Blogs from Georgia, United States, North America - page 106

Waar was ik gebleven? Buffalo. Dat is alweer n tijd geleden. Nou, vanaf daar was ik dus naar Chicago gegaan. Erg mooie stad, met mooie binnenstad en ook de wijk waar m'n hostel was, Lincon Park, was erg mooi. Ik ben daar in de Sears Tower geweest. Het 1-na-hoogste gebouw van de wereld. En ik ben in het holografie museum geweest met de grootste collectie hologrammen ter wereld. En toen ben ik nog eens gaan kijken naar dat vervoeren van auto's. Eerst dacht ik dat ze niks geschikt hadden, maar toen kwam ik erachter dat Raleigh, North Carolina wel in de richting lag die ik op wou gaan. Dus ik naar hun kantoor, die in de buurt was. En uiteindelijk mocht ik de auto vervoeren, wat betekende dat ik toch nog zou auto rijden in Amerika. ... read more

On the morning of Sunday, November 24, I arrived at the gates of Fort Benning for the annual School of the Americas protest to find that it was true, post-9/11, “everything had changed.” Several hundred people were standing in line, stamping their feet in the frosty air, waiting to be searched at a police checkpoint that would do the the occupiers of Baghdad and the Gaza Strip proud. Although there had not been a single act of violence in the fourteen years of SOA Watch gatherings at Fort Benning, the Columbus Police Department and Muscogee Sheriff’s Department still felt the need to “protect demonstrators from demonstrators.” While demonstrators were not allowed to carry in rope, bungee cords or PVC piping, the police were conspicuously armed with clubs, guns and pepper spray. If the holstered gas masks ... read more

Pine Mountain, 11.21.03 While it without a doubt a joy to wake up to a cold, clear mountain morning and the sight of a crescent moon rising, I’ve never found much patience while waiting for a tent to dry. If a tent is packed away while it is still wet, then mildew is sure to set in, and soon the tent will be worthless. As I woke up at FDR State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia, all I really wanted to do was get into Columbus, Georgia,. Instead I found myself sitting at a concrete picnic table, watching the sun slowly rise over the hills around me. The squirrels were chattering away in the trees, and occasionally running from the odd red tail hawk, while the geese competed with the ducks for scavenging rights in the ... read more

Having procrastinated almost as much as possible today, I’m finally sitting down to write a belated blog (If I had procrastinated as much as possible, I’d still be procrastinating and not writing these words.) I’ve covered almost 400 miles in the last 5 days: 60 miles from Asheville to Brevard, North Carolina, another 60 to Greer, South Carolina, 126 miles to Columbia, South Carolina, 85 miles to Augusta, Georgia, and 55 miles yesterday to Athens Georgia. Even given a month of riding and conditioning, the past week has still been a hard one. Long days in the saddle and almost as long nights spent talking to Quakers have cut into my time to write about my travels. I’ve felt physically and mentally exhausted. And to an extent, I haven'’ felt like there's been much to write ... read more

Mar 14, 1995 *City official name :Stone Mountain *Founded date : *Location :GeorgiaState *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Stone Mountain is suburb of Atlanta. Stone Mountain is famous for the granite dome. It is one of the the world's largest exposed pieces of granite, after El Capitan in Yosemite National Park and Stawamus Chief in British Columbia, and one of the largest monoliths in the world, behind Mount Augustus in Australia and Peña de Bernal in Mexico. At its summit, the elevation is 1683 feet or 513 meters AMSL. It is well-known not only for its geological status, but also for the enormous bas-relief on its north face, the largest bas-relief in the world. Three figures of the Confederate States ... read more