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08-26-2011, 08:40 AM
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road trip!
heading out this afternoon. going to chattanooga, savannah, and then charleston. just glad that the hurricane won't be where we're heading! back home labor day.
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08-28-2011, 08:42 AM
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just entered ga, heading to savannah via andersonville and kennesaw.
went to chickamauga/chattanooga battlefield, lookout mountain yesterday. amazing views from lookout. the extensive gun collection at c/c was amazing. a couple of them are the only known to exist. battlefield is extensive, the first one dedicated. the veterans from both sides had a lot of input in sharing information and in the placing of monuments, etc. had it not been for thomas, the rock of chicamauga, the next year and a half would have been very much altered, that much more difficult.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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08-28-2011, 06:12 PM
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the walk to the top of kennesaw was a chore, but the views made it worthwhile...tony, however, might disagree! atlanta was 26 miles away, but those buildings were easily seen. can't imagine making that climb in midsummer while clad in wool jacket and pants, carrying a pack, musket, etc.
ate dinner in macon, headed to savannah. spent too long at kennesaw to make andersonville.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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08-29-2011, 08:09 PM
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No shirt, no coat
Take me on a flat boat Dover down to Covington Covington to Louisville Louisville to Henderson Henderson to Smithland Smithland to Memphis Memphis down to Vicksburg Vicksburg to Natchez Going down to Natchez Take me on a flat boat Dover Dam to Covington Covington to Louisville Louisville to Henderson Henderson to ...
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08-30-2011, 10:55 AM
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savannah is beautiful..thankfully hardee ran from sherman rather than fight, and the city taken without a shot. all the homes, live oaks with spanish moss...
spent the day in the city..heading to fort jackson and then tybee island.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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08-30-2011, 12:57 PM
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stopped at fort jackson, and then fort pulaski. tbe latter fort was named for casimir pulaski, a polish count who fought against the brits in the american revolution. the first place lee was assigned after graduating from west point, he elected the site and designed the layout, drainage, etc. got some great
pics of the outer walls, some still have shells embedded from the union bombardment. the supposed impregnable fort was surrendered after thirty hours of shelling. rifled cannon proved the age of brick and mortar forts obsolete. although the fall of the fort didnt lead to the fall of savannah, it did blockade a southern port. on to tybee island.
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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. Abraham Lincoln
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08-30-2011, 02:14 PM
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..just back from driving miss debbie.....took her to check in at the asylum--they approved her for 2 more weeks..it's in willoughby,ohio ---the place where that twilight zone bus.exec. wound up ..you know, he went on that ghost train..anyhoo,stopped at the famous bob evans ranch so she could whizz...more later....
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08-30-2011, 02:46 PM
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..oh, forgot to mention we made another stop at around the e. 131st and miles area.....american negros walk the grounds in a very large majority...now they're mostly fine americans, but some don't exactly worship the ground honkey mothah fucl<ahs walk upon----if ya know what ah mean......i just give them my..."well ya i'm a white mothah fucl<ah in yo 'hood.......so whaddaya gonna do about it.....punk??" look..
...no problem...
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08-30-2011, 10:59 PM
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08-31-2011, 02:58 PM
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09-01-2011, 04:41 PM
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got to charleston midday wednesday. finally got to see my youngest about seven when he finished school for the day.
wandered around old town today, oysters were much better in savannah! meeting eric for dinner. went to fort moultrie, very neat exhibit. knew the original fort was built during the revolution, but i wasnt expecting to see more modern weaponry from ww2.
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09-05-2011, 06:29 PM
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been a rough trip back through the storms, multiple accidents but none looked serious. in la for dinner, and then home.
fort sumter was something, sustained a lot of damage from several bombardments, amazing that anything is left. the cs hunley was something to see, they hope to remove it from being submerged full tme in a few years. three times she went to sea, three times she went down, with only a couple survivors from the second doomed voyage. we drove out to see the angel oak, a massive live oak that is purported to be the oldest living thing east of the mississippi. a great trip...now back to work tomorrow.
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09-05-2011, 07:14 PM
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