We decided that we needed one last overnight trip before it became so hot all we wanted to do was sleep in a freezer until the end of September. So while it was already hot and we were sweating giant raindrops off our faces, we hit the road for a 2 day exploration of Macon, Georgia. We've been on a kick lately of exploring Georgia because there is just so much to see (thank you Georgia Welcome Center for all the helpful pamphlets). Our trip started with wanting to tour the Hay House and I built our itinerary around that site. Warning: Photo overload (you're welcome!).
Ocmulgee National Monument was our first stop of the day and once we found a nice shady place to park, we headed straight for the visitor center. The visitor center holds the gift shop, the museum, and the rangers desk. We talked with the rangers, got our site map, put 3 new stamps in my National Park book, checked out the gift shop then headed to the museum. The museum is packed full of artifacts and information about this prehistoric Native American site.
A headpiece.
The Green Corn Ceremony was held every year during harvest (late summer).
After the museum, we decided to max out our Vitamin D intake for the day and walk the site (the majority of sites at Ocmulgee can be driven to). Our first stop, after making this friend....
was to the ceremonial lodge.
This earth lodge is the oldest ceremonial lodge in America. We were able to venture inside for a look.
When you enter the lodge there is a nice air conditioned room that you stand in and look through the glass at the ceremonial lodge.
We then walked to the Great Temple Mound mound and climbed the stairs walk onto the mound. The Great Temple Mound is 55 feet high. From the top of the mound we could see the funeral mound. This area has been excavated and more than 100 burials were found in the funeral mound.
Great Temple Mound
View from the top of the Great Temple Mound.
The funeral mound as seen from atop the Great Temple Mound. Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, GA is a great place to visit as it is packed full of history from 10,000 BCE (before common era) to the early 1700s.
Since we had had a somewhat big breakfast, we grabbed a snack & water that we had packed and off we went to our next destination, the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, GA (located right beside the Robins Air Force Base)
B-52. When we arrived at the B-52 we actually met a gentleman who was the Crew Chief of a B52 during the Vietnam War.
The tail of the B-52 housing 4x.50 caliber machine guns.
A retired Air Force One.
Ready to go inside? & by inside I mean one 3 story museum and 2 hangars full of planes and artifacts. Let's go!
Drone.
M-Rap.
SR-71 Blackbird. This beauty flew from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. in 1 hour and 4 minutes and 19 seconds! The average speed of that trip was 2,144 mph!
Mark 6 Nuclear Bomb.
We spent 3 1/2 hours exploring this massive museum and loved every minute of it. Between the coolness of the planes and the history behind them, the Museum of Aviation gets all the cool points!
Happy Travels,
Amber
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