Blogs from Georgia, United States, North America - page 83

Posted by: Onaxthiel: Gatorgatorgator... I'm taking a day off/giving Obfuscator a day off from typing today, as I felt like writing again. It must be something like three weeks since the last time I wrote. Anyhow, we started our morning in Laura Walker state park, right outside the Okefenokee swamp. This region of the country is foggy virtually every morning, a fact I remember all too well from when I was stationed in Savannah and had algae growing on my car due to the constant morning mists. Being beside a swamp did nothing to help alleviate the grey. Our plan for the day was to head into a park we had heard about in the area that ran boat tours and supposedly had very good facilities. I think I wasn't really prepared for how well laid ... read more

Posted by Onaxthiel: It's been a while since I last posted, and I needed a break after the last two days of driving. Since we found out about the chance to see a shuttle launch, we decided that driving across half the south would be a good idea. It is kind of a twenty first century march to the sea, but with much less killing and a bit less burning. Particularly since the south east of the US is in a sever drought right now and the state parks think that one spark from a camp fire will cause their entire state to explode like a car load of villainous mooks in a Hollywood action flick. There really isn't a good reason to disallow burning at Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. They disallow burning ... read more

Decided there was just about enough to keep me occupied in Savannah for 2 full days, so made my stop here for 3 nights. Had a much less eventful bus journey into toen today, one that took about half an hour less than yesterday. My first port of call was one of Savannah's many historic houses, Davenport House, built in around 1815, but renovated around 35 years ago. Being non peake season for tourists, I had my own personal tour guide who showed me round the house, and gave an insight into the way of life in that era. Following this tour, I stopped for some lunch at a bakery recommended by the Lonely Planet, which turned out to be great apart from the vast amount of olives in the food. Then I wandered over to ... read more

Les parents de JM sont venus nous rendre visite pour 2 semaines. Depuis qu'ils sont là, on peut dire que les journées sont bien remplies ! En plus, le beau temps les accompagne depuis le début ce qui nous permet de faire beaucoup d'activités en extérieur. Sur les photos donc, des promenades, une visite à Stone Mountains Park (déjà en déco de Noël) et l'unique photo prise lors d'un rendez-vous gospel à Atlanta. Dommage, les tenues et les expressions des gens venus assister à la messe valaient bien quelques photos mais on m'a demandé de ranger mon appareil alors que la cérémonie n'avait pas encore commencé :( Aussi, les parents ont visité le monde de coca-cola et le jardin botanique d'Atlanta. ... read more

Dernières photos des petits moments passés en famille la semaine dernière. Derniers rayons de soleil avant l'avion et les aurevoirs pour de longues semaines encore....... read more