Last Half of the Day

A few short blocks from where we got off the trolley was City Hall with its gold dome. Behind that is River Street. We wanted to end up on River Street toward the end of the day. But, we needed to get our car and the trolleys stop running at 4:30. So, we had to walk to the Trolley Stop.

EG napping on our way back to catch the trolley.

Classic EG. Sticking her head between the bars to look down the stairs. Eventually she got her head caught! Slight twist of the neck and it came right out. Must have a little excitement.

Passing time waiting for the trolley.

Palm trees on top of a hotel.

We made it back on the trolley. We had a few more stops until we got back to the hub. At the trolley hub we were the last people off and the very kind driver asked us where we were going. We told him back to our car and he offered to take us there on the trolley. We were so grateful and relieved. His name was Michael and he was from England. He knew that if the kids weren't having happy and having fun, then mom and dad weren't going to be happy and having fun. So, it gave us all a little more time to relax, stay off our feet and gear up for our dinner and sightseeing on River Street.

On of the first sights we saw on River Street. It belonged to someone. It was huge.

Big ships coming up and down the river. We learned about river pilots and had fun identifying the flags of the country of origin, guessing what was in the containers and figuring out how the big containers got from the ship to their ultimate destination.

River Street filled with all kinds of restaurants and quaint little shops. We ate at a place called Spanky's. Kid friendly, reasonably priced and good food.

The Waving Girl. True story and one of the things we wanted to see.

Honestly not sure what this art/statue was about. If I remember correctly it had something to do with the Olympics.


EG being EG.

Little Mama being Little Mama. She thought it would be funny to take her picture acting like the dog was biting her hand. She is quite the character.

This was the coolest candy shop every. The above are pictures of taffy being moved along a conveyor belt, over head and then slid down a ramp into a revolving candy display. Then when you turned to the right, there was a man wrapping fresh, hot taffy and throwing it out to the kids. There was a train over head and a display case of the biggest candied apples ever seen. In the candy case were marshmallows dipped in all kinds of things, chocolate, carmel, you name it.

Talmadge Bridge. Very cool. Wondered if it is a Figg Engineering Bridge where daddy works security sometimes. Sounds like a research project to me. . .