Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin, Georgia

In January I went to Alabama to visit Josh and Mar. When we were there Mar took us to the Providence Canyon State Park in Georgia (http://gastateparks.org/info/providence/). It's a giant canyon that is man made and was formed because of the farmers in the late 1800's that had poor land management with their farming. They created trenches for their seeds that then became gullies and then a canyon. All from water erosion. Below are lots of pictures of us in the canyon. You can hike down in to it about a mile or so and then walk around the entire canyon floor.

Below: The walls of the canyon are so soft that it's not surprising that they eroded away.





Below: This tree looks like its just hanging on by a thread and when I zoomed in (Above) you can see how it really is!

Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin, Georgia

Below: More pictures of Mar, Teha and I at the canyon



Above: what you don't see in this picture is that about 2 seconds before I took this picture Mar sunk in the mud/clay mid-knee high.

Below: so after we went climbing on all the walls we saw this on our way out, oops.

Above: So, to get to the top you kind of have to climb over these randomly placed pieces of wood,,,they weren't meant to be a baracade were they?
Above: This is looking across the top of the canyon

Below: this is looking straight down the side.



Below: There was a church and cemetery on the way out and you know me I can't go anywhere and see an old cemetery and not stop.






Above: I thought this was short but sure said a lot about the man. Reminds me of my dad.

Above: This is an actuall road sign on the side of the highway. I couldn't beleive it!

Panama City, FL

Ahh, Florida in January. I couldn't have asked for better weather. Below are (L-R) Josh, Marie, Teha and I on the beach in Panama City. P.S. Thanks to the random guy who took our picture for us. :) Nice to know we aren't the only crazy people out on the beach in Jan.

On our way down to the beach we saw a Ripley's Believe it or Not and we decided to stop. Inside Josh fell in love with this really cute girl, no not Marie this robot thing...he's even grabbing her hind end!
This car is a Lincoln Limousine covered entirely in 24k gold plated pennies. I know they don't look like pennies but the sign (that I couldn't get a picture of to save my life) said they were some "special" penny.

Big Willies! Sure is the biggest willie I've ever seen! This is the front of the store we saw when we were driving down the road. If you've looked through my latest North Carolina pictures it looks eerily similer to the Shark Store...well except thats a shark and this is a whale, same difference you get the point :)

We just couldn't help but take lots of pictures with Big Willie
We found a road side park that looked really cool, plus I've never seen palm trees with christmas lights on them :) Teha found this drum and just HAD to play it :) sounded good if I do say so myself.


Above: This is a 4-headed palm tree.

Below: This is an Indian Salt Kettle, who knows why I decided to stand in it but it was fun :)

Good-bye Panama City, I will see you soon...

Philadelphia Trip with Dad

Well, we went to Philly for the NFDA (National Funeral Directors Convention) but we stayed a few extra days and went sight seeing.

Below: (L-R Dad, me and Tim, my boss)


Above: This was one of the first things in town that we happened upon. The "Rocky" Statue.
Below: This angel is at Penn Station and it is featured in several movies. To put the size in perspective, I am 5 foot 7 inches.

Above: I am standing in front of a building that was built by Benjamin Franklin. It was his rental property and it sits next to the first post office which was also built by him. The two buildings are separated by a drive that I am standing in and leads to his home and workshop.

Below: That itty bitty ship in the background is the USS New Jersey.
Below: We were walking along the river and staring at the battleship when we saw this sailboat. It is a HUGE sailboat though. We were looking at it when this guy came out and said that they only gave tours on the weekends and he was just there cleaning the boat but he let us on anyways and gave us a tour.
Captain Rick here :)

Below: After the sailboat we also got to see a submarine. My dad and I were standing in front of the beds wondering how someone actually slept in them.
These doors are soooo small. It is just like in the movies, you grab the handle bar above the door and swing your feet through.