Friday, June 5, 2009

Amicalola Falls, Amicalola State Park, Georgia.
A 60-watt light bulb hangs by a wire
She read what he wrote
And she knows he's a liar

Lines from Ian Tyson's song "Desert Motel."


Warm Springs, Georgia, where FDR sought treatment for and relief from the polio that crippled him. He was only 63 when he died in his fourth term as President of the US, after seeing the country through the Great Depression and nearly the entirety of World War II. 
Straight-back chairs at a window, Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia.
Winston Churchill called Frankin Delano Roosevelt the greatest man he had ever met. This is the surprisingly modest Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia.
The blogger owes his retirement and his ability to DANA for six months to this man and the Social Security program he created.
The morning following the skinny dipping opportunity described in the post below, the blogger pulled off the road at the Lake Franklin turnout and discovered that anyone there with binoculars, a telescope or a long lens could have enjoyed watching the blogger's swim of the previous day. Holding the high ground is always an advantage.