My uncle David who lives & works in DC decided to spend his precious vacation time with us this week. The last time David came to visit we were living in Florida and Trey was a wee baby in November of 2006. Today we gave him a mini-tour of Macon. We hit Ocmulgee National Monument […]
Rock Eagle Mound is one of Georgia’s six ancient Indian Mounds. We had already visited the big three: Etowah, Kolomoki, and Ocmulgee Mounds. This mound is unique in that it is an effigy – a massive pile of rocks in the shape of a bird. Though called Rock Eagle, many scholars believe the bird represented […]
Georgia has 6 registered historic Indian Mounds sites, but only 3 are public parks – Ocmulgee is a National Monument and Etowah and Kolomoki are State Historic Parks. Last weekend we hit Kolomoki Indian Mounds on our trek through the southwest corner of Georgia. We skipped the park museum (there was a $4/person fee and […]