2024 southeast swing – part 12: from a capitol building to a military college
When the Civil War was over, Georgia legislature decided to move the capitol 98 miles north from to Atlanta. One of the reasons for the move that we’ve heard and...
2024 southeast swing – part 13: Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion (the way it looked in 1851)
The Old Governor’s Mansion in Milledgeville was completed in 1839 and was used by the governors until the Civil War. What we’ll see in this post is what the mansion...
2023 in-between times with family – part 1: trees budding, spring family birthdays, family times
The first 8 months of 2023 was filled with times with family and 48 doctor appointments and medical procedures for Margie, plus pulmonary rehab and PT for rotator cuff problems...
2023 in-between times around Georgia – part 2: rehab graduation, best sandwich ever (again), folk pottery museum (again), and fall fun in Dahlonega learning about gold in them thar hills
As I finished my pulmonary rehab at Northside Hospital north of us and finished PT for rotator cuff problems in both shoulders, we started looking forward to what’s next. We...
2023 southeast swing – part 1: all you wanted to know about the Great Smokey Mountains
Unless you live in this part of the United States, your knowledge of this mountain range and the huge national park that “lives” here is limited. This last summer, Hallmark...