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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

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“A Mandir is a place of paramount peace….to realize God”

– Pramukh Swami Maharaj

IMG_5847A Mandir is a Hindu place of Worship. This one is located in Lilburn Georgia, a little way north of Atlanta. A fun and easy trip for staycationers…IMG_5842I had company today. My nieces accompanied me to this temple.

More than 34,000 pieces were hand carved in India and shipped to USA and assembled in 17 months by volunteers.

This is an amazingly peaceful and loving place. Inside there are shrines to spiritual leaders and Deities. We couldn’t photograph inside. I wish I could have though, it is simply amazing. The carving details are fabulous. IMG_5844This is from the outside, it is even more intricate on the interior. IMG_5845They have classes and social gatherings too.

IMG_5846These people were all dressed up beautifully and playing instruments.

All in all it was an amazing day.IMG_5864

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Rain Thai and Sushi Bar

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I have not been here in a long while and I am not sure why.  It is so great!images-2 We started out with gyoza , it was so fresh and sweet. It was light and airy. Then Twp Tuna, White tuna and red tuna, it was delicious. Then the unreal best came out.Rain 2Lobster roll and volcano roll. Lobster Roll is unreal, so great! Vocano roll is excellent. You have to visit this restaurant! Let me know what you think.

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Meatless Monday

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I have been trying to enjoy Meatless Mondays. It has transitioned into a lot of Meatless days…

For dinner tonight it was a veggie quesadilla. So I sautéed onions, garlic, portabello mushrooms and spinach, and the tortillas were these Quesa 1and here are the veggies…Quesa 2and I added some cheese to bind it together. and it looked like this…Quesa 3Was it delicious? Oh yes, yes it was! Enjoy!

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Biscuits after the climb up Kennesaw Mountain…

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IMG_5781My old next door neighbor, Catherine, and my new next door neighbor Josie and I went to climb Kennesaw Mountain. It was a very hot day,but, the climb is very shady. IMG_5791It is a good workout not too bad. Yes, I was tired afterwards, but it also felt great!

Now the great part, we went to Mountain Biscuits afterward. Unknown

images-2These were wonderful! Biscuit 1Chicken Sausage and tomato Biscuit! Biscuit 4Egg, tomato and jalepenos.  Biscuit 5Egg and Bacon Biscuit.  These were super light and fluffy and really scrumptious!

After lunch Catherine went for a buggy ride.   IMG_5825It was a great day!

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Places you can Staycation with your Pup!

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Staycationers there are all kinds of places you can take your pup in Atlanta.

Home Depot – Coop at HD1  He was the star at the Home Depot, but then again he is Bradley Cooper….Coop at HD 2One person asked me what aisle did I get him?…

Piedmont Dog Park…IMG_3423 They have a big dog park and a small dog park.

Dog Park 3

Centennial Olympic Park…IMG_5295

Anis Bistro…images-2                  Dakota Blue….images-3  Cafe 640….UnknownSo, as you can see there are many options to take your buddy and pal…

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Panola Mountain State Park

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Staycationers there are so many parks around Atlanta. So, Coop and I went to Panola Mountain State Park. IMG_5797This marker tells you how far it is to each park area. IMG_5798There are over 20 miles of trails like this one. There are three other ones that are marked trails within the forest. It is amazingly lush and green. They have signs for deer, IMG_5806but we did not see any. They have Picnic shelters you can rent. They also have bikes you can rent and jon boats and canoes. They have an archery area and give classes (you can rent the equipment) They also have rustic campsites, not my style but hey…

There is not much shade on the trail. IMG_5799We were in about a mile and a half and it was just too hot for the Coop.IMG_5800I had plenty of water for him, but we had to turn around. When we got back to the car the sky clouded up a little. IMG_5805We were kinda hoping it would rain.

I will return and I think I might rent a bike next time. More to tell then!