We’ve known about Georgia planters who grew cotton on large plantations, but growing rice along the coast was new for us. On a narrow fringe of land between the saltwater […]
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We’re a couple in our 70’s who love to travel and find new and interesting places. Come with us and experience places you may have visited, places you never knew existed, and places you’d love to go to, At Your Pace.
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On our last day in Natchez, we toured an unfinished 6-story octagonal mansion owned by a planter with 4 other plantations. Why so many? Because he could. On our way home, we spent a day in Laurel, Mississippi—not because it’s historic, but because . . . you’ll have to read the post to see why.
Now we get to walk along the 1/4 mile path to the plantation home and some of its outbuildings. What do you think you’ll see? When I think of a […]
Today Jekyll Island is a Georgia State Park, but before WWII, it was the vacation hot spot for the rich and famous. The day is cold and rainy, but we […]
Various locations along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Coast are home to sea turtle rescue stations, or recovery hospitals. One of these rescue places is on Jekyll Island. We […]
During its heyday, Jekyll Island was the winter home for the rich and famous who lived in cold northern states and the year-round home for those hired to take care […]
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I did not realize his (JD) home was intact after Katrina.
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