Wandering Back Home

We didn't take I-85 coming home from S.C. We opted to go "cross country" instead. We came through such world famous towns as Abbeville, S.C., Calhoun Falls, S.C. and Elberton, GA. The roads were good and it was really a lot more pleasant than riding on a monotonous expressway for hours. The major attraction along the way was in Elberton, which is known as the "Granite City". They are best known for their granite monuments (mostly gravestones) which are made from the granite in Elberton. (A little fact for you: Elberton is not very far from Stone Mountain which is the largest body of exposed granite in the world.) Everybody in Elberton has some kind of monument. There are all kinds of business markers made of granite and even driveways to private homes had markers with either the street number or the owner's name. We actually went by a Discount Monument Outlet!!!! Ben really wanted to stop, but saner minds prevailed. LOL I couldn't imagine what kind of monument he could possibly want to buy. Possibly somebody's gravestone that had been incorrectly etched with "Johnes" which is the way our name appeared in the Atlanta phone book one time years ago. We hated it!!! And, I don't want a gravestone in my yard - no matter what the discount is!!!