Cherry Blossom Festival 2010

Where is the Flower Child?

During the past two weeks several individuals have asked me where is the Flower Child? I have enjoyed a brief period from posting Blog Entries. I have been enjoying the opportunity to be a Tour Guide for my Cousin from the Twin Cities who journeyed to Middle Georgia to enjoy the 2010 Cherry Blossom Festival as well as be a tourist in Middle Georgia. Today I will share a few of the highlights of the recent weeks.

No visit to Georgia would be complete without a visit to Plains, Georgia. We stopped here after a visit to the Little Grand Canyon near Lumpkin, Georgia. The Canyon is also known as the Providence State Park within the Georgia Parks System. We enjoyed the peanut flavored Ice Cream in Plains.
One Saturday morning during the Cherry Blossom Festival we visited Central City Park. If you get their early enough you have the opportunity to savor and also enjoy the fine pink pancakes that are produced by the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department. The best meal in Middle Georgia during the Cherry Blossom Festival. For a mere five dollars you can enjoy all the pink pancakes you can eat as well as the finest breakfast sausage anywhere.

After the Pancake Breakfast we visited the Mustang Car Show. Here you can view some of the late arrivals. Please note that there is one misfit lined up to participate in the show. I know that a 1964 Ford Galaxie is not a Mustang, but they let several other Ford products into the show.

The Cherry Blossom Festival also features a Midway in Central City Park for those who enjoy the rides and the various games of chance. I found this pose of the prize dogs interesting. Some may consider this "R" rated.

In addition to enjoying the Little Grand Canyon in West Georgia we also took the opportunity to visit Westfield, a recreated 1850 Town. They actually moved many buildings from various Georgia locations in the 1970s to create this Town where it is always 1850. Here you see a Georgia Court House. I performed some investigative work here to ascertain that this Court House was constructed with a budget of $5900.00 and it contained all the necessary spaces for a court house and a well appointed Court Room on the upper floor.

I realize that times have changed but I would encourage our Bibb County leaders to visit this Court House as they prepare to ask us, "We The People" to approve a SPLOST to construct a new Courthouse right here in Bibb County, Georgia later this year.

Now you know what the Flower Child has been doing. Watch for additional post about the 2010 Cherry Blossom Festival. I would encourage you to "Bookmark" this Blog or make it one of your "Favorites" on your Internet.