Mon Aug 11, 2008 01:03 UTC
 Hi Rex! Love your Atlanta page. Gone with the wind was my girlhood favourite! Odd to see aboriginal art here! Tracey
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