Since I Retired I Have Been To: (2007)

2007

The Little White House (Warm Springs) FDR

Billy Graham Library and his boyhood home.

Stowe garden

Washington, DC - January 11-14, 2007    (Thursday – Sunday) (GNT) all major DC attractions, Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center, Monticello. 

Atlanta, GA - March 13-15, 2007  (Tuesday – Thursday) (GNT) Fernbank Museum and saw IMAX – Hurricane on the Bayou, Hard Rock Café, MLK area, CNN, World of Coke,

Underground Atlanta, Mall of Georgia, Stone Mountain. 

Washington, DC - April 2-5, 2007  (Monday - Thursday) (GNT) Mount Vernon, and all DC attractions.

Atlanta/Warm Springs, GA - April 13-14, 2007 (Friday - Saturday) (Joy Club) lunch at the Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, GA, Calloway Gardens, Little White House in

Warm Springs and ate a late lunch at the Victorian Tea Room.   

Huntsville, AL - May 2-4, 2007  (Wednesday – Friday)  (GNT) Space Camp, Dreamland BBQ

Georgia Coast Ecological Tour (Brunswick, St. Simons Island and Jekyll Island)

May 8-10, 2007  (Tuesday – Thursday) (GNT)  Ft. King George, Hofwyl Broadfield Plantation, Ghost Walk at the lighthouse on St. Simons, Ft. Frederica, the Lighthouse and the Coast Guard Museum, Tidelands Nature Center, Old Fort Jackson in Savannah.

Billy Graham Library (Charlotte, NC) and Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden (Belmont, NC) November 12, 2007    (Monday) (Joy Club)  

 

           CRUISE – Eastern Caribbean - November 24 – December 1, 2007  

Friday/Saturday – November 23/24 -We left GNT at 1:00 AM. 

Saturday – November 24 - We stopped for breakfast just outside Jacksonville, FL.  We arrived at the terminal at 12:00 noon and checked in and boarded the ship – Carnival Ship Glory. Departed Port Canaveral at 4:00 PM.  

Sunday – November 25

Arrive at Nassau at 8:30 AM and depart at 2:00 PM  shore excursion with van ride around the island to see the sights then ended at Pirates Museum

Monday – November 26 all day at sea. 

Tuesday – November 27 Arrived at St. Thomas at 10:00 AM and departed at 8:00 PM. took a boat to St. Johns and took tour of whole island.

Wednesday – November 28 Arrived at St. Maarten at 8:00 AM and departed at 6:00 PM.  shore excursion to see both the Dutch side where we docked and the French side.

Thursday – November 29 all day at sea.  

Friday – November 30 all day at sea.  

Saturday – December 1 Arrive back at Port Canaveral at 7:00 AM  We departed ship and went through customs around 9:00 AM  Loaded the coach and headed to Easley, SC   We smelled a burning smell and bus pulled off at rest area neat Newberry – Cross Country has to send another coach to get us. We hit the road and got back to GNT.  I got home around 12:45 AM.