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For 15 years, Fort King George (named after King George II), served as the southern outpost of the British Empire in North America (1721-1736). As far as we’re concerned, it’s […]
Travel With Us — At Your Pace
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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Our final post centering on the Civil War was a trip I took to the Gone With the Wind Museum in Marietta with some women from my Tri Delta Day Group (seniors). So enjoyed this time to learn about Margaret Mitchell (author) and what was behind the making of the movie.
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Debra Stewart
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I did not realize his (JD) home was intact after Katrina.
I learn a lot from you.
Thank you.
Stay warm.
D & D
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