Triple Crown in Atlanta

Hello again! I just returned from 4 days and 3 nights in beautiful Atlanta, Georgia. I forgot how many trees there are and how beautiful the south is! As we were driving through the city towards the hotel, I kept commenting to Angelina how beautiful all the trees were in the city. I remember going to Charleston, South Carolina and flying over Savanna, Georgia and thinking how beautiful the south was when I was working for Kansas Wesleyan back in the 90s. I'd live down there if I didn't have such an aversion to humidity.

We left Thursday morning from the Salina Airport (my first time!) on a small jet (my first time!) and it was such a nice, short flight to Kansas City! Actually, both the flights to and from Atlanta were excellent. We had great weather and nice flying conditions. I don't care much for flying anymore, but on this trip the flights couldn't have been better! Our luggage even arrived with the plane both times even though we changed airlines in Kansas City!

I tell you...Aflac spent a wad of money on this trip for all of us! I won the trip by being a Triple Crown winner. The Triple Crown is an exclusive award that first-year agents can win if they meet all the sales criteria. Everything on the trip was paid for by Aflac, including travel accommodations for two, hotel for three nights at The Omni Hotel at CNN Center (4 diamond rated), group tours for all on Saturday, and three meals a day along with entertainment and dancing each night. I estimate that there were a couple hundred agents who won the trip from all over the U.S., and they all brought a guest.

Some of the highlights of the trip include the day Angelina and I just walked around for awhile, then took a train through the city. The weather was a perfect 70 something and cloudy with very little humidity. Perfect conditions for a stroll through Atlanta! We went to the Lennox Mall, The Underground (which is an underground mall and party district), and all around downtown. We also took a tour of the High Museum of Art and Atlanta Botanical Garden along with the Coca-Cola Museum tour where we got to see how Coke is bottled, view old Coke memorabilia and commercials, and even taste test various drinks Coke sells throughout the world. Our hotel was right downtown across from Centennial Park and next to Phillips Arena. The 1996 Olympics were held in facilities all over this area. In fact, Centennial Park is where they had that bomb scare and the security guard Richard Jewell was falsely accused. It really was a beautiful area! Oh...we also got to watch a performance by the vocal group Toxic Audio. They did a Take 6 type of vocal performance where they do all the sounds of a band without using any instruments...only the human voice and body. They were extremely talented and even added a lot of humor.

We did so much in a few days, it's hard to remember everything. Needless to say, we missed our kids a lot, but had a very nice trip and spent some good, quality time together. All couples need to do that at times.

Peace.

Alex