Target Tortugas - 2
Challenging day. First, we arrived at the Ocmulgee near Macon, Georgia. Another Indian mound. We have not been one we actually liked. Until today. The VC is a beautiful Art Deco building constructed in 1938 and the park site has seen occupation for 12,000 to 15,000 years. There are mounds from about 1000 years ago when a different tribal group controlled the area and in one they located the intact floor of the council house. You can visit thet reconstruction of the building today with the floor behind glass. Really neat. Then on to Andersonville. My Great Great Grandfather, George Leisure was a prisoner here for 12 months. He survived while more than 13,000 others did not. At one point the 26 acres held 33,000 men. Most with no shelters. Staggering. Lots more later.
The Engaged Cadillac
Not a stellar day for day two of the trip. First we touring a hill (worse than ice from the summer) and then we went to a place full of cannons. I thought we were done with them. Also, the promised food, -it was food Guide Two, the pretty one, fixed in the trailer. It was great but how does that advance the Cup & Cones Cafe? Not a lick (did you see what I did there- you gotta stay on your toes here.) Also NO INTERNET, NO PHONE. Do you have any idea how much Ms. McKinley is missing me and I can’t even call. One more day, I give it one more day to see improvements around here. One.
The Visitor Center at Ocmulgee
One of three sections of the cemetery dedicated to Union soldiers who died at Andersonville.