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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 [...] 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. [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Image via Wikipedia 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 [...] 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 [...] Image via Wikipedia 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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