Linville Falls Trip -FDR State Park – Day 8

23 June 2017

Another great night of sleep! It helps when you are not on an air mattress within the confines of a back packing tent. After coffee and a doughnut, I headed out to visit Calloway Gardens, just outside of Pine Mountain, GA.

I’ve heard a lot about Calloway Gardens and I have to admit I was disappointed for some reason that I cannot put my finger on. I knew the azaleas were not in bloom but it seemed as if nothing else was either. I don’t think they have figured out whether they want to be a horticultural garden or a wild, natural area, or an amusement park. I’m sure it suits them with a golf course, bike and hiking paths, flower walks, cafes, etc., but it just didn’t resonate with me. However, it serves as a great job market for high school kids working the summer.

Visitor Center at Calloway Gardens

I rented a bike, even though I brought mine on this trip, I didn’t think they would allow me to use mine, so I left it at the cabin. I should have brought it. The one they gave me had a front wheel that was out of round and needed the spokes adjusted. It had only three gears for some fairly steep inclines. Even though I rented it for half a day, I returned it within the hour.

Azalea pavillion at Calloway Gardens

I finished touring the garden by jeep and continued to be underwhelmed. I decided to head back to FDR and do laundry in the campground. I was running out of clean clothes and Tom Green was to show up today and I didn’t want to stink him out of the cabin.

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Me and FDR at Dowdells Knob

Later, I gave him the tour of Warm Springs. If you’ve ever been to the town you know the entire downtown area can be walked in 10 minutes, and that’s stopping in some businesses along the way. It does have a little seedy charm to it, however.

We then drove past the historic pool where FDR received his therapy (we’ll tour that tomorrow as well as the Warm Springs White House) and then drove through the Institute for Rehabilitation, an out growth of the original polio institute. The institute has grown into a massive campus.

While in Warm Springs, Tom purchased some boiled peanuts, so we sat on the patio upon our return to the cabin and ate “goober peas” and drank wine.

Dinner was at the Meriwether Steak Company restaurant outside of Warm Springs. It’s a huge restaurant literally in the middle of nowhere. The steak was good and the service excellent. We were a little reluctant after reading one bad review but persevered and were pleasantly surprised. Tom treated me to my dinner.

We returned to the cabin patio and stargazed until rain drove us inside. Tomorrow we hit the pool and little White House and eat more boiled peanuts.

Author: searcyf@mac.com

After 34 years in the classroom and lab teaching biology, I'm ready to get back to traveling and camping and hiking. It's been too long of a break. I miss the outdoors and you can follow my wanderings on this blog.

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