Day 7 - A Coke and a Smile

July 03, 2016

We leave Nashville with some new traveling tunes and continue on to Birmingham, Alabama.

Nashville to Birmingham
Travel Distance 191.9 miles Average Speed 69 mph
Travel Time 2 hours 45 mins
fuel consumption 9.1 gal $27.30

Birmingham Alabama Temple

The 98th operating temple of the Church located at

1927 Mount Olive Blvd., Gardendale, Alabama 35071

dedicated Sept 3, 2000 by Gordon B. Hinckley

From here we continue on to Atlanta.

Birmingham to Atlanta

Total Distance 146.5 miles Average speed 67 mph

Travel time 2 hours 10 mins

fuel consumption 7 gals $21.00

The Atlanta Georgia Temple

The 21st operating temple of the church located at

6450 Barfield Rd NE., Sandy Springs,Georgia 30328

dedicated June 4, 1983 by Gordon B Hinckley

rededicated May 1, 2011 by Thomas S. Monson

Temple Facts

The Atlanta Georgia Temple was the first temple dedicated by President Gordon B. Hinckley, who went on to dedicate or rededicate 89 other temples.

At the dedication of the Atlanta Georgia Temple, President Hinckley promised that the baptistry would one day be enlarged. That promise was fulfilled 14 years later when a renovation project enlarged the baptistry, added offices, and remodeled the waiting rooms. President Hinckley himself returned to the temple to dedicate the baptistry addition.

The Atlanta Georgia Temple closed for nearly two years beginning July 1, 2009, for a complete remodel of the interior, renovation of the exterior, and relandscaping of the grounds. The interior was reconfigured to feature high ceilings in the foyer, a nonpatron waiting room, a high-capacity sealing room, progressive ordinance rooms with murals, and art glass illuminated with daylight-style lighting in the Celestial Room. Clothing rental was removed, and food vending was relocated.

The crystal from the original Celestial Room chandelier of the Atlanta Georgia Temple was crushed and incorporated into the Celestial Room art glass windows of the remodeled temple. Marble from the original altars was laid into the pulpit of the chapel.

We now travel into downtown Atlanta to visit Coke World and get a Cherry Coke.