Here we are outside of Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. The most amazing thing about this field is how friendly the employees are. We were constantly approached by people asking us if everything was o.k. and did we need anything. I have never had that kind of experience at any ballpark.
As usual I had to find a statue of a local famous player. The obvious choice here is Hank Aaron. The man broke Babe Ruth's record finishing with 755 home runs the HONEST WAY! In my opinion his record should still stand.......
In 1987 I attended the former "Peach Bowl" to see my beloved Hooisers against the Tennessee Volunteers. That took place in old Atlanta/Fulton County Stadium which is next to Turner Field. What is left of that stadium is the blue wall (with red lettering) in the middle background of this picture. I thought it was cool how they left this wall up because it is the wall that Hank Aaron hit his famous #715 over to pass "The Babe".
If you watched the Opening Ceremonies of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games, you saw the incredible part where Muhammad Ali raged with Parkinson's Disease carrying the Olympic Torch and climb the last stairs to light the Olympic Flame. This is that platform just beyond the wall of the old Fulton County Stadium.
After the game on Sunday, we took a walk and visited some of the places we saw 6 years ago when we saw the Indiana vs Maryland NCAA final game in Atlanta. This is outside Centennial Park where the unfortunate bombing took place during the Olympics. It was PACKED with people celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
We ended up walking through CNN Center before dinner. It is attached to the Omni and has tours of CNN as well. Today on my flight home there were several members of the CNN staff flying to Indianapolis as well in preparation for the big primary election. I have never seen so many cameras and paraphenalia!! Wow! It actually counts here this year...that's new!
They were calling for a volunteer to take a later flight. As I started up there (I was going to do it) a lady pretty much PLOWED me over to get the $400 credit......I was not happy, but kept my cool. I felt so bad because they had about a half dozen soldiers returning from Iraq. One soldier's wife had given birth yesterday to their first child. They were flying stand-by. THe airlines wouldn't let me give the guy my seat..........he deserved it!
