Vacationing in North Augusta

As the cost of existing is steadily climbing and paychecks are most definitely NOT keeping up, I started thinking about the fact that I could not really afford a vacation. I'd heard about staying home to vacation and I started thinking about all of the places in Augusta I still haven't seen. (The thought process at the beach, as outlined in the column linked below, was very real. Except for frying little brains. That creative touch which bespeaks truth came later.)

I've never darkened the door to the Ezekiel Harris house because I'd heard that thirteen Civil War soldiers had once swung from the spiral staircase inside, and occasionally they hang around for old times' sake. Probably not true, but why take chances?

I missed my chance to see the golf hall of fame, and until the last few years never cared about walking down Magnolia Lane, not that that's an easy sight to see.

If I've never laid eyes on so many Augusta places that other people pay good money to see, surely there were plenty such treasures in North Augusta. It would be fun to find some. I desperately wanted to discover something fabulous and little known. I didn't.

It took two weeks to finish compiling the list of places to go....which was a week longer than it should have. For crying out loud, North Augusta is nice and all, but it is only so big!!

The column was a whim. If I'm going to tell people what to do, it's only right that I do it myself. Plus, I really did want to see if it would feel like a vacation. And no, I did not fully consider the fact that I chose to tackle it on a holiday. That would be my blonde streak showing again.

The story: http://natoday.augusta.com/node/3537

The column: http://natoday.augusta.com/node/3527