I was born and raised in Georgia, in the part south of Atlanta and about an hour north of Fort Benning. Columbus, the closest town to Benning, was a true military town at one point, but not so much any more. But you can find anything you would need there in terms of shopping, movies, etc. It's on a large river with a couple of huge lakes nearby, so there is plenty of boating, fishing and camping. A couple of hours from Atlanta and all the stuff there - concerts, museums, etc. A few hours from the Gulf Coast of Florida, with all the standard ocean side stuff. Roughly an hour to the NASCAR track at Atlanta Motor Speedway (which is in Hampton, GA, not Atlanta).
Tons of civil war history, and early American too if you want to travel across the state to Savannah. Also, the settlement towns of the early Cherokee and Yamacraw Indian tribes were in the Columbus area if you are interested in Native history. Politically, Columbus is a bit blue, but the rural areas around it are about as red as you can get. Lots of good info about the state here: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > So in December my fiancee and I will be moving to Fort Benning, Ga., which > is near Columbus. Anyone from Ga can tell me about the state other than > peaches and NASCAR (Yeah, I am a NASCAR fan and I'll be hitting ALL of the > nearby tracks). We were just wondering about things to see, historical > sites, fun places to go to, night life, etc... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345328 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
