The Spring 2009 Edition American Roads Magazine
Main Street
By Kathleen Walls
American Roads is proud to present the Spring Edition of American
Roads Magazine. Several of my articles are either excerpts or very similar to some
of what is in my books, Hosts With Ghosts orWild About Florida. South
Florida. Wild About Florida. North Florida and Central Florida will be out soon.
You can find my book at my personal site, www.katywalls.com
or at Amazon.com or Just click here to email me.
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Cort's Crossroads
Girls in the Garden
By Leigh Cort
There are few things more satisfying than watching miniature herbs and florals that you have planted slowly spring from the soil to become colorful nourishing food for the people you love. Even the smallest patio, back porch or balcony can provide ample room for a beautiful and fruitful garden. If you’re tired of the same old hanging baskets and usual container plantings on the patio or porch, it’s easy to utilize the unconventional or utterly ‘unusual’ to make outstanding container plantings.
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Leigh's Table Talk A Bite of the Bistro
By Leigh Cort
It was hard to
decide what to be more excited about – the sunset over the bay on an early spring
night in downtown St. Augustine or getting a table in one of North Florida’s newest
popular bistros on a Friday night. for me, it’s always been about the food.
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Inn Roads
Austin's Driskill Hotel
Story and Photos by Kathleen Walls
It was in the 1830s the first permanent white settlers established a village they named Waterloo at the site of present day Austin. By 1839, it was chosen to be the capital of the Republic of Texas. The city was renamed after Stephen F. Austin, "the father of Texas."
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Scenic Highway
Wild Wakulla Springs
Photos and story by Kathleen Walls
Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park is filled with natural charm. I didn’t know where to point my camera next there was so much to capture—eagles, ibises, wood ducks, moorhens, anhingas, tricolored herons, yellow crowned nighthawks, great blue and little blue herons, snowy egrets, turtles, alligators from tiny hatchlings to huge dragon sized, leaping mullets and so many more I could not attempt to photograph them all.
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Fork in The Road
Weaver D's: Soul Food Made Famous
Photos and Story by Kathleen Walls
Even non music groupies know the name of Athens most famous band. R.E.M. began their career in a converted church where they lived at the time. The church has since been torn down and all that remains is the steeple but it is noted on a self guided walking tour put together by the Athens/ Welcome Center and Flagpole Magazine.
What many people do not know is the link between R.E.M. and one of Athen's Georgia's best soul food restaurants.
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Art Trails
Georgia inBloom
by Anne Jenkins
The town folk of Madison, Ga., like to say their town was too beautiful to burn. This may well be true, perhaps Sherman really did admire beauty, but the modern town is burning bright with local art during the Georgia in Bloom (GIB) art fest. The local Madison Artists Guild put together their second annual ‘tour of art’ - the art of 54 regional artists scattered in 14 locations throughout the towns of Rutledge and Madison. The festival runs from March 20 through May 9 and fits neatly with the May 1-2 Spring Tour of Homes - homes that can comfortably be called works of art themselves!
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Vagabond Traveler
Discovering the Lure
of Pipestone, Minnesota
By Mary Emma Allen
"Here’s some more pipestone," my husband remarked, as we examined the reddish rock found abundantly in the Pipestone National Monument in western Minnesota. Jim and I walked over the paths with friends and explored this land that once had been a source of the pipestone the Plains Indians used for carving the stone pipes they used and traded.
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Pot Luck
Food From Our Travels
By Mary Emma Allen
As Jim and I travel around the country, I’m always looking for new foods and recipes, whether prepared at someone’s home or found in a restaurant. Some of these recipes are regional, others family favorites, and some ones we enjoy repeatedly.
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Travels With Farley
Clayton County
Story by Bill Farley photographs by Judith Royce
Scenic and historic as it is, Georgia’s Clayton County has to be forgiven if it sometimes gives the impression that, like Rodney Dangerfield, it feels it “don’t get no respect.” Situated in the penumbra of the sprawling megalopolis of Atlanta, Clayton County is something of a country cousin that too often gets overlooked by travelers seeking a colorful and eclectic destination. But vacationers and especially history buffs who bypass Clayton do so at their own loss. There is much to recommend this county just twenty miles or so from the big city, both in terms of nostalgia and in terms of the best of today.
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Royce Rolls
An Apple a Day...in Sevier
Story and photos by Judith Royce
Pancakes! Pancakes!! Pancakes!!! Whether you call them griddle cakes, flapjacks or hot cakes, everyone here must love batter-based breakfasts, because those are the signs you see on pancake houses all along all the main roads through Sevier County, Tennessee. But if you are aching for a special meal to start your busy day – and a shopping opportunity as well – be sure to visit the Applewood Farmhouse complex.
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Wet Roads
Marineland
Story by Kathleen Walls Photos by Martin Walls
Marineland is a truly unique place. It is possibly the only city in the country where the dolphins outnumber the people. It has a human population of eight and a dolphin population of 14. Then there is at least one well fed black and white cat. It is officially in Flagler County but a small part of the land is in Saint Johns County.
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Heritage Trail
Fort Sumter National Monument
Story and photos by Kathleen Walls
When you say “Charleston” most people will automatically think “Civil War” and “Fort Sumter.” It was here that the conflagration turning brother against brother exploded into the most bloody warfare American soil has ever known. At the crack of dawn on April 12, 1861, Confederate General Pierre Beauregard, in command of 50 cannons and in direct order from President Jefferson Davis, opened fire on his former West Point Instructor and friend, Major Robert Anderson, commander of Union forces at Fort Sumter. On April 14th, the Stars and Bars was raised over the battered fort. The war for Southern Independence had officially begun.
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Wild Ways
Zoo Two
Story and photos by Kathleen Walls
Life is a cycle that ebbs and flows. Birth and death are just a part of that inevitable cycle. I was reminded of that cycle recently after visiting two zoos that will be featured in my Wild About Florida: North Florida.
They are very different zoos. One located in a large metropolitan area but situated far from the inner city: the other in a smaller city yet right in the midst of the new growth. Yet once you step within the gates, you are in similar worlds. A world where wildlife is revered and protected. At both zoos, their residents are loved and cherished. They are family. Nothing is more devastating than losing a member of your family: nothing more satisfying then welcoming a new baby into that family.
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