This past weekend, we went to Callaway Gardens. They are about 60 miles or so south of Carrollton--a large preserve, I guess you would call it. Full of gardens and all sorts of different stuff. They have a few golf courses on it. They hosted the PGA Buick Classic a few years back. An absolutely beautiful place. We have heard about it since we moved to Georgia. Earlier last week, I took a trip with our Senior Adults at church to the area and everyone said we needed to go down there. So, the next day we did. They have an amazing-looking lodge, some cottages, and people live out there, too.The above picture is from their Azalea Bowl region. The azaleas are in bloom right now--and look amazing. This is what I imagine Augusta National to look like.
This is an overlook from a highway around Callway Gardens. Franklin Delanor Roosevelt moved down to this area right before he began his presidency--and had a little white house--something they now call "Little White House," a play on words from the presidential White House. This is one of the places that the Senior Adult group went to. I have some pictures from there-to post later.
Back to the Gardens . . . this is a picture from the chapel they have on the grounds.
Back to the Azalea Bowl area . . . pictures really do not do it justice.
More azaleas . . .
Have to turn your head sideways--sorry. A really interesting white flower.
They have a building that has butterflies flying all around in it--you can walk around in there. Pretty neat. Lauren loved it. She got to talking to a lady from Alabama in there. The lady told Lauren she drove through Texas once and, "saw some places she would never live in." She asked Lauren if she knew where Abilene is--said she could never live there. She was probably taken back a bit when Lauren told her we lived there seven years. 
Jane and Lauren by some statue . . . should probably be able to remember what the statue is.
Jane and I. She had a fun day--walking all around the gardens . . . but wow did she sleep on the way home.
They have a vegetable garden on-site. They did not have much growing right now. They sell what they grow in their Country Store.
About 10 miles south of Callway Gardens. Ha.
Have never seen this before--the little red light in between the two bigger ones. I have seen little lights off to the side in Georgia that you can see as you come around corners, where red lights are located directly on curves. But not this. As best we can tell--we think it is a red-light camera.
Wow, did we see some signs. If we turned around and snapped all of the pictures we saw, we could do a separate blog just for them. We wanted to get a truck painted as an American flag; but it was gone on our way back through.Afterwards, we went down to Columbus--had never been there before. I got me some Mazzio's Pizza--had not had that in forever. And wow, was it good. Tasted just like I remember it. Must not be too many of those around. I have seen one in Georgia (Newnan). Don't know when the last time I saw one was before that. There used to be a Chicken Express in Columbus--we were pumped about going down there--but it must have went under, because there is no sign of it on the internet anymore. But not to worry--there are some out in eastern Georgia--we'll have to make it to one before too long.
--be
