Day: September 24, 2013

Quick Watkinsville Ramble

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Family, Photography, Rambling
Rusted Iron Horse
The Iron Horse

Houston and I still had some photos we needed to process from Lauren and Daniel’s wedding.  We made arrangements to get together at his place in Watkinsville, Georgia.  It had been awhile since I had been down that way, so Sunday morning I made the trek down I-85, through Athens, and down to his farm out in the middle of nowhere.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper ramble if we didn’t generate more photos along the way.  So, before working on the wedding photos, we headed out to take some more.

The weather was perfect, so our first stop needed to be an outdoor venue.  Just down from Houston’s farm is the Dyar Pasture Wetlands area.  The wetlands are on the upper end of Lake Oconee, where the Oconee River enters the lake  There is a boat ramp, and what looks like an excellent place to paddle.  We took one of the trails out to an overlook for the wetlands, then walked out onto a dike.

Dyar Pasture Overlook
Watkinsville Etc-21

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Wet Saturday Ramble

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Photography, Rambling

Alan and I had planned to take our boats out for a quick Saturday morning paddle.  Unfortunately, the weather was not cooperating, so we had to fall back to Plan B.  Alan is as much of a rambler and photographer as I am, so we decided to hit a couple of places locally that he knew about.  The quick trek to us to some interesting remnants of Greenville.

We started the morning discussion talking about hidden and forgotten cemeteries in town.  That might be worthy of a blog post/exploration all on its own.  Alan mentioned on just off of Haywood Road.  We were able to find it in Google Maps, right next to the distinctive lavender building that houses The Trophy Club strip joint.  I’m sure the original owners of the cemetery would be appalled at the disruption to eternal rest. 🙂  We decided to check it out (the cemetery, not the strip club.)

Laurel Creek Cemetery

Finding the cemetery was easy.  It’s not on a major traffic route, but it is right there in the middle of everything.  It’s hard to miss if you’re looking in the right place.  Unfortunately, the grounds were surrounded by chain-link fencing topped with barbed wire with locked gates.  Any observing we were going to do would have to be done from outside.

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