On to Atlanta!
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canyonwalkerGeorgia Travelog #24
Atlanta - Saturday, 12 Apr 2025, 9pm
After a full day of hiking and road tripping today we still weren't done. We had another nearly 100 miles of driving to do. It was on to Atlanta! But first, dinner. At Golden Corral. 😂
Stopping at the Golden Corral in Cumming, GA neatly split the remaining trip in half. But why, other than geographic convenience, why would we eat at a Golden Corral, you might ask. Certainly there are other restaurants in Cumming, at least some of them better than a Golden Corral.
Golden Corral has become a guilty pleasure. We first reconnected with it when we were traveling in Alaska and decided— twice— it would be the best eats. And on a roadtrip through rural Virginia last September. Then we ate at the chain again, twice, on a trip to Las Vegas two months ago.
Yeah, the food's not going to win any awards... except maybe "Favorite Restaurant Among Americans 400+ Pounds and Families With 6 Or More Kids". 🤣 But since it's a big buffet restaurant there are pretty always some good choices on deck. And as a buffet restaurant it provides near instant gratification. Plus, I enjoyed a freshly grilled steak for dinner, so it was totally worth the price of admission.
On the whole the drive down through Atlanta didn't take as long as I initially expected. I'd estimated we'd get in close to 10pm with a stop for dinner. Instead we got to our room by 9. The difference was it took longer going north a few days ago. For one, we hit traffic in downtown Atlanta on Thursday afternoon. Two, it always feels like it takes longer when I'm going to something than returning.
Total driving for the day: 198 miles. Total driving in three days: 756 miles.
Atlanta - Saturday, 12 Apr 2025, 9pm
After a full day of hiking and road tripping today we still weren't done. We had another nearly 100 miles of driving to do. It was on to Atlanta! But first, dinner. At Golden Corral. 😂
Stopping at the Golden Corral in Cumming, GA neatly split the remaining trip in half. But why, other than geographic convenience, why would we eat at a Golden Corral, you might ask. Certainly there are other restaurants in Cumming, at least some of them better than a Golden Corral.
Golden Corral has become a guilty pleasure. We first reconnected with it when we were traveling in Alaska and decided— twice— it would be the best eats. And on a roadtrip through rural Virginia last September. Then we ate at the chain again, twice, on a trip to Las Vegas two months ago.
Yeah, the food's not going to win any awards... except maybe "Favorite Restaurant Among Americans 400+ Pounds and Families With 6 Or More Kids". 🤣 But since it's a big buffet restaurant there are pretty always some good choices on deck. And as a buffet restaurant it provides near instant gratification. Plus, I enjoyed a freshly grilled steak for dinner, so it was totally worth the price of admission.
On the whole the drive down through Atlanta didn't take as long as I initially expected. I'd estimated we'd get in close to 10pm with a stop for dinner. Instead we got to our room by 9. The difference was it took longer going north a few days ago. For one, we hit traffic in downtown Atlanta on Thursday afternoon. Two, it always feels like it takes longer when I'm going to something than returning.
Total driving for the day: 198 miles. Total driving in three days: 756 miles.
