Fun fact: the Augusta Canal is a partner of the National Park Service. The Discovery Center also has a passport stamp not listed in the NPS Passport. I’m really glad I convinced Mac to visit before we moved. I would have been devastated (okay, slight exaggeration) if I had missed out on a stamp so…
Georgia
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Fort Pulaski National Monument
In our quest to visit (and get stamps from) every National Park Service property, we headed back to Fort Pulaski. We first visited when we went on vacation to Savannah in 2013. Address and Location Fort Pulaski sits about ten miles outside of Savannah on Cockspur Island. You reach it from US 80, and you…
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A day trip to some North Georgia wineries
In our effort to get out more and explore where we live, Mac and I drove a few hours to check out a handful of North Georgia wineries over the weekend. While wine tasting wasn’t on our “official” Georgia bucket list, we both really love wine tasting and wanted to make the most of Virginia…
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Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
Our final stop on our Georgia National Park Service day trip was Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Jimmy Carter hails from Plains, Georgia, about a 30 minute drive from Andersonville. The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site includes Jimmy’s childhood home outside of town, their former high school in town, the historic district, a butterfly trail,…
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Andersonville National Historic Site
Stop number two on our weekend road trip was Andersonville National Historic Site. Andersonville served as the site for the notorious Confederate prison Camp Sumter towards the end of the Civil War. The prison held around 45,000 men, while over 13,000 of them died. Address and Location You’ll find Andersonville National Historic Site at 760…
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Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park
If you weren’t already aware, I am a big fan of National Park Service properties. I am also a proud holder of a National Park passport. So when we decided to go to Tallahassee over Labor Day, I scouted out what National Park properties were on the way. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park sits just…