On the Road Again

After not driving for two years I got in the car this week and hit the road. Not bad and I kinda’ missed those long road trips. This past week I headed off to Atlanta to catch some Braves games and then stop by the lake to visit with some more family and relax. The week started off well with the retiring of Bobby Cox’s number 6 at the Braves game on Friday night. A buddy of mine from college and I went and had a great time watching the Braves belt 5 homers, Carlos Zambrano loose his mind and the Braves win it 10-4. But, really the best part was the whole ceremony for Bobby Cox before the game. Really cool and here's a video from it:

Saturday night my old roommate from Charleston and I went to the game but the Braves stunk it up on defense and lost 8-4. My least favorite Braves pitcher Lowe was going that night, so not cool at all. But, we had some pretty good seats for the 1991 Team Reunion and saw Dan Uggla’s hitting streak come to an end just as icing on the cake. Look, he got really lucky during that streak and I wasn’t too upset to see him lose it.

Chipper Watches as Uggla Strikes Out

The next morning we went downtown Atlanta (which I have no idea where anything is any more) and made it to Underground Atlanta. Waste of time. And I don’t just mean Underground. There is nothing to do in Atlanta outside of the Georgia Aquarium, The World of Coke, Six Flags, and the sporting events. You can walk around Little 5 Points and Underground and the Capital building looking at homeless people or make your way all over town to The Highlands, but really? No, I am not a fan of Atlanta. Only the Falcons and Braves. The traffic is not worth it. Boo!
Anyway, we did find the one bright spot of Downtown: The Varsity. Yum! I had the Chili Cheese Dog, Chili Cheese Burger, Onion Rings and Frosted Orange combo. Yum! After that he headed back home and I went back to my Dad’s for the night.
Monday was Dad, Chase and me going to the game. And what a game it was! Braves were down 4-2 going into the 9th against Brain (The Beard) Wilson. They scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th to win in on a walk-off single by Freddie Freeman. It was Awesome! I had such a good time at that game and was glad Dad was there to see it with me.

Tuesday morning I headed off to the country to visit Elaine and Jeff and see my grandparents. Their lake house is in Little River, Georgia if you want to type it into Google Maps to see where that’s at. Anyway, it’s defiantly not the cabin in the woods type country. They have it all out there: quiet, a great view, Internet, birds, flowers, great showers (I’m still loving my daily shower even after being back for over two weeks), awesome places to hang out and chill, good food, boats, fishing, tubes, skiing… you name it. Oh and did I say skiing? Yes, yes I did.

Jeff asked me if I had ever skied and I had not. So, he gave me some quick pointers and off into the water I went to give it a try. I did get up on my first try but it took me a few goes to get up and really going. But, after a while I got the hang of it and really had a great time out on the water. We were out there all day on Wednesday and Thursday and I got a little sun burn, but it was worth it. I did leave my shirt on though because I did not feel like getting scorched on my chest and back since I haven’t been in the sun for really two years.

All of us had a great time and it was nice to spend some time with Elaine and Jeff down by the lake. Jeff is an awesome skier by the way. Really cool. So really that was my week. Car, Braves games, Car, Lake, Car, Home. Not bad.