And I’m back home again! Yesterday we visited the Columbus Zoo in Ohio.

Baby servals!

An angora goat.

Giant grizzly bear.

Very tired polar bear!

The Pallas Cat, a very rare animal found only in Asia.

Flying foxes.

Fish talking into a microphone!

Now, what’s this doing here? Just an anomaly, I’m sure…

…Okay, or not.

Baby wild hogs!

Okapi.

After this, we ate at Cracker Barrel, and drove into the wee hours of the morning. We arrived at home at about 7:30. Good to be home again. See you later!

Hey! Only a few pics to show, today was mostly just driving.

This is the very spot that Abraham Lincoln spent his first few years in. He clearly didn’t live in that nice stone temple – that’s just a monument.

This is the world’s largest bat.

This is also the world’s largest bat.

Not sure who this guy is. Maybe David (from the bible) or Apollo (from Greek Mythology).

That’s really it for today. Heading home tomorrow!

Hey! Sorry about not posting last night, I got to bed at about midnight. Here are pics from my day in Nashville.

Store from American Pickers (a pawn shop show on TV).

Rocket fizz candy shop in downtown.

In this other sweets shop, a train ran along the ceiling!

Parthenon replica (some of you Percy Jackson fans may recognize this as a location from the first book).

Athena statue inside the Parthenon (location of one of the pearls from the film adaption of The Lightning Thief).

After all this traveling, we had a nice, hearty dinner at Jack’s Bar-B-Que. Heading to Kentucky today!

And now I’m heading back! I’ll be staying in Nashville tonight and tomorrow night too. Today, I visited Craigshead Caverns and got a look at a fancy hotel I’ll be staying at tomorrow night! Here’s some pics.

The entrance to the caverns.

The “cascades”.

The “Indian council chamber” (sorry for bad quality. Not much light in there).

“Devil’s Hole”. Legend has it that if you look in the hole and see the Devil’s face, you haven’t been a very good person!

An authentic Tennessee Moonshine still. On a related note, there was originally a secret bar hidden in the cave, called the “Cavern Tavern”. Eventually it was found, and, well, removed.

Craigshead Caverns is home to America’s largest underground lake, at four and a half acres! There is another lake behind the wall that is currently inaccessible, measuring 9 acres!

Rainbow trout feeding frenzy.

Now for fancy hotels, I know you’ve been waiting…

Yes, this is a HOTEL. What’s even crazier is that all this is INSIDE.

Inside.

Inside.

And inside again!

Afterwards, we ate dinner at Aquarium, a cool seafood place with a big aquarium you can sit next to. We’ll be able to explore the town more tomorrow. See you then!

Hey! Today in Atlanta I visited the Georgia Aquarium and the World of Coca-Cola. Here’s some pics for your enjoyment.

Interior of the aquarium.

Baby loggerhead sea turtle.

Albino alligator.

Moon jellies.

Beluga whales.

Wolf-eel (yes, that’s actually what it’s called. Never seen it before).

Whale shark (!) underside view.

Whale shark side view.

Moving on to Coca-Cola World…

Entrance lobby.

Lobby theater.

Main hall of exhibits.

Just one of the many steps inside the room where they actually fill and bottle the coke. All machine-operated!

The vault in which the secret formula is stored (actually, after a quick Internet search, I find it hard to see why they still refer to the recipe as “secret”).

Coke hall of history.

Abstract coke sculptures in the art gallery.

All sorts of rare coke merchandise.

And finally, the tasting room. Mmm! Here you can try all sorts of coke products from all around the world.

Afterwards, we had a nice dinner at Max’s Coal Oven Pizzeria. Heading to Nashville tomorrow!

We have arrived at our destination! Today we checked out Stone Mountain in Georgia. Afterwards, we ate at nice Mexican-Latin place called Jalapeño Charlie’s. We will be staying in Atlanta one more night, and then it’s on to Nashville!

We have reached North Carolina! Today, we checked out the Skyline Caverns in Virginia, and also drove across the Skyline Drive. For dinner we ate at Juicy Lucy’s, a great little burger bar. See you tomorrow!