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.
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world - OTD during last year’s 100-day adventure
I need to write a longer post about our visit to El Weirdo Brewing yesterday. But I’m going to offer this up right now.
This old payphone behind the bar not just works, but it’s the actual landline for the brewery. How cool is that?! And customers can use this other payphone, which also works!
I marked off Florida on my State Capitol Buildings quest. I have just 3 left, 2 of which I’ll likely visit later this month.
This one is about as boring as Alaska’s. The interesting building here is the historic Capitol, with the (intentionally nondescript?) office building the “official” one. Gah.
Yesterday, we visited the John Gorrie State Museum to pay homage to the inventor of the ice machine, later recognized as an early step towards air conditioning. Thank you Dr Gorrie, every Phoenician salutes you!
This part of Florida sure loves ‘em some possum…
We visited Florida’s highest waterfall today. Definitely an unusual one—worth a quick stop!
Some additional photos
