Atlanta,GA

Our last stop on our family trip was Atlanta, GA. The last time I was in Atlanta...I was 16 and going to see a Mariah Carey concert. Too bad it was the beginning of her mental health melt down or whatever she was having. Anyway, a lot has changed. Maybe it was because of the area we stayed in but I feel it has changed for the good. It seemed cleaner. The only downfall is still the traffic.

We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta next to the Coke Cola Factory and the Georgia Aquarium. The hotel was really nice and clean. I would definitely stay there again. We decided to go to Imagination Nights at the aquarium at the discounted price of $19 per adult. There was not a lot of people so it was easy to take pictures without a big crowd. I was excited because I got to try out different settings on my new camera. Definitely shooting pictures with a blue background was tricky. I'll have to work on that.

In the mean time here are a few pictures. I tried to edit them but Google is not letting me. Any suggestions for photo editing programs?

Beautiful jellyfish 

From the Great Barrier Reef tank. Here are some friends from Nemo.

Dragon Seahorse

I love his teeth. I think he was a diva and liked getting his picture taken.

Dangerous fish taking over the east coast of our country. The Lion fish.

I have an obsession with whale sharks. I LOVE them! The aquarium had 4!

Large sting ray with a manta ray in the background. 

Black Tip shark

This grouper was HUGE!

Bottle nose dolphin

Sea Otter

After the aquarium we went to a local pizza place called Max's Coal Oven Pizzeria. It was pretty good.  After we were finished eating, I snapped this picture on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that was painted on the back wall of the restaurant.

The next morning we made the long drive back to Orlando. That was our trip across good ole North Georgia.