
Starr’s Mill was featured in the hit movie “Sweet Home Alabama” starring Reese Witherspoon and Patrick Dempsey.
You miss a lot zipping across Georgia on a four-lane highway. Most of these scenes were snapped within 30 minutes of Interstate Highways 95, 85, 75, 20 and 16. So next time get off the interstate for a few miles and get to know your state. These images are from Georgia but you’ll find beauty off the beaten track in your state too.
- Some things die reluctantly in the rural areas of the South.
- Red Level Church Cemetery is located on Hwy US 441 south of Irwinton, Ga. in Wilkinson County
- Whitehall Plantation is located a few miles from I-16 in Laurens County, Ga., near Montrose. It was built in 1820.
- These horses were frolicking in a pasture off I-16 near Statesboro, Ga.
- Wetlands like this near Brunswick, Ga. are vital to the ecology of the state, cleaning the water that passes through them
- The First Methodist Church in Senoia, Ga. was established more than 150 years ago
- Katahdin sheep have a hair coat and therefore are more adapted to Georgia weather. Near Warm Springs, Ga.
- The Victorian city hall in Baconton, Ga. is dwarfed by a live oak, the state tree of Georgia.
- A field of cotton in Grady County, Georgia near Cairo
All of your posts are good reads. I particularly like the personal touches you put in each one. Your people are alive and beautiful. Thanks Doug.
Doug,
Love your pic’s and your writing skills are as always “top of the line”.
Buddy