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.
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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