Quick shout-out to @lmika for his great Postlist plugin for micro.blog.
I’m using it to display all the posts from my latest trip, in chronological order, on one single page. It’s fun to have them all in one place, easily scrollable by friends and family (hi mom!).
An elephant with a drinking problem - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure.
Our first African wildlife - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure.
This was our last flight on Southwest before their big policy changes. No more checking in exactly 24hrs prior, or lining up in numerical order, or eating mayonnaise directly from the jar while making creepy eye contact with every passing would-be seatmate in an attempt to keep the middle seat free.
Did some solid work on my US Counties quest, marking off 51 total counties (dark green) and revisiting a bunch of others (lighter green).
I finished off Florida, got Georgia up above 50%, and completed a good chunk of Alabama, too. Not bad for six days and 1515 miles, even in constant rain.
Our final stop before the ATL airport was Arches Brewing, part of the Atlanta Utility Works family.
That’s a wrap on the road trip fun, folks! Back to the salt mines.
Edit: kinda fun restroom walls, which feature old invoices, schematics, and other docs from the old Atlanta Utility Works company.
We also made it to Rock Eagle Effigy Mound, Hawk Rock’s more notable sister site. Its design was a bit more pronounced, and I was surprised at the substantial height of the rock mound. We call these rock-based designs “intaglios” in the Southwest. The site also featured a cool stone viewing tower.
Today was primarily about driving back to Atlanta to fly home, but we did make a few stops along the way.
One of those was Rock Hawk Effigy Mound site. Yes, it does require a bit of imagination, as it’s degraded quite a bit over time. But still fun to see, especially from the viewing platform.
We enjoyed our stop at Crooked Finger Brewing. Beer was okay, but the brisket nachos were quite tasty and the conversation with locals was good.
Not sure why, but this is the third brewery we’ve been to on this short trip that featured a payphone. 🤔
Floating trees
We stopped by the site of Charles Lindbergh’s first solo flight, as it was just down the road. Not exactly a fan, but a historic site nonetheless.
Finally made it to Providence Canyon, after missing it on a few prior trips. Quite the vista! Probably the most scenic thing we’ve visited on the trip. Interestingly, it played a role in the 1930s push for soil conservation.
Our first stop today was the Kolomoki Mounds archaeological site, home to one of the largest ceremonial mounds in the US, and perhaps the most important in the Southeast.
Unfortunately, the park museum—often pretty important for understanding mound-builder cultural sites—was closed for renovation.
We had a blast catching up with Grant and Bonnie of Wander-Filled Life at DEEP Brewing in Tallahassee on Sat (always fun to catch travel friends away from home). Bummed we somehow forgot to get a photo.
They’re currently working on a new edition of their Moon Guide on US RV Adventures.
I unintentionally surpassed the 600 craft brewery mark on untappd during this trip. Looks like I’m at 5911 unique beers, too.
After finishing the 500/5000 quest, I hadn’t planned on shooting for 600/6000, but hmmm I’m starting to get close nonetheless.
I finished up my remaining unvisited counties in Florida today—my 12th fully completed state.
I have another 10 states with less than 6 counties remaining. I also only have three states left that are under 50% done—my interim goal—and I’ll erase two from that list in July. Making progress!
Saved this for the end of the night. Kinda expected more though, tbh…
Back road night views
Stopped by T-Vélo Brewing in Thomasville, GA today. Nice little place with a great patio that would have been fun in better weather.
