Category: Travel Destinations
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Charleston: “Top U.S. Travel Destination”
First, an apology is in order: for a city that has been voted Best City in the U.S. by Travel & Leisure for 10 straight years, the pictures I took during my visit in March 2022 fail to fully encapsulate the beauty, history, and entertainment that “Chucktown” has to offer. Having a Savannah-like feel given…
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Fort Sill: Home of U.S. Army Field Artillery
Fort Sill is located in Southwest, Oklahoma and forms the economic basis of the surrounding city of Lawton – the third largest metropolitan area in Oklahoma (after Oklahoma City and Tulsa). The location often conjures negative memories in the minds of many soldiers due to their Army Basic Training memories (Note: Basic Training also occurs…
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Little Rock: “The Rock” of Arkansas
Growing up in Georgia, Arkansas was simply a name listed fourth on an alphabetical listing of states. A state of no more notoriety than differences in pronunciation with Kansas. While road tripping through the center of the country in August 2022, I made a pitstop to explore its capital and largest city: Little Rock. The…
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Macon: The Heart of Georgia
A little over an hour and a half directly south of Atlanta lies Georgia’s fourth largest city: Macon. Little Richard and his 1955 “Tutti Frutti“, the Allman Brothers and their 1973 top hit “Ramblin’ Man“, and current country music star Jason Aldean all had their beginnings in this musical heart land. While even Georgia residents…
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Providence Canyon: Georgia’s Little Grand Canyon
100 degrees of unrelenting heat emanating from the merciless sun; suffocating humidity trapped within dense pine groves; swarms of mosquitos and gnats emerging from poison ivy infested undergrowth. While South Georgia has much more to offer than this traditional view of hikes in this rural region, mountainous climbs and soaring canyons are rarely associated with…
Dropping the Duece 