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Photo Diary: Scenes from Small Town, Georgia

View of the State Fair in Georgia, taken from the highway

After I graduated college, my dad and my stepmom moved up to a small town near Atlanta, Georgia. Michael and I make the drive every so often to visit, taking time to enjoy local sights and restaurants in their area and along the route. Our current hometown is undergoing so much change right now; when we drive through many of these smaller Georgia towns I feel a sense of wonder. So much is still the way it has been for a long time, and there is a palpable sense of community.

While change is undoubtedly coming – particularly with the influx of film production throughout the state – there seems to be an effort to retain the original sense of the place (fingers crossed it will be a welcoming place for all). While I don’t have a travel guide to this part of Georgia for you today, I do have a photo diary from our most recent journey.

Join along for the drive:

A sign advertising the Friendship Festival in Social Circle

A goat behind a fence

A cup of rolled ice cream
Still relatively new to the US food scene, rolled ice cream is picking up steam here too.

A red balloon lost and floating toward the clouds

A bacon and cheese biscuit eaten in a car

Interior of Felicia's
As featured in Bon Appetit Magazine

Michael eating a pizza

A banana split
A “mini” banana split

The outside window of A Couple of Jerks Soda Fountain

Pulled Pork with Macaroni and Cheese for less than $4

Fincher's BBQ sign

An old Coke mural on a brick building

Alyssa and Michael in front of a large pig sculpture
Slogan: “You never sausage a place!”

Bread and Butter Deli in Covington


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Have you spent time in the Peach State? Where are your favorite small-town gems?

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