Blogs from Georgia, United States, North America - page 105

Georgia's on My Mind Sup peeps!! Welcome once again to the magic adventures of Tristan, Brad and Chris! Last time you dropped in we were in Austin, Texas, about to head to the Big Easy, N'orleans, or for those whose family trees have branches, New Orleans. Bidding farewell to our very generous hosts Baylin 'n' Beano, we hit the open road yet again. Having been told various ETA's ranging from 6 to 9 hours, yours truly behind the wheel decided time was not going to be a factor and mashed the pedal to the floor. It was all smooth sailing until about 2 hours, when we attracted the attention of the local constabulary. After removing the soil from our trousers, we faced up to Johnny Law. "Do you know why I pulled you over?" Says he. ... read more

Only one more day until we leave! Some quick hits from yesterday: WRAS FM is the Georgia State University student radio station. They broadcast at 100,000 watts, which is an enormous signal. The station is commercial-free, and they play great music. Today I listened in on a live set from The Willows. S.T.O.P. is Douglasville's answer to Kinkos. It's an independent copy shop somewhat in the spirit of Gnomen Copy in State College, PA, but only somewhat. Don't ask me how to pronounce S.T.O.P. -- is it "stop" or perhaps "ess tee ooh pee"? I'd put this question in the same category as how to pronounce ESRI, "ezz ree", "eee ess arr eye". Anyway, S.T.O.P. is within walking distance of the Douglas County county records building, and convenient for all your police report copying and faxing ... read more

Panera Bread Co. is my friend. Thank you Panera Bread Company for your comfortable seating and free wireless internet. Today I have a few topics to cover. Towards the end you'll find a little announcment about a simulcast of my travel blog via a new medium. This is something that I'm pretty excited about, and you GIS/Geographer types should definitely have a look... but first, a few other items A run of bad luck I'm a firm believer in streaks, like in sports where a team has a winning or losing streak, or a baseball hitter is said to be "a streak hitter". One thing that's said to come in streaks is bad luck, and Sherry and I have had a bit of a medium-rare streak of bad luck: * Sherry's been dealing with some pretty ... read more

What are twin sisters for if not to remind you that you’ve forgotten something, e.g. a homework assignment, parents’ wedding anniversary, birthday of a common sibling, etc? In this case, my sister pointed out to me yesterday that I’d forgotten to tell you what we did during our two day visit to Alexandria (as did Rusty today). For fear of retribution (mainly from my sister) in the form of a low or no-value future Christmas gift, I will provide a brief summary of our activities there. I should point out that the ‘no-value gift’, also known as the ‘no-gift habit’, was practice that allowed me to make it more comfortably through the holiday season during at least one of my college years, a fact that would not be lost in my sister’s memory… …our visit to ... read more

I've always heard about this historical park, where several Civil War major battles occured. Thus, I had a huge expectation on what to see and to experience in this park. Spring was on the air, and the park was packed with people. According to the park ranger, this wasn't busy at all compared to later in the spring/summer. Riight, so I made a mental note not to visit Kennesaw during that time. We climbed up the Kennesaw Mountain peak, one mile off the Visitor Center. We passed by many different kinds of people, starting from the typical old tourist couple with huge cameras hanging off their necks, crying baby in a stroller pushed up the hill by its obese mom, 7 year-old kid playing 20 questions with his dad, and some young backpack adventurers eager to ... read more