Warner Robins, GA
I checked the weather report and they said there would be rain around noon. We decided to head out anyway and see what happened with the weather.
Our first stop was the Museum of Aviation just outside the gates of the base. This is a big museum. It consists of 4 buildings and 2 areas outside with planes. We saw 2 of the buildings. We will go back later this week and see the other 3 buildings and the outside planes. There are a couple of planes outside the front.
The Eagle building has planes from WW2, Burma, and Korea. They also focus on people who were from Georgia.
After a couple of hours in this building we headed over to Hanger 1 and the Vietnam display. This was the place where Bill could identify most of the planes and things.
Since it hadn't started raining yet we thought we would take a chance and head toward Macon and the Ocmulgee Mounds. A lot of this is outside and we weren't sure about the forecast rain. We decided we would come back to the Aviation Museum later this week to finish it. We still have the Century of Flight and the Scott Exhibit and the outside planes.
The Ocmulgee Mounds are on the Macon Plateau where natives have lived since pre-9000BCE (Before Common Era). These natives were one of the earliest stages of human culture in North America. The time frame of the people who built the mounds was 900-1100. These were not nomads but farming peoples. They lived in large villages with intricate social relationships. The mounds they built were usually topped with buildings for religious, meetings, and even burial sites. A major portion of this area was excavated during the 1930's. Parts of the mounds were destroyed when the railroads were built in the area. The excavation of this area produced hundreds of artifacts and was the largest ever done in America. They used to call Indians, savages, but I think places like this show how advanced they were. The mounds remind me a lot of the Aztecs. We walked down to the Earthlodge. Parts of this were rebuilt, such as the ceiling and walls. The original lodge was burned down. They think it was burned as part of a ceremony, probably when they left the area. The floor of this lodge is the original that they uncovered.
We drove a bit over to the area they call the Great Temple Mound. This is the biggest mound in the area and one they believe were topped with wooden buildings and were most likely used for important religious ceremonies. I didn't go all the way to the top but Bill did so we got some pictures from up there.
You can also see the Lesser Temple Mound and the Funeral Mound.
The Visitor's Center here has some very interesting information in it. The Creek Indians still consider this sacred ground and they hold ceremonies every year.
We had a bit of trouble trying to find a place to eat. In the South there are many that are not open on Sundays so we finally found one called the The Rookery. It was in downtown area and the only place open. Bill had a turkey burger and I had a chicken salad sandwich. We both had shakes an orange dream and a pineapple one. I had ordered a peach shake but they were out of peaches! In Georgia! The food was good and we had a good waitress. I would recommend it.
After eating we headed back to the rig. In case you didn't notice, it never did rain. We rested and watched some TV in the evening. Tomorrow, more adventures.
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