TBT: Braves Game & Stone Mountain

This Throwback Thursday only goes back a couple of weeks. I haven't had any time to blog the last two weeks, and then our internet got shut off :( This is the first chance I have had to catch up on all of the happenings the last few days! There will be multiple posts, so stay tuned :)

Josh really likes baseball, and neither of us had ever been to a professional baseball game. We were planning to see one on our way home, but then we decided to make a quick trip down to Atlanta to watch the Atlanta Braves play the Washington Nationals. The game started at 1:30, so we left early and stopped off at Stone Mountain on our way. Stone Mountain is the largest exposed stone slab in the world with a Confederate Memorial Carving on it. It depicts three Confederate heroes of the Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. It was carved by the same artist as Mount Rushmore. They have turned the surrounding area into a theme park. We weren't interested in the theme park, and most of it was closed since it was a Sunday, but the mountain is amazing. They have laser shows at night, so we wish we could have seen that.

 The carving is 3 acres, larger than a football field. The deepest point of the carving is 12 feet deep.

We headed straight to the game after walking around the park. We wanted to check out the stadium and avoid as much traffic as possible. We were glad we did! Parking was crazy!! There were a lot of tailgaters, and some not so nice people. We made it through safely, and watched a little show in the entrance of the stadium. There were little games to play, and the Braves Marching Band was playing. 

One of the attractions inside was a pitching station. Josh threw 71 miles/hour! Some of the other people said it was clocking them slower than their home fields, so he can probably throw even faster than that! 

We got our yummy ball park food and found our seats to watch them warm up! 

We had great seats just behind the Nationals in the second section up. We were able to see the whole field, yet we were still close enough to see the players. We and a perfect view of Braves dugout. 

Josh got some great pictures of the action on the field! 

 We had high hopes to catch a foul ball, but they all went to the right or left of our section :( Here is a picture of a home run hit!


We had a cute old man take our picture. He is an usher, but he was really bored! haha