Saturday, July 5, 2014
So I know that the Independence Day holiday weekend is over but just in case you didn’t get enough barbeque, family, friends, fireworks and other things that celebrate the birth of our country, I invite you to check out the Fantastic Fourth celebration at Stone Mountain Park. I got to the park early on Saturday even though most of what the celebration involved happened later that evening during the laser show. Regardless the park was already getting packed with people who wanted to make sure they got the perfect spot to watch the show on the main lawn. Others were checking out the skylift to the top of the mountain and the SkyHike ropes course, which if you haven’t done yet I would highly suggest (and yes I mean even if you have a fear of heights)!
Justin Coursey (right) picks up Zayden Timms on his back as Cassidy Puckett and Arrissa Timms wait their turn in front of the skylift at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Elsie Martin (left) and Wanda Mills set up their picnic area on the main lawn at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Allie Hicks makes her way through the SkyHike attraction at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Abby Thornburg (left) and her mother Dayna make their way through the SkyHike attraction at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Emma Osborne makes her way through the SkyHike attraction at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Douglas Stallworth makes his way through the SkyHike attraction at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Sterling McGriff-Rinehart (right) fist bumps “Splash”, one of Stone Mountain Park’s mascots, as his mother Brandy and Brandon and Brent Edson wait for their turn at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Gabraila Bartlett (left) chases after her sister Caroline with a water bottle on the main lawn at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Gabraila Bartlett (left) chases after her sister Caroline with a water bottle on the main lawn at Stone Mountain Park during the Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
A set of binoculars stare at the face of Stone Mountain on Saturday, July 5, 2014.
Eloise Williams (right) sits next to her grandson Dantae Moore as they ride the skylift to the top of Stone Mountain during the park’s Fantastic Fourth celebration weekend on Saturday, July 5, 2014.