Georgia 2023 – Louise and Brian McLeod Travel Blog

The Quilt is finished

The quilt I put together before the Georgia trip is now finished. Most of it I hand quilted during the trip. I purchased the binding in one of the fabric shops along the way.

Day 15: Limestone Ministries (Buchanan, VA) to home

Our last day is all on the road, deadheading home on I81 for most of it. Packup was a little different this morning as a result to make it easier to unload once we get home. This is a 4-state, 2 driver day, VA, WV, MD, PA. It’s a beautiful morning, sunny and cloudless withContinue reading “Day 15: Limestone Ministries (Buchanan, VA) to home”

Day 14: Blue Ridge Parkway to Limestone Ministeries, VA

We decided to get up and leave early so we could enjoy breakfast somewhere along the Parkway. Without breakfast and dishes to do, time to get up, dress and pack up… 30 minutes. It is cloudy and cool this morning. There is a large storm system south of us. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road inContinue reading “Day 14: Blue Ridge Parkway to Limestone Ministeries, VA”

Day 13: FD Roosevelt State Park, GA to Asheville East KOA, Nc

Our destination for tonight indicates that we are on our way north to home on Tuesday. It’s a gorgeous morning after a coolish night. Temperatures are in the 40s. Tshirts and capris are packed away and back to long pants and plaid shirts. We tested the heater this morning. We were cleaned up, packed upContinue reading “Day 13: FD Roosevelt State Park, GA to Asheville East KOA, Nc”

Day 12: Kolomoki Mounds State park to FD Roosevelt State Park

Cloudy this morning but no rain… yet. Today we leave the flat topography of southern Georgia and head into hillier more treed areas passing peanut farms, some wheat fields and pecan orchards. The pecans are still bare from winter, some just barely showing spring foliage. Also trying to update several days of my blog asContinue reading “Day 12: Kolomoki Mounds State park to FD Roosevelt State Park”

Day 11: Kolomoki Mounds

The Kolomoki Mounds is one of the largest and earliest Woodland period earthwork mound complexes in the Southeastern United States and is the largest in Georgia. Constructed from 350CE to 600CE, the mound complex is located in southwest Georgia, in present-day Early County near the Chattahoochee River. In the early millennium of the Common Era, Kolomoki, with its surrounding villages, Native American burial mounds, andContinue reading “Day 11: Kolomoki Mounds”

Day 10: Okefenokee Swamp to Kolomoki Mounds historical state park

Gorgeous 17 mile drive out of Okefenokee, sunny and warm. This time we are heading west along the Georgia side of the Florida panhandle north of Tallahassee. Great blue herons and egrets are feeding in the swampy ‘ditches’ along the road. We stopped in the city of Valdosta where we found a quilt shop forContinue reading “Day 10: Okefenokee Swamp to Kolomoki Mounds historical state park”

Day 8 and 9: Okefenokee Swamp

We had no network in this campsite and wifi only at the ranger station. We have been here before so I will refer you to previous blog posts about this park and ecological references. Okefenokee Swamp, Stephen C. Foster State Park, February 2022.https://weegtravel.blog/2022/02/26/day-8-okefenokee-swamp-stephen-foster-state-park/ We are here 1 year and 1 month later than last year.Continue reading “Day 8 and 9: Okefenokee Swamp”

Day 7: Blythe Island to the Okefenokee Swamp

This trip takes us off grid for both network and wifi for the next 3 days unless we are at the ranger station. I will post as I can. We have been here before on any case in 2022. Until later… The Folkston Funnel, Folkston, GA The Folkston Funnel is a double track that serves asContinue reading “Day 7: Blythe Island to the Okefenokee Swamp”

Day 6: Blythe Island park

We stayed in this campground twice on the 2022 trip to Georgia so I dont have a lot to add from last year. We have a lovely campsite overlooking the lake. We took the day off from sightseeing and spent the day in camp. Cleaning up and drying off from the storm the night before,Continue reading “Day 6: Blythe Island park”