Cartersville’s Tellus Science Museum gets better and better. Tellus’ popular Night at the Museum returns on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 from 6 – 10 PM. Night at the Museum IV will rock your kids into loving science! Imagine! No more pleading with them to study science and math that you and I could not possibly understand. […]
The most friendly place in Georgia is the Mountain Fair in Hiawassee. The 62nd annual Georgia Mountain Fair opens on Friday, July 20th and spreads joy, mirth and happiness all the way until Sunday, July 29th. No wonder the Georgia Mountain Fair was chosen as a “Top 20 Event “ by the Southeast Tourism Society. […]
Almost everyone agrees Georgia is the most beautiful and perfect state in America. (Hawaii is a close second.) Georgia is like spending time in a park, no matter which part of the state you’re enjoying. It would take a lifetime to witness all the splendor Georgia has to offer, so you’d better start hopping if […]
The 4th of July! Yippee! Happy Birthday, America! This is the day we celebrate our independence by blowing off fireworks. No wonder we’re the greatest country on the planet. We rock. In case you didn’t get enough ammo to nuke your neighborhood, you can always watch “professionals” try to top that time you blew off […]
It’s the 4th of July!!! Aren’t you glad our Founding Fathers didn’t declare America’s independence in the middle of the winter? Just one more reason why we live in the greatest nation on earth! Here’s today’s weather forecast for Lake Allatoona: • Some clouds with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. (Sure, there is […]
Sparklers and other non-explosive fireworks are now legal in Georgia. In other words, it’s legal to blow your fingers off and set your neighbor’s roof on fire with bottle rockets, even though you’ll be arrested for arson and Dumb in the Third Degree. The Fourth of July is a happy time to celebrate the birthday of the […]
It’s time to celebrate the birthday of the greatest country on the planet: The United States of America! The 4th of July is on a Wednesday this year. That’s just weird. Especially when it comes to figuring out schedules for Fireworks displays. Here’s a list of places where you can watch Fireworks. We expect to […]
Historians are not normally thought of as funny (as in “ha-ha”) people. But they know some pretty clever stuff. For example: • Why was Washington not born on Washington’s Birthday? • Why did the century begin in 2001, not 2000? • Did the pope actually rule ten days out of existence? • Why won’t the year […]
Lake Allatoona is more than a lake! But even if you-know-who cannot muster the effort not to be grumpy at such a beautiful place, there’s more to do nearby than merely fishing, swimming, camping, boating, flying a kite, walking in the woods, picnicking, relaxing, hiking, finding cool bugs and/or bunnies in clouds, dancing squirrels, fireflies that flash […]
Your kids don’t believe you can put a seed in the ground and get a tomato, right? The closest they’ve ever come to a garden is Publix, right? And they do NOT want to know how veggies are fertilized. We feel your pain. Here’s the solution: • Unplug your kids. • Shout, “ROAD TRIP!” and […]