We Went That-A-Way: Tally-Ho! (Tallahassee 10/19-22/2011)

Florida Historic Capitol Museum

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Tallahassee Antique Car Museum

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The Florida State University

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Jack

Tallahassee was so much fun. We went to the capitol and that was really cool. It had an
observation deck, on the 22^nd floor, where you could see F.S.U, it’s football stadium was made totally out of brick so it’s really unique. We could also see a forest fire off in the distance. In one room of the observation deck they had an art exhibit with two beach scenes, some everglades scenes, drawn with charcoal pencil, and much more. We also went to the rooms where the House of Representatives and State Senate meet, that was really cool. We went to the old capitol building that was used when Andrew Jackson was Governor. We got to sit in the House and Senate seats as they were in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. Some state facts that we learned at the Capitol are; we became the 27th state in 1845 the state bird is the Mockingbird, the state song is “Suwanee River”, the state date is April 2, the state motto is “In God We Trust”, the state flower is the Orange Blossom, there are 67 counties in the state, the state pie is Key Lime, the state freshwater fish is the Florida Large Mouth Bass, the state Salt water fish is the Atlantic Sailfish, the state reptile is the Alligator and the state animal is the Florida Panther.

We also went to a museum called the Automobile Museum of Tallahassee which was without a doubt one of my favorites. They had my dream car, a DMC Delorean. Not only was there a huge collection of cars but there were also guns, shotguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, sniper rifles and machine guns like AK47, Uzi and an M2Browning and more. There were also the real Bat mobiles from every movie and the TV show, as well as one of Evil Knievel’s motorcycles. There were even lots sports memorabilia, toys, trains, outboard motors, boats and so much more! The Automobile Museum was defiantly a high point for me.

Another really cool museum we went to was the Tallahassee Museum. There were a lot of historical Florida buildings that we could walk through and a “zoo” of Florida animals like the panther, fox, bald eagle, alligator, black bear and more. There was an old farm, plantation home, African American one-room schoolhouse and church, as well as an old train caboose that we could walk through and learn about. The zoo was awesome because the animal enclosures didn’t seem like enclosures; you walked a boardwalk with all of the animals around as if we were seeing them in the wild. We really enjoyed this place.

We stayed with family friends, Mr. Mike and Mrs. Olivia Riffe. They were great hosts and really fun to be around. Mr. Mike took us to FSU, where he knows everything about. He pointed out players walking by, including their quarterback, and let us run on the practice field. He also took us to Garnet and Gold to get FSU t-shirts, so I was a Seminole for the day. I loved Tallahassee and cant wait to go back.

AnnaGrace

We went to Tallahassee to visit my grandmother and her longtime friends. We stayed with those friends, Mike and Olivia, who are the nicest people. On our first day, we went to the old and the new capitol buildings. Mike and Olivia told us something really funny about the new capital building that I will not and cannot repeat. In the new capitol building, we saw the Governor’s office, which is the executive branch of state government, the Attorney General’s office, which is the judicial branch of state government and the House and Senate rooms, which are the legislative branch of state government. We learned some interesting state facts like; the state pie is key lime (can’t believe we have a state pie!), the state song is “Suwanee River”, the state bird is a mockingbird, the state reptile is the alligator and the state tree is the sabal palm. The entire 22^nd floor was an observation deck from which we could see Florida State University, Florida A&M University and a brush fire. The old capital building was right in front of the new one and is now a museum. In the old capitol we got to sit in the old voting chairs of the House and Senate. After the capitol buildings we went to the Tallahassee Automobile Museum where we saw cars and Evel knievel’s motorcycle and the bat mobile. The next day Mr. Mike took us around the FSU campus. We got to go through their sports hall of fame and run on their practice fields, I tried to move the dummy sled on the field, but I couldn’t. After that, we went to the Talahassee Museum, which had a zoo with panthers, wolves and skunks. We had a great time in Tallassee I hope we get to go back soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!