Photos of the creatures at Zoo Atlanta. Music by Simon and Garfunkel.

We love the bird show at Zoo Atlanta. Here are a few photos from a visit Saturday -

 

 

 

Some photos from a visit to The Rock Ranch yesterday.

This spider lives on the rosebush near our front porch. Every night around 9pm, it comes out to spin a large web -- about 2-1/2 feet across -- to catch bugs attracted to our porch light. I first met it last week when I almost stuck my head through the web to make sure the front yard faucet was off (which is a nightly ritual to make sure Alexander didn't sneak out to break the water ban).

The youngest last week playing in the decomposing leaves -

We spent Memorial Day Weekend at Unicoi State Park with Ryan and Cheyney Lindgren and the Thompsons.

Wendy has covered the trip here.

My contribution so far is this Animoto video of tubing the Chattahoochee in Helen, Georgia:

See also www.hillfamily.net/camping

While trying to suppress her gag reflex, Wendy videotapes a big, ugly possum eating popcorn on the back porch.

Unicoi State Park and Lodge - last visited May 2008

Things to do:

• visit nearby Helen (Alpine-themed tourist trap) and take the kids tubing down a lazy section of the Chattahoochee
• take a short hike to Anna Ruby Falls
• swim and play at the "beach", rent pedal boats or canoes for the lake
• play volleyball in a sand court or bring bocce balls or a football for wide-open areas
• check schedule for concerts
• Stop by Consolidated Gold Mines in Dahlonega on the way back to Atlanta.