NINE: Georgia the Traveler

NINE
GEORGIA THE TRAVELER
1970-1990

Georgia was a traveler! Anything she could do to get in a vehicle, whether it was her trusted car, a bus, a plane - it didn't matter. Ask her to go somewhere - and she was there. Each day - she was famous for going somewhere. Even if just a trip to Great Bend - she loved to drive and see the world.

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DAY TRIP EXCURSIONS
Contributed by Anna Catherine Dreiling on September 21, 2009

In Moms last years on the farm, when I would go out to see her, we would go over to Great Bend to do whatever shopping she needed. We would then go out to eat. Most often at a Chinese place. She knew I liked Chinese but she did too. Two of her favorite foods were Hot and Sour Soup and Crab Ragoons. On the way home, being the adventurous person she was, we would take different off roads home. If it was paved we took it. She always seemed to find her way back to the main highway. I always enjoyed and will remember those little excursions with her.

ALWAYS READY TO GO!
(contributed by Dorothy Mae Carver on September 21, 2009)

These are some of my memories of recent years about mom. In the last few years when we were taking our turns going to the farm to check on mom, Jim and I would on several occasions just go on a day trip. We got to see several things in Kansas on those trips. Mom was always ready to go. Jim also always liked to see new things. A barbed wire museum, a large ball of twine, in greesburg the deepest hand dug well and just seeing the country side. Mom really enjoyed her car rides. These car trips really started many years ago when she would drive to topeka for a visit we would take vacation days and we would do day trips out of Topeka also. She was very easy to go with because she would do whatever we wanted to do never ever putting in her want to's. (Added to Chapter 9: Georgia the World Traveler)