Category Archives: Travel

St. Simon’s Island and Fort Frederica

Posted on 10/05/2015 by RCGG

St. Simon’s Island GA is another one of our favorite places. We have been several times and there’s still so much we haven’t seen. In the 1700’s Georgia was in the middle of a centuries old conflict between Spain and England. James … Continue reading →

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Jekyll Island GA

Posted on 10/04/2015 by RCGG

Jekyll Island GA happens to be on of my favorite places we have ever been. It was the first place Mr. RCGG and I went on vacation by ourselves. It was where we were married in 2012. It’s a place … Continue reading →

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Appomattox VA

Posted on 10/03/2015 by RCGG

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox VA. 150 years later Mr. RCGG and I went to the reenactment of the surrender.  You could see all the emotion on the faces … Continue reading →

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Gettysburg PA

Posted on 10/02/2015 by RCGG

Have you been to Gettysburg PA? It’s a somewhat small town just over the border from Maryland and about an hour and half from Washington DC. Well, it’s a small town until the Fourth of July weekend rolls around every … Continue reading →

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Castillo De San Marcos St. Augustine FL

Posted on 10/01/2015 by RCGG

Have you been deciding on a family vacation? Somewhere that has some history? St. Augustine FL may be somewhere you’d like to check out. It has so much history since it is the oldest city in the United States since … Continue reading →

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Our Gettysburg Trip

Posted on 07/10/2013 by RCGG

Over the Fourth of July weekend we went to Gettysburg PA for the 150th commemoration of the civil war battle. We had so much fun! We left on the fourth and stayed the night in Alexandria, VA  and watched the … Continue reading →

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Oak Hill Cemetery

Posted on 04/20/2012 by RCGG

Last Saturday Nathan and I went to Oak Hill cemetery because he read there was a civil war genreal buried there.   There are some famous Cartersville residents also buried there.  One resident was Sam Jones.  He was one of the … Continue reading →

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Cooper’s Furnace

Posted on 04/01/2012 by RCGG

Nathan and I went to Cooper’s Furnace yesterday.  It was an iron works during the civil war. It was built by Jacob Stroup in the 1830’s and then purchased by Mark Cooper, a politician, after losing the election for governor … Continue reading →

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