Swim in the Pool that FDR Built

 

Photo by Barbara Weibel

What: Swim the Warm Springs, Dip Into the Past
Where: Warm Springs, Ga.
When: Memorial Day Weekend 2010
Cost: 1.5 hour swim sessions are $20 adults; $12.50 ages 6 to 17; Family Package-$75
Only Family Package includes admission to Roosevelt’s Little White House.
Reservations are suggested and can be made by calling The Little White House [...]

FDR State Park | Five Things to do with Kids

What: FDR State Park
Where: Warm Springs, Ga.
When: Open Daily
Cost: $5 Parking Fee

Our last stop on a recent tour of west Georgia was a camping trip to Franklin Delanor Roosevelt State Park in Warm Springs, Ga. The park is named for the only four term president in US history. FDR came to the area to find [...]

Strawberry Picking Near Atlanta

What: Stawberry Picking Farm
Where: Cottle Farms
Fayetteville(770-719-2600) and Stockbridge (770-761-7822)
When: Mid-April through Early June.
Monday – Saturday 8 am – 6:30 pm
Sunday – 1 pm – 7 pm (Upick please arrive by 6:30 pm)
Cost: 5lb buckets = $10 U-pick, $12 picked
Quarts = $3 U-pick, $4 picked

Since my oldest learned to walk, we’ve gone to pick strawberries with [...]

Geo-Challenge: Geocaching at Georgia State Parks

What: Geo-Challenge
Where: Kick Off Event at Fort Yargo State Park, but the Challenge is in most Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites
When: Official Launch is May 8, but the program is ongoing
Cost: Free (but a parking pass at each park is generally $5, check out a free family pass at any Georgia Library branch, not [...]

Albany Ga. | Five Things to Do with Kids

Photo by Liz Gray

This past spring break, we opted for a vacation close to home and took a tour of west Georgia. We had the opportunity to visit some wonderful places in our home state that have been on our list for a while. What we found was there is a whole lot to [...]

National Wildlife Week: Get Out There and Bird Watch

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This week, March 15 – 21, is National Wildlife Week, sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation. As one activity to get you outside, NWF suggests birdwatching. There are lots of great places in or near Atlanta to go birdwatching from afar or see birds up close.  There are also several guided bird hikes [...]

Five Plus FREE Things to do in Atlanta

Center For Puppetry Arts Museum – The Center for Puppetry Arts offers world class puppet shows and a fantastic museum of all kinds of puppets including a recently acquired collection from Jim Henson. The Henson display includes, Big Bird and Bert from Sesame Street, Kermit and the Swedish Chef from the Muppets, and others from [...]

Geocaching on Jekyll Island

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What: Geocaching
Where: Jekyll Island, GA
When: Anytime
Cost: Free if you already have a GPS ($5 parking on Jekyll)

Recently we borrowed a GPS and headed to Jekyll Island to Geocache. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt that uses a GPS. You can geocache anywhere, but I read something recently about geocaching at Jekyll Island and [...]

Win Tickets to Callaway Gardens

Image by The Suss-Man (Mike) via Flickr

Winner: Congratulations to the High Museum of Art ticket winner Laura K! Laura send me an email at sue@fieldtripswithsue.com with your address. FYI – All winners are chosen through random.org, I don’t actually pick the winners.

Now for our next present: Our prize today is four tickets to Callaway [...]

Thomas the Tank Engine Prize Pack Give-a-way

Winner: Congratulations to the Callaway Gardens winner Brooke Werner McEckon! Brooke send me an email at sue@fieldtripswithsue.com with your address. FYI – All winners are chosen through random.org, I don’t actually pick the winners, I let the computer do that – the other way would be WAAYY too much pressure.

Now for our next present: We’re [...]