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Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 11 Feb 25

Last stop in Plains, I promise. It’s easy to see everything in a town that small. Of course, a great deal of it is related to their most famous native son, the 39th President of the United States. Here are a few leftover...

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Relics of a Bygone Era

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 11 Feb 25

When someone reads that Jimmy Carter was one hundred years old when he died in December 2024 you probably think of a long a great life. No doubt, if you’ve read anything about Carter’s philanthropy, volunteer work, and...

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School Days….

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 10 Feb 25

Sorry to bore you with more tales of Plains, Georgia. The interesting thing is that most of the town is considered a national historical park. That’s what one man can do! The old Plains High School, which both Jimmy Carter and...

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Down to Earth

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 10 Feb 25

If you’re old enough to remember Jimmy Carter’s time in the national spotlight as president, you know that a lot of people made light of his rural Georgia accent. He didn’t mind the jokes (the come with the territory), but he...

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More Plain Plains

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 10 Feb 25

Just down the road from the smiling peanut that I showed yesterday sits Maranatha Baptist Church. This church in Plains, Georgia is unremarkable, except for a guy who taught Sunday school there. “That guy” was former president...

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The Smiling Peanut

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 9 Feb 25

Let’s start the trip to Jimmy Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia with a 13-foot tall peanut. Many of you weren’t alive back when Carter ran for president, so you may not know about the caricatures. Because of his toothy...

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Long and Wonderful Day

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 8 Feb 25

I’m about five hours from home. There’s supposed to be heavy rain, possible flooding, and they haven’t ruled out severe weather, in the south this upcoming week, so I’m safer at home. I have lots of tea to keep me warm while I...

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…And Down on the Ground

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 1 May 24

Let’s talk about St. Simons Island for a moment. This is a place that does tourism RIGHT. (And yes, it’s Simons, not Simon’s.) After the tour of the museum and time spent admiring the view at the top of the...

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Up in the Lighthouse…

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 1 May 24

Once a year, it seems, I have to attack my acrophobia (fear of heights) head-on by going someplace way the heck off the ground. If I’m going to do it, I might as well have a good view to look at so I don’t look straight...

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NO Civil War History?? What Am I Doing Here???

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 30 Apr 24

Well, the nerve of some places to have forts that have nothing to do with the Civil War!! That’s where I found myself today: at Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Believe it or...

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Oh, What a Day!!!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 29 Apr 24

Oh, did my little old Civil War history-loving heart sing today!!!! Earlier I mentioned Sherman’s “march to the sea,” and so today I went to where that infamous event ended: Fort McAllister, just outside of Savannah,...

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Lovely Afternoon At the Falls

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 28 Apr 24

They call it High Falls. As my brother said when I sent him a photo, “It doesn’t look very high to me.” Actually, this lovely state park near Jackson, Georgia is named after the long-since defunct town of High...

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Restful Day

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 26 Apr 24

Maybe I’m getting more sensitive (my mother always told me I was “too sensitive”), but the trip to the site of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing yesterday took a lot out of me. I recovered today by spending time at Georgia’s...

red top mountain state park

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Back to Georgia (in Memories)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 14 Oct 23

Since the photo issue has been fixed here, I thought I’d post what I saw while on my quick jaunt last month. Also, I figure that I owe people who dared to listen to Webb Pierce this morning in my “ain’t song” countdown something...

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I’m on Top of the World!!!! (Well, the Top of Georgia)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 21 Sep 23

Check off another bucket list item for me. (And you’ll probably tell me I should get more adventurous items for it! ) At 4,784 feet above sea level, Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the state of Georgia. I...

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Looking Back on Another Fun Trip

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 9 May 23

Today I went to the grocery and replenished the shelves that I left empty because I knew I’d be away for awhile. So, over some tomato slices and a nuked potato I’ll reminisce. I discovered something this past trip: do all the...

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Sherman Marched Here

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 7 May 23

One of the last big battlefields of the Civl War is also one of the last big battlefields I had yet to visit. I saw the sign to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield when I was coming home from Florida, but it was cold and...

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Saluting the POW

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 5 May 23

As I mentioned in the discussion about Camp Sumter, the Andersonville National Historic Site is also home to the National Prisoner of War Museum. It’s a most fitting location, given the field just outside of its walls. When I...

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Andersonville

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 5 May 23

Like the “Hanoi Hilton,” the name “Camp Sumter” was infamous to a prisoner of war. The vast area where the largest Confederate POW camp sat is a National Historic Site now. It’s three in one: the National Cemetery where many...

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The Day in the Canyon

Four Walls @FourWalls (86904) • United States 2 May 23

Back in February I kept a tally of the number of state parks, Chuy’s, and Sonny’s BBQ restaurants I visited. At the moment on this particular jaunt, the score is state parks 2, Chuy’s 2, Sonny’s 1. While at the...

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cloudland canyon state park

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