It's been two years since I had a vacation, and in August I called my then 86-year young aunt who LOVES to travel and said "let's plan a trip." Now this really means - "will you plan a trip, and I'll drive..." which works for me since I don't have the time or patience to put it together - and she does!
So here we are in Commerce, GA, 300 miles north of where we started this morning, heading to the mountains of North Carolina to check out the changing colors of the leaves (highly recommend by JaneAnne).
As we left Florida and crossed into Georgia this morning several things occurred to me:
So, I will report in each night during the 8 days I'm on the road with the real estate observations of the day, interesting sites, good eats, etc. At the end of this self - assignment, we may actually be able to make some assessments - who knows!
Day 1: Tallahassee, FL to Commerce, GA - by way of US 19 and 441, 90% of the 320 miles.
What was almost immediately noticeable and remained so was the vastly fewer number of properties for sale along any part of the route we drove in Georgia as compared to anywhere in Florida. We drove for miles without seeing ANY real estate sign of any kind - even for lease ! It was so noticeable my aunt mentioned it to me without me bringing it up...
Also- the traffic was amazingly light the entire trip up ... except for a 5 mile stretch of !-75 that was under construction. And most of what we travelled on was two lane.
If you LOVE BBQ, we found an outstanding BBQ restaurant: Old Clinton's, 2 miles south of the Town of Gray on Hwy 129. People were pouring in and out of there. Service was quick and they had a great sauce!
More Tomorrow!
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Specializing in conservation, agriculture & commercial properties, Eva Armstrong has contacts throughout Florida to help landowners who want to preserve their land for future generations to enjoy.
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Sounds like fun. I hope you have a great time. Can't wait to see the colorful pics.
Sounds like a great time is to be had, how nice for your aunt that you included her.
Sounds like fun, can't wait til tomorrow.
What a great idea! And how did you know I LOVE BBQ?
Eagerly awaiting the next installment.
EVA: Very interesting concept, paricularly the part about taking note of the amount of real estate signs in the yards. Looking forward to the rest of the journey.
Bring back some BBQ with you Eva. I'm ready for some right now, and it's early in the a.m....
Eva, stop by one of those little stores and pick up one of those disposable cameras, you never know when you might see something to share with us....it is better to have a disposable camera and not need it then to need a camera and not have one, have fun, enjoy yourself...have a great time...i sure would like to see those tree colors...hint,hint,hint
Eva- Sounds like fun! I love that area - when I was a kid we used to go every year from Tampa up to North Carolina - usually around Franklin - to spend a week or two - I will be watching for your updates!!!
Roy-- Fun is definitely the idea - with some useful learning on the side! Thanks for the comment!
Penny-- Thanks --but my sunt usually does the including!! I'll be lcuky if I'm still going like she is at 87!!!
Ricki-- Gracious amigo! ---
Tricia-- We are both fans or BBQ and this could turn into a serious tour of BBQ joints thoughout the SE! I appreiciate your comments....
Adam- I'm not the expert in tends that you and Joe M. are - but the difference in activity is astounding - and noticeable just in the signage---then you start noticing other aspects of human behavior related to lands, develpment and people movement Fla v. GA V. SW N. Carolina--- more on that later.... Thanks for writing..
Joe - I shipped some BBQ sandwiches back for the C-21 team -- guaranteed delivery by 11 am Monday...
Gene--I took your advice and bought 3 of those cameras! wait til you see the pix!! Thank you!
Barbara-Jo-- We were in Franklin today! had lunch and got some photos... it was great!1 Thanks...
Sounds like a great way to spend time with family, recharge, and see some of the brilliant fall colors in the North Carolina mountains. Thanks for sharing this with us. Have fun!
Sounds like you two are having a wonderful time.
John- Thanks John-- I never realize how valuable a vacation is until I'm on one!
Vicki- We are! I highly recommend it! Thanks...l