Posted in Museums and Attractions on Jun 1st, 2010
Hillside Orchard Farms and Country Store
Tiger, GA
(706) 782-4995
It’s time to visit Hillside Orchard Farm and Country Store! I absolutely love places like this and so does my family. There’s plenty of outside activities and places you can duck inside for some A/C when the sun gets to be too much.
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Posted in Museums and Attractions on Apr 30th, 2010
John C. Campbell Folk School – Brasstown, NC
1-800.FOLK.SCH (365.5724)
We are a traveling family. We love to get into the car on a dark early morning (leaving when it’s dark makes us feel like we’re truckers) and just have a plan of where we will stay, but not necessarily what we will do. However, this time, [...]
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Along the Southern Highroads Trail, you don’t have to venture far into South Carolina to find natural beauty. When you drive through SC, there are many available places to pull over to see the scenic views, and even more opportunities to pull over to see natural beauty. Let me provide you some examples:
Stumphouse Tunnel – [...]
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Posted in Events, Museums and Attractions on May 10th, 2009
The Rabun County Christian Home Educators host their 2nd Annual Living History Days at the Foxfire Museum in Mountain City, GA. Held once a year in April, this event is to show visitors the life and culture of Appalachia people during the 1800s. Very true to form.. everyone is dressed in period costume, cooking in [...]
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Posted in Museums and Attractions on May 3rd, 2009
The term “foxfire” is a name commonly applied to several species of bioluminescent fungi that grow on rotting wood in damp forests. These fungi typically produce a dim blue-green glow that can be seen only in dark, starlit areas, away from any artificial lights or moonlight.
However, if you travel on the Southern Highroads Trail, you [...]
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