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RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 10:49:32 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Thanks for all the wonderful replies.  And as you can tell Pat and I both are proud of the part of the country we live in, the South. Cornbread, grits , and Southern Pride. Cobalt, I've always loved those back country roads.  People who only travel the main roads miss so much. And there is so much to see in this great country we live in. John, Hey man, glad that piece did so well.  Like my granny used to say let Bygones be bygones.  Like it never happened. Hey Anna, I'm just getting into looking for bottles in creeks. You just can't hop into the water here.  You got to make sure you're not in  a 'gator hole or snake den. Labs are lovers and not fighters.  That's what makes them good pets.  Harley's big and has a bad bark, but he would actually lick an intruder to death. Georgia Peach, I Live below Augusta on US 1.  I work in Louisville, and that's pronunced "Lewisville" not "Louisville" by the folks here.  First permanent capital in Georgia. Thanks Pat, Don't know where the next trip will lead. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to OsiaBoyce) Post #: 41

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 10:55:29 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline I forgot to tell you folks about the bell at the slave market.  Anyway, if I remember correctly, the bell was made in France and was headed to America for a French Convent or something.  It was stolen by Piarates and sold and wound up here.  Anyway here a pic of the bell.  This things been stolen several times.  They now have it mounted in cement. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 42

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 10:57:26 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Here's a closeup of one of those seals, I think that there are three or four and they all are marked alike. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 43

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 11:01:06 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline I'm running short on time today, so let's take a short trip to my favorite digging spot. I usually don't take people but today I'll make an exception. You go first and I'll be right behind you.  Watch your step, them snakes are crawling this time of year. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 44

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 11:05:19 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Yep, that's the picture I promised of the Kudzu in full growth. Here's the same spot with the leaves killed back after a hard  frost. This is definately a winter dig spot. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 45

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 11:18:44 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline How many of you folks like Ghost stories?  Well lets ride out to the ol  Haunted Mansion.  If I recall correctly this was once an orphanage.  It's located outside of town all by its lonesome.  Story goes that if a child misbehaved they were put up in a room in the attic.  Seems like they kept this one little feller up there a lot of the time.  He would lite a candle at night and put it in the window , hoping someone would come by and rescue him.  Story is that he died in his attic room.  They say you can see his little light some nights.  And people who have lived there say you can hear him crying at night. But you know how ghost stories are, and yeas I've seen the light when no is living there.  Place changes hands quite often.  Hmmm, wonder why. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 46

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 11:30:24 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 3876 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Those scuppernogs (SP?) look like awful big grapes.  Do they also grow wild?  I remember hearing of muskidines (sp?) in Tennessee, supposedly really big wild grapes.  The walkway looks great, I'll bet some unique plants grow there.  We live on the edge of survival for cypress.  There is some or used to be by the Chesapeake bay.  I tryed planting some little ones one time but 30 miles North up barely into PA where I live is way colder (cold valley) and they didn't make it.  I might try again.  We live in a very diversified area and there are over 40 species of trees that grow in my woods. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to logueb) Post #: 47

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 11:58:26 AM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 210 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline Thank you for sharing.....I loved the trees... A few years back I lived in Georgia. Many things are there for the finding. I miss it. After all, there are revenewers in them thar hills .lol which means lots of bottles too! -ww (in reply to logueb) Post #: 48

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 12:55:48 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Yea WW know all about them revoneers.  I would love to get some pics of those busted up stills I saw in the woods as a kid. Hey Cobalt, Hope this aerial pic helps show the carolina bay.  You will notice the difference that  the color of the canopy of the carolina bay differs from the surrounding forest in this picture.  That's because of the cypess trees that grow in the wet area of the bay.  They are changing colors and begining to go "bald". Also note that the walkway can be seen from the areial image.  Neat. And yes , the carolina bay has its own unique eco system.  About halfway out, when the bay is full of water, you would think that you were in the Okeefenokee Swamp. The wild grapes around here are called Bullises, or muscadine grapes.  I'll try to get you a pic. Attachment (1) < Message edited by logueb -- 8/25/2007 12:59:12 PM > _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 49

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 8:37:59 PM    tigue710 Posts: 3883 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut - nor cal Status: offline cool...  I spent 10 years of my life constantly traveling, never stayed anywhere longer then a couple mounths.  These rides are nice, and make me kinda home sick, but I guess it would be more van sick!  I did love the south while I was through there all the times I was... (in reply to logueb) Post #: 50

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 8:40:53 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 10975 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: online AAHHHH its nice here mabey I should hang around this thread awhile  the lurker thread is getting on my nerves  rick _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures.(New look) Also dig story's I wrote, published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to logueb) Post #: 51

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/25/2007 9:41:56 PM    jwschaeffer Posts: 143 Joined: 9/4/2006 From: Port Carbon, PA Status: offline Buster, I went to engineer school in Georgia...I've been hooked to sweet tea ever since. Again ..awesome pics thanks for sharing! _____________________________ John (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 52

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/27/2007 8:56:43 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline John, Please tell me it wasn't Georia Tech, that ol arch rival of all of Bulldog Nation..  Anyway, ever had a good cold glass of iced tea southern style ?  This is is the way we fix it when we're heading to the fields.  In a mason jar, put it in a sugar sack ( they were thick and double walled).  Enjoy. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to jwschaeffer) Post #: 53

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/27/2007 9:36:56 AM    jwschaeffer Posts: 143 Joined: 9/4/2006 From: Port Carbon, PA Status: offline Buster, I have had some excellent sweet tea...but never in a mason jar...I'm sure that would be very refreshing on a hot day in the fields. No I didn't go to Georgia Tech, I worked as a conductor, and went to Norfolk Southern's engineer school...cho cho u. _____________________________ John (in reply to logueb) Post #: 54

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/27/2007 10:02:45 AM    towhead Posts: 2615 Joined: 12/31/2004 From: MINNESOTA Status: offline Very nice!  ....and beautiful dog!   ....and scuppernongs??? (in reply to jwschaeffer) Post #: 55

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/27/2007 12:16:26 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Thanks Julie, And I'll tell Harley.  You mean you have never had Scuppernongs, or Bullises ? John, I'm very familiar with Norfork Southern.  Walmart truck  got cut in half last week in Bartow by a Northfork Southern.  Toothpaste, shampoo, and stuff everywhere.  Luckily nobody was hurt. < Message edited by logueb -- 8/27/2007 12:20:25 PM > _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to towhead) Post #: 56

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 8:42:39 AM    towhead Posts: 2615 Joined: 12/31/2004 From: MINNESOTA Status: offline Yes, do tell Harley!  (I had a Yellow one just like him) And nope, never heard of Scuppernongs  or Bullises.... < Message edited by towhead -- 8/28/2007 8:43:33 AM > (in reply to logueb) Post #: 57

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 8:54:55 AM    woody Posts: 3639 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline What are scuppernongs??? Are they like a grape or something? _____________________________ Woody (in reply to towhead) Post #: 58

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:11:39 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Well, Yall never heard of Scuppernongs or Bullises.  The Scuppernongs are cultivated varites of the Muscadine grapes.  They usually are bronze colored when ripe anad are like a white grape, but are larger and are very sweet.  The Bullis is a dark form of the Muscadine grape and they grow wild.  I have a large natural area of my yard where the Bullises grow wild.  They will grow up into trees and restrict the tree's growth eventually killing smaller weaker trees.  here's a pic of a bullis vine in a pine tree. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to woody) Post #: 59

RE: Took the Long Way Home Today - 8/28/2007 11:13:12 AM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Here's a closeup of the vines with the bullises on them. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 60

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