If you missed Valerie Hoff’s Ways to Save segment on WXIA this morning, it featured me talking about Spring Break ideas. Here’s a link to the article Spring Break Ideas on the WXIA site. If you are planning a spring break trip, here are some other blog posts you might be interested in perusing:

Going to Jekyll Island, Ga.? Here are 5 Things to Do on Jekyll Island and information on Geochacing on Jekyll Island.
Going to St. Simons Island, Ga.? Here are 5 Things to Do on St. Simon’s Island

Going to Orlando, Fla.? Here is a review of the Nickelodeon Hotel (note the deal this post links to is expired) and on the way down to Fla. you might want to stop at Wild Adventures in Valdosta.
Hitting a Georgia State Park? Here is information on Reed Bingham State Park, Sweetwater Creek State Park and Sope Creek as well as information on bird watching in Georgia
A Trip to Augusta, Ga.? Check out information on 5 Things to Do in Augusta
Staying in Atlanta? Here are 5 FREE things to do in Atlanta and here are 5 More FREE things to do in Atlanta

Finally, my list of Favorite Finds in 2009 and my List for 2010.

Enjoy the break and let me know what fun places you’ve discovered or re-discovered.

If you missed this week’s Field Trips with Sue segment on CBS Better Mornings Atlanta, never fear. The segments featured the following:

Things to Do in Augusta, Ga. Beyond the Masters including:
Augusta Canal Intrpretive Center
Fort Discovery
Morris Museum of Art
Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s (March 23)
Free Rita’s Italian Ice (March 20)
Atlanta Opera Family Day
Places to birdwatch during National Wildlife Week
Buy One, Get One at Fernbank Museum of Natural History

If you’d like to see the actual clip, go to Better Mornings at CBS Atlanta.

In a few short weeks, the world will be watching as the best golfers descend on Augusta, Georgia for The Masters golf tournament. If you’ve never been, it’s an experience worth the trip, but tickets, even for the practice round days, are hard to come by. So, why not take in the many other attractions this Southern city has to offer. Here are five to get you started.

1. The Augusta Canal National Heritage Area – Built in 1845 to harness the power of the Savannah River, the canal has a historic past that comes to life in an award winning, hands-on, Interpretive Center. A section on child labor lets kids, and adults, test their skill at refilling spools on the manufacturing line. After the museum, take a ride down the canal in an electric powered Petersburg boat. Be nice to the driver, he normally has bread for youngsters to feed the many waterfowl along the route.

2. Morris Museum of Art – The museum is located along the Augusta Riverwalk, and is dedicated to the collection, exhibition, and interpretation of the art of the American South. Sundays are always free and feature Artregeous! a program specifically for kids. The event is different each week, but has featured art projects, musical performances, storytellers and more.

3. Fort Discovery – This science center is also located along the Augusta Riverwalk and a delightful walk from the Morris Museum of Art. The Center has 250 hands-on exhibits including: a human gyro that allows visitors to experience weighlessness; a 22 foot tall, spaced-themed playground; and a special area designed for those 7 years-old and younger. The museum offers half-priced admission after 3 pm and reciprocal membership with more than 250 science centers worldwide, including the new Tellus Museum in Cartersville, GA.

4. President Woodrow Wilson’s Boyhood Home – President Wilson was 4 years-old when he moved to Augusta. He left at the age of 14. During that time, he saw train loads of wounded Civil War soldiers arrive at the hospital less than 1/2 mile from his house. When the hospital overflowed, the wounded were taken to the church where “Tommy’s” father was a minister. When that space was full, the wounded overtook the Catholic Church on the other side of his boyhood home. I’m sure this experience had a profound impact on this future wartime president and creator of the League of Nations. A fun treasure hunt while you’re there: find the “Tom” etched in the window.

5. The Augusta Museum of History - Chronicling 12,000 years of history, this museum covers a lot of ground. There are hands-on exhibits (see if you can carry a Civil War backpack and gun) to full sized locomotives. A new James Brown exhibit lets visitors practice their dance moves with the Godfather of Soul. Of course no history of Augusta would be complete without golf and the newly opened Celebrating a Grand Tradition, The Sport of Golf gives a good history of the sport in the city.

If you MUST see Augusta National, home to The Masters golf tournament, consider a plane ride over the course. Augusta Aviation offers Sunset Plane rides but also daylight rides for about $20 less.

For more pictures and video of Augusta, go to the Field Trips with Sue Facebook page.

Disclosure: Although the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau provided a complimentary room and admission to these attractions for the purpose of reviewing them (as is common in the travel industry), we only recommend places we would stay and products we would use.