So last night I was REALLY tired, so I didn't put any of the fun part of the day in my post. We started listening to Dead as a Doornail, by Charlain Harris. It is one of the books that was made into the HBO special, True Blood. So we stop listening periodically to discuss, what happens next etc. We started out pretty well, we did miss an exit in NYC trying to get to the George Washington Bridge and took a detour though the Bronx. As is common in NYC it only took us about 3 minutes to see something unusual. We saw a full size pick-up truck painted with murals and it had flashing lights. In the bed of the truck was a tow bar and it had an old beat up car attached to the back. I wonder if it wasn't a repo truck. I wanted a picture, but it was gone before I even could reach my camera!
For today we are going to get as far as we can, mapquest says 12 hours to Florida, so who knows we might make it there today! I think we are going to finish our book and start Janet Evonavich, Sixteen (its so new I don't even know the whole title!)
I am hoping to find a book or listing of "road side" attractions to follow us the rest of the trip. Anyone have any ideas? I want to know where things like the worlds largest ball of yard are, I bet Tony might enjoy the worlds biggest roll of duct tape or something!
Here are a few places in GA if you are anywhere close: here is the website I got this from.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.roadsideamerica.com/location/ga
Notable places we've visited or heard about.
Ashburn: World's Largest Peanut
Athens: World's Only Double-barreled Cannon [tips]
Athens: Tree That Owns Itself [tips]
Atlanta: Cyclorama [tips]
Atlanta: Giant Leaping Fish
Atlanta: National Museum of Patriotism
Atlanta: New World of Coca-Cola
Atlanta: The Varsity [tips]
Augusta: Cursed Pillar [tips]
Augusta: James Brown Statue
Buena Vista: Pasaquan: St. EOM's Folk Art
Cleveland: Cabbage Patch Doll Births
Columbus: Grave of Inventor of Coca Cola
Columbus: Kadie the Cow
Cordele: Confederate Missile
Cornelia: World's Largest Apple
Cornelia: Everything Elvis [tips]
Cumming: Gravity Hill [tips]
Eastman: Site of Original Stuckeys [tips]
Eatonton: Uncle Remus Museum
Elberton: Dutchy, Yankee Reb [tips]
Fort Benning: Calculator the Dog Monument
Fort Benning: Hitler Head Trash Can, National Infantry Museum
Hartwell: Center of the World
Juliette: Fried Green Tomatoes Cafe [tips]
Leslie: Georgia Rural Telephone Museum
Lookout Mountain: Rock City
Lumpkin: Little Grand Canyon
Marietta: Big Chicken
McRae: Statue of Liberty
Nuberg: Georgia Guidestones
Plains: Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue
Savannah: World Globe Storage Tank [tips]
South Newport: Tiny Church [tips]
Statesboro: Tick Museum [tips]
Summerville: Rev. Finster's Paradise Gardens [tips]
Waycross: Petrified Dog in a Tree [tips]
Awesome! We will check this web page out before we hit the road again! I am sure we will come across a lot more roadside attractions!
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