Last night we went to the Stone Mountain Laser Show. If you are from Georgia you know what this is. If not it's one of the largest laser shows, shot on a large mountain side. It's huge. Did I mention this mountain has a Mount Rushmore style carving on it of important leaders. And that these leaders are three important men from the Confederacy. Oh, and this carving is actually larger than the carving on Mount Rushmore. It's true. Yes, there is a story to this carving. The unofficial story is far more interesting and accurate then the official one.
But none the less, it's all relatively benign now. The show was a tour of patriotic imagery and animation, which everyone seemed to welcome. My photo doesn't really show much of anything, but you can faintly make out the line animation produced by the laser. The map shows us trying to get a better and better seat for the show, b/c it was crazy crowded. The heartrate readout shows how we found a spot to sit, then scouted another spot, sat there are a bit, then scouted another. My heartrate changed about 20 beats per minute between siting and walking. Everyone sat in an open field facing the mountain. We could only only find spots on the fringes. Tonight's July 4th show I'm sure will be even more crowded, it's one of those things you do down here. My boyish nostalgia from years ago brought us here last night. But I'd still recommend it like I'd recommend a ride in a slow moving classic car on historic Route 66.
P.S. play with the google map, it shows a satellite photo of the mountain.

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