Tuesday, June 19, 2012
My husband and I were up at 4:30AM we both ate a tomato sandwich for breakfast. (I ate 1/2 sandwich.)
We stopped at the rest area in Birmingham, AL., to use the restroom, and to get snacks of Reese’s pieces, and Diet Pepsi. $3.00
We filled up with gas in Alexander City, which cost $50.00 at 8AM we put 15.38 of gallons in the van at a cost of #3.24 per gallon.
After we filled with gas, our GPS went crazy and stopped working.
We drove through Columbus Georgia and we stopped at Carl Gregory Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge Dealership at 2201 Victory Dr. Columbus, Ga.,
My husband wanted to ask someone in the services department about why the GPS was acting the way it was but they did not know.
We stopped at the Webster County Courthouse (red brick with four large white columns) to take pictures of the historic markers of Walter F. George 1878-1957 who served as senator of Georgia for 34 years, and the historic marker of the First Confederate flag that was raised in Georgia, and Webster. I took several pictures of the surrounding area.
The buildings across the street from the courthouse were Simply Country Thrift and Snack Bar, Mom’s Kitchen Restaurant, which had a mural of grilling out in the park, and Jesus with the twelve disciples sitting at the Lord's Supper.
We arrived in Plains Georgia. Our first stop was Jimmy Carter’s Boyhood Farm.
After parking, we both walked to the rest room which was located at the front of the parking lot.
There were several markers along the walkway, “From here to Plains, Jimmy Carter’s Boyhood Farm, Jimmy Carter's signature and his hand print in the cement dated Sept. 24, 2010, and Always a reckoning.
We saw chickens inside the pen, an outhouse, a garden with fresh vegetables planted, a marker saying Carter Slept here marker, a chicken house, money on trees, and a water pump.
Inside, The Earl and Lillian Carter home, we saw the kitchen which had a dough bowl, rolling pen, bowls, cook stove, in the hallway an old talking telephone, Jimmy carters bedroom, bathroom, dining room, breakfast room, Earl and Lillian’s Bedroom, Gloria and Ruth’s bedroom and the living room.
I sat in a rocker on the front porch for my husband to take my picture.
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| Jimmy Carter's Boyhood Home |
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| Jimmy Carter's Boyhood Home |
We walked past the Carter tennis court, the windmill water pump, old gas pump next to the store that was owned and run by the Carter Family.
We walked past the Winds of Change marker, the Carter family garden, which grew velvet beans, black-eyed peas, sweet potatoes, collard greens, and peanuts.
We walked past the marker of Catch the Mules and the next-door neighbors, Cash Crops, Never Far from Home, and Legacy of an Outdoor.
We were greeted by the Park Ranger Ivan, Pierson, he told us a little about the farm and he walked around the park with us. We asked him about his college, and he said he was going back to get his master's in History but loved what he was doing.
We thanked him and we rode into the small town of Plains.
We crossed the railroad tracks and spied the historic marker of President Jimmy Carter.
We stopped at the Train Depot that Carter used as his campaign headquarters when he was running for president.
I took many pictures, inside the depot.
Our next stop was the Plains Museum the former Plains High School.
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| Jimmy & Roseland Carter |
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| Sitting at the President's desk |
We were greeted at the door and given a paper about the school. We walked through taking pictures and reading posters inside.
Bought four postcards and was told that we could get them stamped at the post office.
We asked where was a good place to eat and we were told that Mama’s Kitchen 203 Church St Plains Ga.
We rode over to Americus Ga. and ate lunch at Captain D’s on 1305 East Lamar Street Americus, GA 31709.
I ordered twelve butterflies Shrimp Plate with green beans and a salad.
My husband ordered a deluxe seafood Platter with baked potato and slaw.
Next, we rode over to the Charles Lindbergh monument at Souther Field near the airport
Next, we rode to the historic downtown of Americus to tour the Best Western Plus Windsor Hotel.
I took pictures of storefronts, the hotel, and the visitor’s center that was inside the hotel.
Inside the hotel was an ice cream shop called Richelle’s Bakery 123 W. Lamar St Americus Ga.
My husband and I share a bowl of vanilla ice cream and two chocolate chip cookies, which cost $5.50.
We rode back to Plains Georgia to the Golden Peanut Company formerly the Carter Warehouse where we tasted the peanut butter ice cream, bought a basket of tomatoes and a bag of peanuts, and spent $9.76.
We drove to the post office where I had my four postcards stamped with the seal that said Hometown of the 39th president of the USA and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Stamp said Plains Ga Jun 19, 2012 AM 3180. Cost $2.14.
Post Cards
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| Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm, Plains GaJimmy Carter Boyhood Farm Plains Ga., as a young boy Jimmy Carter lived on a farm Smiles from Plains. Pictures are (1) Commissary and Gardens (2) Jimmy Carter (3) Barn (4) Boyhood Farm. |
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| The Smiling Peanut, (The Smiling Peanut was made for a Carter Rally in Evansville, Indiana, in 1976 and later given to Plains in 1977. It is a favorite spot for photographs and a reminder of the importance the peanut played in Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign. Jimmy Carter. |
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| Presidents and Mrs. Jimmy Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains Georgia. The Carters returned to their hometown of Plains in 1981 after leaving the White House. |
