"Live Life Like it's a Vacation": Georgia state of mine!

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Georgia state of mine!

In and around Georgia:

If you'd told me years ago that some day when we were retired we'd live in Georgia, I would have been very surprised, and wondered how and why! But here we are---2018, and on our 2nd location in Georgia and our 3rd year! Why??? We followed our daughter and son in law awaiting our first grandbaby. In Dec. of 2017, they adopted a beautiful baby girl. Now we're smitten.

From May of 2016 until May of 2018, we lived about 40 miles north of Atlanta in Buford. Loved the proximity to Lake Lure and the N. Georgia mountains only being an hour away. I also loved Ivy Creek Nature Preserve which we lived adjacent to---spent many many hours walking around in there. And that there was every store or chain restaurant I could ever want to go to within a couple miles of our apartment. What I didn't love about Buford, was the TRAFFIC!!!! Atlanta traffic some 40 miles away!!!

Then in 2018 our son in law got a promotion and territory in middle-lower Georgia. So we followed them to Perry. We ended up buying a house this time. We really didn't get to experience much of small town middle Georgia. As son as we moved there, hubby started having health problems, so we spent a lot of time driving back up to Atlanta to a specialist. Good thing about that was we usually made it a full day excursion and stopped at places along the way. But Perry seemed to be a nice out of the way location. Didn't find a whole lot to do around there, but did find a few favorite spots---Lanes farm, Massee Gardens, our daughter's pool... .

Now---April of 2019---we're, again, looking to move. This time up to the Marietta, Ga. area just to the NW of downtown Atlanta. The kids didn't like living in the "country", so Josh took another job within Cintas back up in the W. Atlanta area. Now to get our houses sold and find places up that way!

Update---Jan. 2022---we're living in another really nice house that we've purchased in Dallas, Ga. What do I like about Dallas? It's close to hubby's Drs. There are just about every store or restaurant within 10 miles of here. We're in rolling hills with lots of pine trees and beautifully landscaped areas. Lots of fun activities nearby---like Chalktoberfest, free outdoor concerts, Gibbs gardens... . Dislikes? Shortly after we moved here hubby was diagnosed with Glioblastoma and the Covid 19 pandemic hit. So the last 2 years have been rough.

But I thought I'd start a blog of the places we've been to in Georgia.

Perry:
   4-13-19 Perry Dogwood Festival
   3-10-19 Go Fish Education Center
   9-27-18 Perry Art Center
       2018 Georgia National Fair
       6-26-19 Warner Robbins Air Force Base Museum of Aviation

Lake Lanier:
Feb. 26, 2018
March 2, 2018
      Oct. 13, 2017
        June 8, 2017
        April 19, 2017
March 21, 2017
May 31, 2017 - Old Federal Park
        Jan. 31, 2017

Lake Acworth and Lake Allatoona:
         8-12-19

State Botanical Gardens of Georgia:
   10-19-17
3-29-17

Gibbs Gardens: