Rockmart, Georgia
Our first “family stop” is with my nephew and his family now living just outside Atlanta.
We arrive very late – it didn’t help that we forgot we jumped a time zone – and find they, and their two teenagers, are still up and energetic as they kindly welcome us to their rural mini-farm.
The next morning we get to meet the more than 40 chickens, the four goats, a few ducks, a snake, maybe a turtle (not sure if he is still alive) and more on their property. They have done a great job over the last four years making improvements from solar panels, to expansive gardens, and lots of fencing to keep their animals safe and other critters out.
We take a long walk on the ‘Silver Comet’ rail to trail path that goes right through the cute local town of Rockmart. We find someone in the historical museum and have an informative personal tour, including the importance of the local shale quarry that created “Rock Market” (later shortened to Rockmart). We walk their historic downtown marvelling at the churches with shale roof shingles and shale stonework on their outside walls.
We end the evening playing cards and games until we finally realize it is almost midnight. We have been talking and catching up on each other’s lives.
We have also created new memories that will hopefully last until we all meet up again. It has been good to finally be in their place and understand their lives and surroundings a bit better.
It is a good sign, since the next two weeks of this adventure we plan to be doing more of this type of travelling – Just visiting family and friends and creating new memories along the way.
Siri and David Adventures 