Georgia (USA) Road Trip advice

[DeltaV]

Call in advance and make reservations:

You have to eat at The Olde Pink House restaurant when in Savannah:

https://www.theoldepinkhouserestaurant.com/

Get the flounder. Everything is great, but get the flounder. Oh yeah, make sure you get the flounder.
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Two more great places to eat and are owned by someone I know:

1. Vic's On the River at 26 E Bay St.
2. Huey's at 115 E River St.

 

[DeltaV]

Somebody said BBQ? Wander over to S.C. and have some Carolina Style pork BBQ. It's to die for.

 

[DeltaV]

Must-do things while you're in the area:
Old Town Trolley tour
Saint Bonaventure tour
Ghost Tour
Olde Pink House restaurant for dinner. Make a reservation in advance. Get their flounder and see post #41 above.
Mighty 8th Museum.
Jekyll Island

 

[moparedtn]

Stone Mountain of course.
You will be able to say you saw the carving before they removed it.

If you are going to go through Chattanooga Ruby Falls is interesting.

Stone Mountain is amazing. I can't believe they want to destroy it. I can remember walking up that
thing as a kid with my family...

Yes, Chattanooga has some interesting stuff like the Incline Railway, Rock City, Ruby Falls, etc.
Got to be careful in that town also - there is a "bad" side to avoid as well and the traffic on I-75
can get stupid at times.

 

[Speedbird]

https://www.thevarsity.com/

 

[BeepBeepRR]

Stone Mountain is amazing. I can't believe they want to destroy it. I can remember walking up that
thing as a kid with my family...

Yes, Chattanooga has some interesting stuff like the Incline Railway, Rock City, Ruby Falls, etc.
Got to be careful in that town also - there is a "bad" side to avoid as well and the traffic on I-75
can get stupid at times.

Last I heard its staying they are removing the confederate picture from their logo. Pretty sure that is correct.

 

[themechanic]

Thanks everyone. Keep it coming. We are planning based on good advice. Staying at Planters in Savanah. The rest is backroads.

You have to try boiled peanuts.

 

[barbee6043]

I say, you only see the real America from the back roads, and I mean BACK roads. And that is where the real people live, the others are just wanna bee's!!! lol

 

[super-bee_ski]

Just watch out for speed traps... Those are some small towns. Lumber City is in the middle of nowhere. I've been through there once a few years ago it was foggy as hell 5 in the morning. Couldn't see **** until I was on top of a cop sitting on the side of the road. Good thing I couldn't see it made me drive slower than normal..

My Cousin Vinny!

 

[super-bee_ski]

Our trip was primarily a business thing for Mary but we extended it to include some boots on the ground type sightseeing for retirement property. Georgia and Tennessee in the early summer was beautiful and the humidity was tolerable.
I get angry and disgusted every time I drive by a tent city. I have grown tired of the brown grass 8 months of the year here too. The green back there is amazing.

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AMEN!

 

[BeepBeepRR]

My Cousin Vinny!

Da Too Utes.

 

[barbee6043]

Vinny: "What is a grit!?"

 

[GrabberOrange69]

Call in advance and make reservations:

You have to eat at The Olde Pink House restaurant when in Savannah:

https://www.theoldepinkhouserestaurant.com/

Get the flounder. Everything is great, but get the flounder. Oh yeah, make sure you get the flounder.
______________________

Two more great places to eat and are owned by someone I know:

1. Vic's On the River at 26 E Bay St.
2. Huey's at 115 E River St.

Making me want to take a road trip in Georgia!
I love Americana, thanks for these recommendations.

 

[Mike67]

Stone Mountain, Lake Lanier were some nice drives when i lived in Griffin in the 90s.

 

[Mike67]

Forty, Fifty years ago it was Awesome!! Hell Twenty years ago it was still great... Now? Stay home!!
I work in Katy too... I like the area, unfortunately the plant manager is an asshole...

I remember when Katy was out in the middle of no where, its part of Houston now...

 

[Dennis H]

ADD Savoy in Cartersville. Perfect name.

 

[moparedtn]

ADD Savoy in Cartersville. Perfect name.

Did you go yet Dennis? How about a side visit to Awesome Bill in Dawsonville?
They've got quite the facility there and the Elliott family are wonderful hosts.

 

[Budnicks]

If you here banjo music, don’t stop! Keep driving!

 

[Budnicks]

S. W. Ga country folk make real pulled pork, that is BBQ!
The real Texas starts just West of I40.
Calif. used to be for queers and steers...they don't have many steers any more. Sorry.

go to 2:12

 

[Budnicks]

sorry for the distractions

go to 3.46

gunny is great


carry on people