Adventures including a visit to, drive thru and/or stay in Georgia
Three Lazy Days for our 1st Stop in Tennessee We’ve enjoyed visiting Chattanooga twice before, both times scurrying to see all that we could see. Not so much, this trip. Lots of time “just hanging out” and a Cave Tour at Racoon Mountain Caverns and Campground, where we’re camped. And Read more
Camping at Stone Mountain Park We camped here because it wasn’t “too far” from the 3 places we really wanted to see north of/in Atlanta. We used our first 3 days for those visits (taking MARTA for our day in Atlanta). Visits to 2 new National Park Sites: Tour 1 Read more
Heading north out of Florida through rural Georgia We stopped first for 4 nights in Americus, Georgia and then continued north for 2 nights in Forsyth, Georgia. Mark got to catch up with another old high school friend, Jim-B, and we spent 3 days… Visiting 2 new National Park Sites Read more
Camping on Jekyll, with a day exploring each island We got to Jekyll Island and set up camp early enough to do a little exploring (only day that wasn’t totally COLD). We checked out the Wanderer Memorial Trail, which tells the story of one of America’s last known slave ships, Read more
Including 3 Georgia State Historic Sites We got to Skidaway State Park (south of Savannah) on Sunday, in time to watch most of the Bronco-Patriots game and all of the Rams-Seahawks game. Now looking forward to the Patriots-Seahawks Superbowl! (And yes, we are all in for a Seahawks win.) Then Read more
Camping near the Alabama/Georgia/Tennessee Border Where we spent 5 days mostly visiting National Park sites. Our first stop was to the tri-state marker, where we took turns standing in 3 states, and 2 times zones at the same time! (so exciting.) That was day 1, enroute to Russell Cave, in Read more
Right off I-95, 1 mile north of Florida We’re camped just outside St. Mary’s, Georgia, the gateway to Cumberland Island, Georgia’s largest and southernmost barrier island. Much of it is a National Park or National Wilderness. And outside of Jacksonville, Florida, only 30 miles south, are 2 more National Parks. Read more
Lizzy Adventure Albums at: February 7-March 5, 2018 March 5-April 2, 2018 Overview Our first longer trip with Lizzy was an escape from the NE Winter. We hightailed it from NJ to Virginia and back, the first & last days…6+ hour days. Gail even took her 1st turns at driving Read more
60th Bday Vacation Album at: October 11–26, 2013 Overview Our 60th Birthday Trip (50th was to Hawaii) was inspired by our January stop in Memphis, on our Christmas X-Country Trip. We took two weeks to visit Civil War Sites across Tennessee and in Vicksburg, Mississippi, with a little time saved Read more