Tag: Georgia
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Five Favorites: The Weird, The Magical, & The Unexplained
Some of the most memorable places aren’t the ones you plan for. They’re the ones that feel a little unexpected. A little strange. The kind of places that make you pause and wonder—what is the story here? Over the years, I’ve found that some of my favorite travel experiences fall into that category. Not the…
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From Races to Blueberries- A Month of Summer Fun {Georgia & Tennessee}
This past month has been filled with the most unexpected mix of adventures—some planned, some stumbled into, and all of them memorable in their own way. On their own, each outing would have made for a great day, but together they tell a story of a summer that has been wonderfully unpredictable. This kind of…
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Lanterns & Pandas at IllumiNights-Zoo Atlanta {Georgia}
After experiencing the Chinese lantern festival at the Nashville Zoo the year before, we already knew how magical these nighttime lantern events could feel. So while we were visiting the Atlanta area and discovered that Zoo Atlanta hosted its own lantern festival called IllumiNights at Zoo Atlanta, we immediately added it to our plans. The…
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A Winter Hike at Tallulah Gorge State Park {Georgia}
We ended the year with a short trip to the mountains north of Atlanta, joined by my mom and one of my college friends for a visit to Tallulah Gorge State Park—one of the most beloved outdoor destinations in the state. The park had appeared in several of our favorite travel books over the years,…
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A Collection of Holiday Delights
We’ve been hitting the festivities of the season pretty hard for the last few weeks. Our days have been busy with meeting up with family and friends, holiday parties at work and school, and trying to cram in all the festive frivolity we can. Even though we’ve been busy, I have loved this time and…
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A Day in Downtown Atlanta {Georgia}
After two years of canceled trips we are on our way to Europe. Our flight though is out of the Atlanta airport so we decided to drive down to Atlanta the day before and spend the night then spend all day touring around the city before our flight. The goal is to be good and…
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Footprints & Sightings at the Expedition Bigfoot: Sasquatch Museum {Georgia}
My daughter and I were driving back from a friends house north of Atlanta and we were right at that point in the drive that we needed a break from the car to get up and stretch our legs. That’s when I happened to notice the sign for the Expedition Bigfoot: Sasquatch Museum. I’ll never…
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Stoney Paths of Rock City Gardens {Georgia}
Spring has sprung which means you can usually find us out walking somewhere finding blue skies and fresh air. And with the flowers starting to pop out of the ground, we decided that the best place to enjoy all of this springtime happiness was at Rock City Gardens. We have been to Rock City a…
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Winter Down at the Chattahoochee River {Georgia}
Driving home from a friends house near Atlanta this weekend and the radio comes on with Alan Jackson singing about going down yonder on the Chattahoochee. This song could be on the soundtrack of my life for all the time I heard it since I was a kid. (If you haven’t heard this song you…
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Overlook Trail- Cloudland Canyon State Park {Georgia}
After spending the morning at Rock City Garden, we decided to end our visit to the Lookout Mountain area with a visit to Cloudland Canyon State Park. This is a state park that I have wanted to visit for almost a year and I seem to constantly offer it as a suggestion for our weekend…