Haven' fun in the South

Wow, this month is going by really fast. This week we went kayaking in our lake, its actually pretty fun. I am really scared of lakes, but the kayak seemed safe enough and Aaron is a great boatman :). The lake is a little too cold to go swimming in, so kayaking is a great alternative.

On the weekend we headed into Atlanta, we tried unsuccessfully to find us an iPad2. We called all over the place to see if we could find one on Saturday, unfortunately the day after the release isn't good enough to get one. Go figure :) . After our unsuccessfulness, we headed to Atlanta's Historical Center. We were in for a treat, it was filled with all kinds of fun stuff to see. First we visited the museum which had all kinds of Olympic memorabilia from the 1998 Olympic games.

The second museum within the Historical Center was dedicated to the Civil War. The Civil War is a very interesting time in American History. They had a lot of old guns and old uniforms. They had tablets and plaques that told the history of the Civil War, a very sad time in America as well.

The Historical Center had a large outside, filled with gardens and some old historical houses we took tours of. There was an old farm house and an old mansion. The grounds were beautiful and green the houses were really cool. Unfortunately, we couldn't take any photos inside the houses, but the outsides were better than the inside of the houses anyway. The house is called the Swan House and its suppose to be one of the most photographed homes in the World.

The last part of the Historical Center was a walk through time, from the beginnings of Georgia up to present time. We had a lot of fun seeing all of the different exhibits with in the Historical Center. I would definitely recommend it to any one who visits Georgia.

The Monday after we headed to the Museum of Natural History, they had some hands on things that were pretty cool. Some of the hands on things they had was giant bubble makers and some optical allusions. We went to an imax show that was about Greek history and it was pretty interesting. They had an exhibit for mythical creatures that was pretty fun to go through. It was a fun filled week.

To Infinity and Beyond

For our third weekend in Houston, we decided to get a city pass and see many of the attractions that Houston had to offer. One of the stops on the map was the Houston Zoo. I kept wanting to say the Hogle Zoo, but Katie was happy to correct me. The zoo was a decent size and we had a lot of fun. It seemed a little bigger than Hogle Zoo, but overall very similar. Here are a few pictures from our adventure.

After the zoo, we headed over to the Houston museum of natural science. The museum was fairly big and diverse. It had many different areas in the museum and a few special exhibits. One of the special exhibits was from the discovery channel about real pirates. We were able to get pictures from almost all of areas except the special pirate museum unfortunately. Arrrrggg.

The next time we got out, we went down to the Houston space center. Unlike the space center in Florida, this space center is contained mostly indoors in a single building. We were able to explore a lot of NASA's history and see the mission command center. It was a nice change of pace and an opportunity to see something new.

To finish it all off, we stopped by a local joint T-Bone Tom's BBQ and enjoyed some local Texas cuisine. It was a nice way to finish off our evening.