One Of 50 Great Scenic Drives...Test Run for Spring
Jan 16, 2019 05:43:36 #
I came across a booklet called 50 Great Scenic Drives, by National Geographic Traveler, from 1994.
I checked out one for Georgia. It starts in Dahlonega....the home of the first major gold rush in the nation, starting in 1828. I made it to Blairsville....before heading home.
This was sort of a test run for Spring...when the leaves return.
For this trip I used my cell phone and the Tamron 18-400.
I checked out one for Georgia. It starts in Dahlonega....the home of the first major gold rush in the nation, starting in 1828. I made it to Blairsville....before heading home.
This was sort of a test run for Spring...when the leaves return.
For this trip I used my cell phone and the Tamron 18-400.
Blairsville.....Taken With Cell Phone
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Blairsville.....Taken With Tamron 18-400
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Dahlonega, University Of North Georgia...Tamron 18-400
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Jan 16, 2019 05:53:07 #
Jan 16, 2019 06:59:09 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
I have been to Georgia. And many of the buildings look exactly as your photos depicted. Old buildings that are Court Houses, where you can be convicted of a crime, get married by the County Justice Of The Peace. Pay your Property Taxes, etc. A lot of history in those old buildings. And, of course churches and Universities.
Jan 16, 2019 06:59:15 #
Jan 16, 2019 07:04:47 #
Jan 16, 2019 07:14:04 #
Jan 16, 2019 07:46:37 #
Dahlonega Ga. lovely little town, that really knows how to decorate at Christmas time. The gold tower can be seen from almost anywhere in town.
Jan 16, 2019 07:52:57 #
Jan 16, 2019 08:51:51 #
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Jan 17, 2019 08:39:26 #
Abrown1966 wrote:
Dahlonega Ga. lovely little town, that really knows how to decorate at Christmas time. The gold tower can be seen from almost anywhere in town.
Like the dome of the capital building in Atlanta, that is actual gold (leaf) from the mines in Dahlonega, the site of the second gold rush in the Americas.
Wonder if the shops are still as picturesque as they were thirty years ago.
(Suggestion: Be on the lookout for unusual messages on the mobile signs in front of some of the churches. They can be very funny and punny.)
Jan 17, 2019 09:10:04 #
Stephan G wrote:
Like the dome of the capital building in Atlanta, that is actual gold (leaf) from the mines in Dahlonega, the site of the second gold rush in the Americas.
Wonder if the shops are still as picturesque as they were thirty years ago.
(Suggestion: Be on the lookout for unusual messages on the mobile signs in front of some of the churches. They can be very funny and punny.)
Wonder if the shops are still as picturesque as they were thirty years ago.
(Suggestion: Be on the lookout for unusual messages on the mobile signs in front of some of the churches. They can be very funny and punny.)
Thank you for the information. I found this to be a charming little town....attached are 2 cell phone panos of some of the shops.
Jan 17, 2019 09:51:14 #
deanfl wrote:
Thank you for the information. I found this to be a charming little town....attached are 2 cell phone panos of some of the shops.
Brought back some memories. There is (maybe now "was") an eatery that boasted a down home family style eating. Long tables at which everyone sat down, passing up and down the dishes of the vittles to each other. A great way to get to know strangers that became friends rather quickly. One of their deserts was 'Peaches and Cream'. The first couple of times, the peaches were fresh and the cream ice-cold. The last time we were there few years back, the peaches were canned and the cream refridge cool. The result of 'popularity'. We had to get in line to get in.
Thanks for sharing.
Jan 17, 2019 13:57:00 #
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