I realized yesterday that I never put up our Georgia bucket list. When we moved to Colorado, I decided to make a bucket list of things to do while we lived there. Life happened (Mac was gone basically every month while I did my Master’s on the weekends), so we weren’t able to cross everything…
Georgia
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
We headed out to our last stop during our weekend in Chattanooga: the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The Battle of Chickamauga was fought in 1863 and was the first battle in the state of Georgia. We started off at the smaller park on top of Lookout Mountain. Address and Location You’ll find Point…
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Oktoberfest in Helen, Georgia
Oh, wait? A blog post that’s months late? Who am I? In my continuing mission to see all of the things in the places we live, Mac and I trekked about three hours into North Georgia to experience Oktoberfest in Helen, Georgia. Helen, a Bavarian-inspired village, is home to the world’s longest Oktoberfest. It’s a…
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Missing the Masters
The Masters. The quintessential American golf tournament. Having lived in Augusta, I have seen how big the Masters is in everyday life, without living there during the spring. Lots of people have and use Masters merchandise all year round. A fun trip for out of town guests is to drive down Washington Road the see…
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Southern fall
So I went up to Maryland for a wedding. The wedding wrapped up around 11 pm, so we headed outside for the bride and groom send-off. Y’all, it was cold. Like 55 degrees cold. You might laugh at me like my friends did, but I did fly up from Georgia where the high that day was…
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Apartment living
Now that we’ve been in Augusta a few months, we’ve had some time to adjust to living in a 3 bedroom apartment. Things I like The general size: we didn’t need a 5 bedroom house. It was a lot of space we couldn’t fill up or use. Our apartment is a nice size for us, and…