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To: martin_fierro

Just outside Atlanta.


122 posted on 04/24/2007 6:39:47 AM PDT by Georgia
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To: Georgia
Just outside Atlanta.

For certain values of "just outside." Kennesaw is "just outside" Atlanta like Newark is "just outside" Manhattan.

When I was a kid, Kennesaw was a day trip. We'd pack a picnic basket with some cold fried chicken and potato salad, and hike to the top of the mountain.

Kennesaw Mountain is a big Appalachian foothill, and was a key hold point in the Atlanta campaign during the War of Northern Aggression. It, and the surrounding territory, are a national battlefield park. It's a nice day hike, enough to get your blood going, have a picnic up top, and then walk back down. Stop by the plaques and historical displays on the way.

Back to the point, Kennesaw was an excursion when I was a kid. Now it's a commute. That's sprawl in a nutshell.

138 posted on 04/24/2007 7:14:49 AM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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