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Time Travel to Colonial Georgia

Time Travel to Colonial Georgia

  Damn, that’s what happens when you let women touch the dials of your Tardis, now we’re stuck in the 18th century. So lets just go and visit my old friend Noble Jones at  Wormsloe, the plantation he established. Unfortunately, we flew straight through his house while attempting to land… Sorry for that, Old Jones! Some history… 1733, the year General James Oglethorpe and the 120 passengers of the ship “Anne” landed along the Savannah River. Among the passengers was Noble Jones. Oglethorpe named…

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Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island

  Sunday we drove south to visit Georgia’s cost and the Golden Isles. We went to Jekyll Island, known best for its Driftwood Beach on its northern cost. The island has been eroding there very slowly, losing the nourishing ground for the maritime forest, so it looks like a huge tree cemetery. A great place to wander around and take some pictures. On the southern side of the island there is a historic district. Some millionaires had bought the island…

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Meet the Lumiukkos

Meet the Lumiukkos

  In Siesta Key we met the Lumiukko Family:  Aquilo, Glacia and their daughter Stella-Maris. They belong to a minority of snowmen and -women in Florida. There aren’t many left in this region of the United States and those who remain have managed to adapt to the harsh climate. 300 years ago lots of snowmen and -women emigrated from Iceland and Greenland to the United States searching for a better life. Most of them stayed in Alaska or moved to Canada, but…

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