Category: travel
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Week in Blue Ridge
Day 1 We left home around 10 am. We stopped in East Ellijay at a BBQ spot, Pooles BBQ, to have lunch and then we headed to Ingles to get some groceries. We arrived to the cabin right at check-in time (4:00 pm). We went to check out the house and all the bed arrangements […]
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Caribbean Cruise
Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas Day 0 – The Day Before We all got our negative Covid test results and celebrated Isabel’s 20th birthday. Of course, I had to do a double check everything we had packed; making sure we had Covid vaccine cards, passport and Covid test results as well as all other […]
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College Graduations X 3!!
So the last 9 days or so has been a whirlwind. It all started on 6 May 22 when we loaded up the car and headed to the AirBnB in Dahlonega. Baylee was up first to graduate on 7 May 22. We hosted breakfast for the family that was in town from Oklahoma and then […]
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Saturday explorations
This morning started very early at 4:30 am to head out by 5:00 for my hubby’s volleyball tournament. We arrived at the venue by 7:30 and I was headed to Sweetwater Creek State Park. I arrived and was ready to hike by about 8:00. Sweetwater Creek State Park is located at 1750 Mount Vernon RoadLithia […]
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Indoor Skydiving
Since the kids are on spring break, we decided to take most of them indoor skydiving. We want to do the real thing too, but figured this was a natural stage of progression. We headed to iFLY in Atlanta. IFLY Atlanta is located at 2778 Cobb Pkwy SEAtlanta, GA 30080 You have to arrive 15 […]
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Saturday Explorations
Today I started the day at Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin Georgia. It is located at 8930 Canyon RoadLumpkin, GA 31815 I hiked the 7 mile Backcountry Trail (red blaze). The red blaze ends and you pick up on the Canyon Loop Trail (white blaze). According to Georgia State Parks Website “Backcountry Trail 7 […]
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Massee Lane Gardens
If you’re ever near Ft Valley Georgia, in February especially, you can not miss the Camellias in bloom at Massee Lane Gardens! I visited there yesterday and there were so many varieties. It was nice to get outside for a while too. They were also having a plant sale yesterday. Massee Lane Gardens is located […]
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Weekend Explorations – Dalton Georgia
It’s volleyball season, so crazy weekend schedules. After work Friday, we headed out to Dalton. Dalton is about 3 1/2 hours away, so too far to drive there Saturday morning. We arrived to the hotel late because traffic in Atlanta was horrendous as usual. Saturday morning, we woke up and I dropped my hubby off […]
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Explorations in Roswell Georgia
It’s volleyball season so we’re back to crazy eventful Saturdays. We were up at 0345 to leave by 0430. When we left it was snowing a little here in Middle Georgia!! We made it to Roswell to the volleyball venue by 0645 and I was headed to my first stop of the day by 0655. […]