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Archive for November, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted: November 30th, 2009 by Courtney

We arrived in Macon, Georgia on Wednesday before Thanksgiving and spent some time visiting the sites, including the Hay House and Ocmulgee National Monument.  The Hay House is one of Macon’s more beautiful mansions and now a house museum.  We learned that the owners went on a three year honeymoon in Europe.  Sounds nice. The […]

Georgia On My Mind

Posted: November 24th, 2009 by Scott

We got to Savannah in the afternoon but it was raining so hard we decided to relax in the room for a bit. The rain stopped in the early evening so we decided to head out and see what there was close. We found a cemetery with signs of famous historic figures. One caught our […]

Hilton Head Island

Posted: November 22nd, 2009 by Courtney

After leaving Charleston, we stopped at the Angel Oak, which is a 1,500 year old live oak tree.  The oldest tree this side of the Mississippi, so they tell us.  And it was pretty impressive. We also made a stop for lunch in the town of Beaufort.  It was a cute little town with old […]