Grandma Jan and Grandpa gave Gretchen a break from her two active and loving boys by taking Ian and Andrew to the original Fernbank facility. Here the fearless trio investigates fossils.

... and Ian checks out the many uses of electrical energy. The wheel he is turning runs a generator that powers portions of the exhibit and shows observers how electricity impacts our lives.

We took a space trip in the planetarium.

The hit of the day was the spiral wishing well.

No trip with Ian and Andrew is complete without lunch at Jimmy John's in Decatur.