Georgia Travel Blogs

Today was one of those days when you look at the itinerary and discover that nearly everything you had planned to see is closed on Sunday. So we got to save quite a few miles in side trips and just go straight south. But sometimes those strange days bring out the strange things in a trip. We were …

My friends were so great to let me stay with them while I sorted through the visa paperwork issues!!  But I was gald and they were too to see me get on the train leaving!! hehe  The train was 30 minutes late leaving and we must have followed a freight train a good bit of the way because w…

I had been planning this little getaway for a few weeks and then I read the news today, oh boy! Tropical Storm Ana was heading towards the island.  Well, Ana fizzled out.  But then came hurricane Bill.   I decided to postpone the trip until the following week.   I kep…

The Georgia Aquarium opened it's doors on November 23, 2005 as an absolutely magnificent gift to the residents of the State of Georgia by Bernie and Billi Marcus and The Marcus Foundation (Bernie is co-founder of The Home Depot).   As a gesture of his appreciation to the citizens of Atlan…

The Okefenokee Swamp is a huge swamp is Southeastern Georgia.  It is home to many animals including thousands of Alligators and hundreds of Black Bears.  The last time I camped here it was freezing cold- about 15 degrees.  Fortunately for this day trip it was in the 60s, and a few an…

This spring had been really crazy for me and I realized that I needed to get out of town to escape the New York weather.  For the past 3 weeks, we had been getting more rain than Seattle and Portland combined and I couldn’t take it anymore.  It was time to take an extended weekend …

We headed out of Beaufort by way of Hwy 170 (Robert Smalls Parkway/Okatie Hwy) which took us over the Broad River.  We then took Hwy 278 westward until we hit I-95.  Why are areas around airports so difficult to navigate?  It took me at least an hour to find our hotel...which aggrava…

2007 Old School Man Bag Travel The Amtrak 92 Silver Star Tampa Florida to  Savannah Georgia round trip cost $84.60. Total travel time 8 hours. The train seats have much more room than an airplane, recline have foot rest.  If you are not in a hurry the train is great!  If you are …

As we stood around waiting for graduation rehearsal to I started to think back at my last 61 days.  I remembered huddled up as close as possible with 15 guys trying to stay warm during the Bayonet Assault course all the way back on March 8.  We were huddled in a group complaining and shak…

This is one of my all-time favorite bands and I consider myself to be a big fan. Not as big that I tour the world to see them live, although I would if I had the finances for it, but I'm a huge collector of their work. They have a big discography and I own a lot, collecting the cds, cd-singles, dvd…

I drove to Atlanta to visit my sister and it snowed!  1-2" of snow in Atlanta!  This only happens about once every 5 years.  People in the city were near panic - do we close schools and businesses?  How do we drive in snow?  Being from the Midwest, I find this amusing. …

Last week's trip down to the great state of Georgia was a very welcomed and relaxing escape from all the everyday activites that have been swirling around my head for the past few months.  Having been back a week, I can say with a bit of regret that none of those issues had taken the liberty t…

We were really excited to visit Savannah as it was only 45 minutes away from Hilton Head. This would turn out to be my favorite city we visited for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. Whoo!! More of the South! Hilton Head was very pretty and full of trees but definitely very very laid back. I d…

After an interesting night with lots of furry visitors we crawled out of bed pretty late. If you call 9 am late. Today we were planning on going to Savannah!!! After a delicious southern breakfast we headed out. Nice change was that neither of us had to drive because Eric (husband of my friend's fr…

Haha as I re-read over the journal entry, I laugh over how hard I tried to write as if I was a film connosier... oh well. I had the fun of a novice, of a care-free kid discovering a new world... ATLFF 365 - Atlanta Film Festival 365 Conversations with moviemakers at Starbucks - 4-6pm. "The Evenin…