The Adventures of Richard & Bronte.

Thursday, 16 August 2012

tallahassee

Tuesday 14th August 2012

tallahassee museum

yes they have a delorean, number 20015, 1983, 2300 miles

ford gt brand new, red one in back ground as well

patrol car!

prototype pontiac trams am (chev camaro)

mustang

three bat mobiles

i need stripy pants

st marks wildlife refuge

our chevy

alligators!!!!

lots of water everywhere

st marks lighthouse

more water around light house

Decided to head to the Tallahassee Motor Museum today for a quick look as it is meant to have some nice cars. The owner of the museum is also the owner of all the cars. It is a private collection and his name is Devoe Moore. Wow I wish I could collect cars on this scale. They had so many brand new cars that still have the stickers on the windows and plastic on the seats, never been driven at all. What a waste really. They have a DeLorean (#20015) which looked fairly nice but needed a bit of tlc. I asked the lady there if I could go over the barrier and have a look inside the car. She said yes and I had a very quick sneaky look taking a picture of the VIN on the way!!!!

From the museum we went south to the St Marks Wildlife Refuge where there is a lighthouse built in 1931. There was a lot of marsh land from St Marks Wildlife Refuge entrance to the lighthouse with pull outs along the way. Placed along the road were signs warning you about the alligators. The weather is hot and sticky, the humidity is quite amazing.

We then hit the road again and headed for Tampa where we spent the night. We are now heading south towards Miami and Key West.

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

chattahoochee river

Monday 13th August 2012

chattahoochee river at columbus

view from river walk

old cotton mills on the river

alabama is on the far bank

condos in old mill

street art along broadway

phoenix sculpture

really nice old homes in columbus

sitting next to dr pemberton

water feature in park

this is meant to represent a paddle boat

more georgian houses

really, the bang bang lady!!

Today we drove from Columbus to Tallahassee but before leaving Columbus we had a look around town and the river. The Chattahoochee River divides Georgia and Alabama and was mostly used in the 1800's for cotton manufacture and paddle boats used the river to bring cotton to the mills. Today the mills are condos and they would be amazing to live in. The historic section of Columbus was beautiful and the old houses just amazing. We did a small piece of the Chattahoochee River Walk and then a lap through Broadway which is the main street where there were plenty of art sculptures to look at. After spending a couple of hours looking around, we headed off towards Tallahassee which is now into Florida. Heading further south on Tuesday.

Monday, 13 August 2012

atlanta zoo and turner field

Sunday 12th August 2012

the zoo

flamingo

lazy panda

lunch time

very cute

a tigers life

looks nasty!

sun bear sunning

brass statues

little baby on mums back

zebras and giraffe

budgies

more lazing

up and about

turner field home of the braves

great view from up here

on the pitch

in the dugout

Today takes us for a trip to the Atlanta Zoo to see the pandas. Atlanta have 4 pandas at the zoo which have been there since 1999 where Lun Lun and Yang Yang were put together to mate. They have now two more pandas. The zoo celebrated the birth of its first cub, Mei Lan, on September 6, 2006. Mei Lan was the only giant panda cub born in the U.S. that year. A second cub, male Xi Lan, born August 30, 2008, was the only giant panda cub born in the U.S. in 2008. A third cub, Po, was born 3 November 2010, the first panda born in the US during the 2010 calendar year.

It was beautiful weather and we had a fantastic few hours at the zoo before heading to see the home ground of the Atlanta Braves, Turner Field. We did a tour of the entire complex including the pitch, locker rooms, corporate boxes and media area. It would be awesome to see a game here with 30,000 fans cheering them on.

We headed out of town to Columbus Georgia in the afternoon as we head south to Miami. BTW the weather is magnificent.