I will freely admit that lately, I’ve let content here on Caroline in the City slide. I’ve had a wealth of content and ideas for This Is My South and so much that I barely have time to write and schedule them all. But finding where my travels fit into the theme here is becoming more and more difficult.
Then there’s the fact that I’ve been traveling for almost three months straight with a week or two in between and am typing this from a hostel in Montreal after TBEX. It’s getting fairly exhausting and I’m looking forward to staying in one place, albeit working, for the rest of the summer.
One benefit to these extended travels is that it allowed be to see a lot of my home state, Georgia, including many places I had never been before. The first trip was my press trip to St. Simon’s Island, a place I’ve known and loved for many years, but had never stayed at the King and Prince Resort, an island icon.
Next up was the Antebellum Trail, which promotes pre-Civil War architecture between Athens and Macon. Other parts of the world can get excited about structures from the 1600s, but the war destroyed most of central Georgia. The few homes and buildings left are worth visiting. And of course, there’s plenty to see outside of the Civil War history.
I got to spend a few days with my sister Rachel at the University of Georgia in Athens while wandering through Watkinsville. I spent a night in Madison and Eatonton before meeting up with my friend Erin at her school in Milledgeville. And I was pleasantly surprised with Macon, shown to me by my oldest friend Matt, a med student there.
I went all the way through Florida before going on yet another Georgia press trip, this time organized by the state and hosted by the Lake Country, which includes Eatonton, Greensboro, Milledgeville and Madison, some places I’d recently visited. I got to stay at a snazzy lake resort and explore the surrounding areas.
What followed was the booziest press trip I’ve ever been on, in which I toured wineries and moonshine distilleries for four days straight. I knew north Georgia had a wine country, but didn’t realize just how extensive it was until I could no longer see straight, let alone tell the difference between chardonnay and pinot grigio, red and white, water and wine.
Hopefully I will go into more detail about all of these random Georgia landmarks over on TIMS at some point, specifically the Allman Brothers Museum and literary landmarks like the Uncle Remus Museum and the Flannery O’Connor farm. I promise to do better soon, but until then I hope you enjoy these snapshots of my state.
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