Thursday, December 17, 2009

Wanna Come to Town with Me?

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Here we are at the end of the driveway. We’re going to turn left onto Ocheessee Landing Road. Daisy is our guide to the next driveway!

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½ mile of dirt and then we see Shady Grove Road

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See the paved road?

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Yep, and we are turning left again onto Shady Grove.

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Lovely road, no?

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On the left is Jackson Tomato Farms… not much to see right now. They harvest two crops of tomatoes a year along with melons.

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Oohh… let’s take a detour here on Arkansas and show all the nice readers a cypress pond in case they’ve never seen one before.

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Here we are at the boat ramp.

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It’s really very pretty in the non-winter months.

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Back on the road.

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Another shot of the tomato farm. They grow peppers too.

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Excuse the glare, I was taking pictures while I was driving… LOL This is a hay field (hay meadow?)

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Lots of cows. Cows everywhere. Yummy cows. These are Belted Galloways. Also called Oreo Cows. Wonder why?

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Corn. For the cows. Nice.

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We are five miles down the road and now we junction with highway 69. We are turning right here. Surprised? 

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Here comes Grand Ridge. Are you ready? No blinking allowed.

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You blinked, didn’t you? You almost missed the Post Office!

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The Town Hall. A place of much excitement. I’m sure. There’s bound to be some excitement there. Right?

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Just a few minutes down the road and we junction with hwy 90.

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Barn Nanny is at this intersection. Very handy to have a feed store so close by!

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On highway 90. Four lanes. Are you impressed?

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Don’t be. It’s only for a couple hundred yards!

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What have we here? This is one of the roads we can turn on to visit our friends, the H’s!

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Approaching Marianna. Alas… see the signal light ahead?

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Crossing the mighty (cough, choke, sputter) Chipola River

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One of three or four strip malls. This is where Goodwill lives.

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Nearing the court square area.

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Fresh sweet potatoes or citrus anyone?

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We’re there! Welcome to Marianna.

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Here comes the downtown/court square area.

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Downtown. We’re going to turn right here and swing by Tony’s office.

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There it is.

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Oh look! What do I see? Tis the reason for my errand!

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Here comes Tony. Janean is with him. She’s coming to tell me how much she LOVES the Struffolli I sent to the office with Tony.

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I love this house. It’s right across from Tony’s office.

Now let’s drive around the court square…
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The court house

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Oh, look! It's Philip from church. Hello Philip!

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We’ve circled the square LOL and we are heading back toward home on 90.

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Fussy Britches. A day care. Just kidding…
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Oh, let’s take a right at the junction on 70something and go home via the interstate so you can see The Walmart.

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There. Wasn’t that worth it?

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There’s I 10 just ahead.

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Interstate driving is boring and ugly. I took this picture for my friend Charlotte… can you see that Charlotte? What does it say?

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Just a few minutes down the interstate and we are at our exit. Back onto hwy 69. We basically made a big circle.

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Cotton field

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We are back on Shady Grove. Our turn is just ahead.

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Back on Ocheessee Landing Road

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Home Sweet Home