Gadabout Travels

Yesterday was rain all day, but today is turning out nicely....sun came up just when it should, and it's getting warmer by the minute. People are out walking, riding bicycles, and making joyful noises.

Speaking of riding bikes, we saw a young couple the other day riding a bicycle built for two. The young man was pedalling them along, and the young lady was leaning back in her seat, her feet up, just enjoying the ride!

I just finished two books that I bought at at Hattie's Books down in the historic district. One is Okefinokee Album by Francis Harper and Delma Presley. It is primarily a diary kept by Francis Harper, a naturalist, from 1912 thru 1946, and records his contacts with the "swampers" whose ancestors settled in the Okeefinokee Swamp during the early 1800's. These self sufficient peoples were cousins to the many other Scotch-Irish who settled in the Appalachian mountains. Good reading.

The other book is In One Place, the Natural History of a Georgia Farmer, by Milton N. Hopkins Jr. Mr. Hopkins trained as a Naturalist, and had hoped to work on one of the outlying Georgia Coast islands such as Jeklyll or St. Simons. However, after marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor, who also had a large farming operation near Fitzgerald Georgia, he decided to honor his wife's wishes to become the farm manager for his father-in-law. Dr. McElroy was just a bit eccentric, and Hopkin's relating of some of his experiences with the good doctor make for humorous reading.

I have some pictures to post, but left my camera/pc cable at home (where else?), so will have to wait until Linda finds it (hopefully).