Took the Long Way Home Today

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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.

 

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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.

 

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Here's a closeup of one of those seals, I think that there are three or four and they all are marked alike.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

[Whisperingwinds]

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

 

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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.

 

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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...