Toured Macon. It has more historic property than any city. There are many fine old homes and some have been kept up beautifully, however it is obvious that there is not enough $ to keep everything spiffy. This is a town that has suffered the decline of tobacco and needs new industry. Property is cheap. We have seen many examples of how towns decline after the business base leaves.

Wanted to mention a funny thing that happened at the Coca Cola Museum. There was an old ad featuring Ozzie Nelson. A boy about 12 asked his mom, "Who is that?" She answered, "Thats Ricky Nelson's dad." Then he asked, "Who is Ricky Nelson?" We felt a little old.

There are lots of pine tree planted areas. Many are owned by Weyerhouser (formerly from our area). Property is much cheaper here!

Visited Andersonville - the Confederate prison for the Union Soldiers, and National Cemetary. It's very sobering seeing rows of headstones touching each other over body filled trenches. Most have names since they felt it was desirable to let loved ones know and kept pretty good records. There are also many beautiful monuments from the various Union States.

"Georgia Red Clay" is very evident. Much of the dirt and ground has the red brick tone.

Central Georgia is really quite poor. Every small town has so many abandoned houses. Cotton, cows and peanuts seem to be the agricultural crops.

We also experienced our first "tornado watch". Nothing came of it and it did not pass very close to us. We did watch the weather on the computer to keep track. Just got a little rain!

Went to Plains, Jimmy Carter's hometown. It's pretty small, but not a bad little town.

We are now heading to Florida. Southern Georgia seems to be more prospeous.