Month: September 2016
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Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is such a pretty and peaceful place. It’s hard to believe that it sits so close to town. Once you cross the first bridge onto the trails its like you step into another world. My daughter and I arrived just as they opened on a…
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Gumbo Limbo Nature Center – Boca Raton, Florida
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center is located in Boca Raton, Florida and gets its name from one of the tree species that is located within the park, the Gumbo Limbo Tree (Bursera simaruba), otherwise known as the “tourist tree” because of its red peeling bark. The center was founded in 1984,…
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Hershey, Pennsylvania
How do you resist the lure of a town whose streetlights are shaped like Hershey’s kisses? The answer, of course, is that you don’t. I’ve driven through Hershey, PA four times, and I’ve managed not to stop exactly once. While the town of Hershey has a lot to offer in…
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Desoto Falls Recreation Area – Cleveland, Georgia
For the first time in ages, I camped out. I actually agreed to the whole tent, cooler and camp fire experience. I can’t remember the last time I went camping. I’m sure it was when my children were very young. I was really expecting this to be an unpleasant experience…
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Our Visit to Spectre – Jackson Lake Island
There’s a little-known film-maker named Tim Burton. I’m sure you’ve never seen any of his movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, or Edward Scissorhands. One of his totally unpopular movies, Big Fish, was filmed in various locations across the state of Alabama. In the spring, we took a trip…
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A Day on Jekyll Island
Just off of the mainland on the coast of Georgia, there’s a little island that used to be a hunting club for the richest of the rich. Now it’s a beautiful little beach island called Jekyll Island. On my trip through the Georgia coast, I stopped onto this island to…
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Toccoa River Swinging Bridge – Blue Ridge, Georgia
In June of this year my husband and I made arrangements to meet a few family members in North Georgia. The Toccoa River Swinging Bridge was our first stop. The road sign leading to the bridge is fairly easy to see from the highway. The road leading down to the…
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