Approaching Atlanta from I-85 North, you will see, if the weather permits, the largest unforrested granite mountain in the world. It is no wonder that it was a place for Native American meetings and ceremonies. It is a breath taking sight. Hannah, Sergay, Liza and I have driven down to visit Eleanor, her husband, Ryan and Martin and Mathew. All of us go to Community BBQ on Clairemont for lunch: pork and chicken, potato salad, cole slaw, sweet potatos and greasy
delicious french fries. We leave Decatur on Scott St, then 78 and shortly arrive at Stone Mountain.
Into the face of the mountain is carved a bas-relief sculpture of three icons of the Civil War:
Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis riding their horses. They hold their hats in their right hands and cover their hearts.
The mountain has been a place for visitors since the 1850's. Now there are numberous buildings with museums, auditorium, gift shop as well as many shops and entertainments at the base. We walked around the park (now owned by the State of Georgia) while Martin leaped and propelled himself over rocks and fences. He calls this activity, Parkour. We wanted to ride the bus which turns into a boat called the Duck, but we were too late in the day.
We did not walk to the top of the mountain today but Eleanor's family walked it last year. You begin at point 3 on the map to the right and follow a yellow line for a mile to the top. On the left side there is a kind of a ski lift car hauling up and down.
You can walk on a path for 5 miles around the mountain on beautiful wooded trails. There is also Stone Mountain Lake with picnicers and boaters and fishermen.
There is an incompleted trail from Stone Mountain all the way into Piedmont Park in Atlanta
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