We are moving today – sort of a short
hop – about 72 miles so not too bad. We have a stop on the way
though – we are going to Gibbs Gardens which we had heard about
when we were zip-lining a few days ago.
Gibbs Gardens in Ball Ground Georgia,
about an hour north of Atlanta, was started in 1980 as a private 300
acre estate. Jim Gibbs sort of went nuts and planted 100,000
daffodils that year. Every year since then, he has planted another
100,000. There are now currently 22 million daffodils that bloom
about this time of year. Think about that for a moment.
Unfortunately, we were maybe a week too late to see them all in their
glory, but it still was very impressive.
There are currently 220 landscaped
acres and there is something in bloom all year round. Currently,
besides the daffodils, the cherry trees, Bradford Pears, Red buds,
plus a lot of annuals are all in bloom.
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| This is a water lily garden with an exact replica of Monet's Bridge - supposed to be spectacular when the water lilies bloom |
We ended up in Talona RV park in Talking Rock Georgia – a
tiny little park with fabulous WIFI. I feel I have to mention this
because it is so seldom that campground WIFI is as good as this.
There was a lovely little creek running along in front of our rigs so we
took our chairs down to the creek and had another wonderful Happy Hour.
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