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re: Cool, off-the-beaten-path towns within the SEC footprint
Posted on 2/16/15 at 6:50 pm to MizSpfd
Posted on 2/16/15 at 6:50 pm to MizSpfd
Keeping it w/in 20 min or so of College Station ....
Brenham, TX
Bluebonnet Wine Trail
Bryan, TX - Messina Hof Winery
Round Top TX (Royers Cafe)
Lake Conroe
Washington County/Washington-on-the-Brazos - Birthplace of Texas
But if we're opening up the conversation to the entire state?
Oh boy.
That's a different thread.
Brenham, TX
Bluebonnet Wine Trail
Bryan, TX - Messina Hof Winery
Round Top TX (Royers Cafe)
Lake Conroe
Washington County/Washington-on-the-Brazos - Birthplace of Texas
But if we're opening up the conversation to the entire state?
Oh boy.
That's a different thread.
This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 6:53 pm
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Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:14 pm to MizSpfd
Ensley
Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:17 pm to MizSpfd
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Apalachicola, FL
Port St Joe, that's really close to Apalachicola, is my favorite beach spot on the gulf simply because it's a very blue collar, old fashioned southern coastal town without all the high rises, 5 star golf resorts, fruffy shops, uptight asshats in fancy cars you get farther west. Beaches are beautiful, not too full and the skyline not littered with ugly high rise condos.
That you mention this makes me think a lot of the more ritzy tourist first places aren't exactly the main thing you're looking for.
I actually don't have a lot of suggestions but would be interested in reading some other replies.
1) I've always been interested in making the trip from Tuscaloosa south into the black belt along the smaller county roads through Faunsdale south to the Alabama River (Miller's Ferry, Gee's Bend etc etc).
2) Also would like to go to Muscle Shoals AL mainly because of the historic rock/country music recording studios and not sure how the area is though I hear it's pretty beautiful.
This post was edited on 2/17/15 at 12:38 am
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:23 pm to MizSpfd
Also Cleveland, Tennessee in June/July... The town is pretty meh. But in the summer, the town is infested with river hippies that know how to have a good time.
The Ocoee River has some great class III and IV whitewater that makes the Niangua River look like my old man taking a leak.
In between float trips, head over the Hiwassee River for a little fishing excursion.
At night, asks the hippies where a place called Duff's is... Great music, $2 drafts served in a ball jar... Very southern appalachian. You'll love it.
The Ocoee River has some great class III and IV whitewater that makes the Niangua River look like my old man taking a leak.
In between float trips, head over the Hiwassee River for a little fishing excursion.
At night, asks the hippies where a place called Duff's is... Great music, $2 drafts served in a ball jar... Very southern appalachian. You'll love it.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:25 pm to MizSpfd
Bardstown - My Old Kentucky Home; America's most beautiful small town
Hodgenville - birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Bowling Green - if you like Corvettes
Ft. Knox - if you like gold
Petersburg - if you think humans walked with dinosaurs
Hodgenville - birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Bowling Green - if you like Corvettes
Ft. Knox - if you like gold
Petersburg - if you think humans walked with dinosaurs
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:28 pm to MizSpfd
Uniontown, AL
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:28 pm to MizSpfd
Greenwood Mississippi
Posted on 2/16/15 at 7:31 pm to MizSpfd
Natchez, MS
Posted on 2/16/15 at 8:05 pm to MizSpfd
St. Francisville and New Roads; a couple of years ago you could have taken the ferry from SF to NR and during the ride over you could munch on some peanuts bought from the peanut lady who set up her stand (well it was a chair) near the ferry ramp. But now it's shut down and it's a damn shame 
Posted on 2/16/15 at 8:26 pm to MizSpfd
Bardstown, KY is pretty awesome. Bourbon festival right in the middle of the KY bourbon trail distilleries
Posted on 2/16/15 at 8:43 pm to MizSpfd
Charleston, SC, Beaufort, SC, Savannah, GA, Athens, GA, Oxford, MS, Greenville, SC, New Orleans, LA, St. Simons, GA, Helen, GA, Nashvile, TN.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 8:55 pm to MizSpfd
When you're in BR for an LSU game - sometime in your retirement - check out St. Francisville.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:41 pm to MizSpfd
My quaint little hometown of Empire, LA...
Posted on 2/16/15 at 10:01 pm to MizSpfd
Queen City of the black belt, Selma, Al. It's a must see to make yourself feel better about where you chose to live.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 11:19 pm to MizSpfd
Satartia, Mississippi
Posted on 2/17/15 at 12:38 am to MizSpfd
Hammond and Covington, La on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain are great for walking tours, festivals, art and craft and car shows and retro architecture.
South Baton Rouge area hosts US Hot Air Balloon competitions.
South Baton Rouge area hosts US Hot Air Balloon competitions.
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:35 am to MizSpfd
Cross Plains/Orlinda, Tenn
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:38 am to MizSpfd
Pine Bluff, AR, home of CrowPie. A fine area. Hardly any crime there either...
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:40 am to MizSpfd
Here are my suggestions, based on personal experience, for the OP.
Mt. Dora, Florida
Johnson City, Tennessee
Aiken, South Carolina
Huntsville, Alabama
Branson, Missouri
Pawley's Island, South Carolina
There are others, but those are a good start.
Mt. Dora, Florida
Johnson City, Tennessee
Aiken, South Carolina
Huntsville, Alabama
Branson, Missouri
Pawley's Island, South Carolina
There are others, but those are a good start.
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