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Five Family Friendly Hikes Around Atlanta

Hiking Atlanta

This post contains five family friendly hikes from Randy and Pam Golden’s book 60 Hikes within 60 Miles.

Guest Post By Randy and Pam Golden

Looking for a great adventure with your family or group? The Atlanta area has a wide range of trails that are great hikes.  Here are five family friendly trails from our book, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles:Atlanta, and have been selected because they can handle groups with a wide range of hiking abilities and fun nearby activities.

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Please Take Our Survey: It’s short I promise

In an effort to continually improve Field Trips with Sue, we have developed a short survey. This survey will help us determine what you like about Field Trips with Sue, what you’d like to see more of, and where we aren’t quite hitting the mark. If you are having trouble with the link within [...]

TreeTop Adventure at Callaway Gardens: Swinging Fun

Callaway Gardens

Ready to hit the course!

What: TreeTop Adventure
Where: Callaway Gardens , 17800 U. S. Hwy. 27, Pine Mtn., Ga. 800-225-5292
When: Daily 10 am – 6 pm
Cost: $30 per person (Garden admission is additional) There are discounts for groups of 10 or more. Advanced Reservations are Required
Photos: For additional photos of Callaway Gardens TreeTop Adventure, visit Field Trips with Sue on Facebook

The TreeTop Adventure at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. is a combination of a challenging ropes course and moderate zip lines.  The combination is a whole lot of fun, especially for tweens and teens.
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Macy’s Pink Pig 2011: An Atlanta Holiday Tradition

Priscilla, Macy's Pink Pig

What: Macy’s Pink Pig train ride Where: Macy’s Lenox Mall When: Oct. 29, 2011 – January 1, 2012 Cost: $3 for 1 ride, $5.50 for 2 rides, $7.50 for 3 rides

The Pink Pig [...]

Civil War Re-enactments at Battle of Atlanta – B*ATL

What: Battle of Atlanta – B*ATL Where: East Atlanta When: July 16-17, 2011 Cost: Many events are free, some charge a fee, visit the website for details

This year marks the beginning of the 150 anniversary of the Civil War. So much of that history was played out here in Atlanta, including the Battle [...]

Book Signing: 100+ Free and Cheap Things to do in Atlanta with Kids

What: Book Signing and Free Movie Night Where: Cinema on the Green, McDonough When: Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:00 pm book signing, 8:30 pm movie Cost: Free (books are $9.99)

Join me on Saturday evening for my first book signing at Cinema on the Green in McDonough. I’ll be there selling and signing books starting at [...]

Augusta Ga. | Beyond the Masters Golf Tournament

Today, 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. There are lots of wonderful reasons to visit Augusta, beyond the Masters, [...]

Atlanta’s High Museum of Art with Kids

What: Experiencing an art museum with children Where: Atlanta’s High Museum of Art When: Anytime Cost: $11 – $18, However, the first Sat. of the month is FREE if: You’re a Fulton County Resident Active Military Under 5 Or a Bank of America Customer

In addition to free admission, there are several [...]

Atlanta Monster Jam 2011 | FREE Truck Displays

It’s Monster Jam time again! Atlanta is a great place to see the show because it’s generally shown on the Speed Channel and since it’s just one night, the trucks really do it up. Because it’s such a good show (and because we live in Georgia), Monster Jam at the Georgia Dome generally sells [...]

Field Trips with Sue in the News

For any of you  in the Buckhead/Sandy Springs area of Atlanta, make sure to pick up last week’s Northside Neighbor and read the story on Field Trips with Sue. For those of you that aren’t in the area, here is the story: Buckhead Sandy Springs-based blogs are local hits.Thanks to Laura Braddick for putting [...]