travel

  • 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…

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  • Our Georgia bucket list

    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…

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  • Rock City and Lookout Mountain

    Since the line for Ruby Falls was way too long, Mac and I headed over to Rock City. Rock City is a park with natural rock formations, waterfalls, and an overlook with a view of seven states. We got there pretty soon after they opened and waited in a short line to buy tickets. When…

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  • The Tennessee Aquarium

    One of the places one our to see list in Chattanooga was the Tennessee Aquarium. I visited the Tennessee Aquarium a few times when the summer camp I went to took trips to Chattanooga. Mac and I love aquariums, so this was right up our alley. We followed our standard protocol and got there right…

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