Stan + Free Coke = Happy

Ok, so I have returned from adventuring. It all started on Wednesday, you see I filled out a 29 Bravo to go to Atlanta. Mostly just so I'd have clearance to do something this weekend. As I didn't really want to just sit around the dorm. While relaxing it is nice to get out and do something. So I got that all filled out and the plan was to go Saturday. But Friday afternoon a bit of weather rolled in and it happened to snow.

So Saturday morning I got up and looked out the window. Snow on the ground. Since my buddy is gonna be driving I show him, and since he is from Florida he does not drive in the snow. So on our trip to Atlanta we made it to the window on Saturday. In general some bumming around followed. I walked over to the BX, it was a bit cold, but I survived. Also I got to see I am Legend, and well, its kinda sad. I feel that they could have taken it a much more interesting way, but no. So yeah, worth the time, but not one that I plan on purchasing.

So Sunday we decide to set out to Atlanta, but make a late start and stop by Best Buy to acquire some music for the trip. So by the time we get on the road it hits us to figure out when the Coke place will be open. After some calling and all we learn that we won't be able to make it to the Coke place before it closes, due to travel time and time change (cursed time zones). So we end up at target. But on the up side I got a Nerf gun. So you can all feel safe.

Since it is a long weekend we also had Monday to attempt this trip. We got up and got an earlier start then we had on Sunday. And this time we already had supplies. So we managed to get on the road and cruise on into Georgia and then into Atlanta. We had our music and all. It was a pretty uneventful drive, till we made it into Atlanta. Since we were using an older Garmin, it had the old World of Coke. That one was by Underground Atlanta. So we parked and got out, and started walking around. It was then we realized that we realized that we had the wrong place. So we kept walking.

We ended up having to get directions from a cop and started walking around. It wasn't overly cold, but it was rather windy. After several blocks of walking we finally found the Centennial Park. You know the one, put in for the Olympics. So we walked through that, and in fact, here is a picture of just such a place. That is a large version of the torch from those Olympics. I have some other pictures, and I'm sure they'll be posted somewhere. So then we got to wander through the park and find the World of Coca Cola.

So then, the World of Coca Cola. First off I am very happy to say that if you are with the military, you get in free. That was a nice perk. You go in and then you get to see some of their old stuffs and there is a little video. Then you go into the main area and can have your picture taken with the Coke Polar bear. Which is pretty cool. Then you get to wander about and check out the various stuff, plus they have a small scale bottling operation to see. The other movie thing isn't really worth seeing. Then there is some stuff on coke and pop culture. And finally there is the tasting area. They have some huge number of sodas. And I tasted pretty much all of them. There are some pretty bad ones out there. But they also had normal coke flavors. I was a little disappointed though that they didn't have this new coke. They had a thing on it, but I kinda want to taste it, to see what it tastes like and why it seems that everyone hates it. But no bother. I also got a free bottle of coke, which is nice. Also I visited the coke store.

After all of this coke we decide there wasn't much else that really drew us in and we wanted to get headed home. So we started walking back. It wasn't bad going through the the park again, but I have to say I didn't really feel all that comfy around the Underground there. Not exactly the neighborhood that I want to hang out in. So yeah, there was much fast walking and avoiding peoples. Then we got back to the car, hopped in and locked the doors. We quickly got out of there. There were a few more navigation issues, like the Garmin trying to get us to turn into a parking lot, but mostly due to it being an older model, with old maps.

Luckily I have made it safely back to Alabama. And for now I will end this little tale of adventure. But I shall leave you with a few more pictures.


Ahh, here we see me enjoying a coke! Drink Coca Cola, Enjoy!













And here is the CNN building.










Yes, I had originally planned to put up a few more pictures. But as it stands, the interwebs are being all slow. So for now you are stuck dealing with just these.