A Visitor Dropped into Athens, GA this Week

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Written by Hank Bailey, from Athens, Georgia on Aug 27, 2009

As I traversed through my daily schedule this week I had an opportunity to speak with a Colorado gentleman traveler to Athens. He said he was really just a visitor who had dropped into town, although he just took a position at the University of Georgia, and he asked what a 57 year old could do in Athens for fun.

Considering my passion for my "Classic City" and through my experience with BestBoomerTowns, I was able to give him a few ideas.

· Athens Heritage Walks Due to our status with the National Trust for Historic Preservation's as one of the 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations, there are tours being put on all season long that look to provide tour goers with a colorful fresh perspective to our Athenian history. Go to http://www.achfonline.org for information and the schedule of each tour.

· Ashford Manor Concerts on the Lawn-September Always a good time. Bring a friend, spouse, or find a friend while you are there! Food, drink, and fun follow suit at Ashford Manor in Watkinsville.

· College Football: UGA vs. South Carolina September 12, 2009; Self Explanatory. Go to a game with 95,000 UGA fans and you too will start bleeding red "and" black. Especially when South Carolina comes to Athens!

· UGA Golf Course Memberships for as little as $545 per quarter ($605 for the general public) and conveniently located near campus. Come and play the highly competitive UGA Golf Course. If you love golf and don't happen to be lucky enough to have football tickets this fall, you will pretty much have the course to yourself on Saturday afternoons!

These are just a few ideas. Check out VisitAthensGA.com for more things to fill your days and point you to where to play at night!

In the end, this gentlemen traveler to our town told me that he could not have created a better place to work and live than his new found home town of Athens. In parting, he told me he wished he had come to Athens years ago! He said unlike many places he has lived across the country, Athens was the only place in which when you said "Good Morning," you always got a reciprocal "Good Morning" with a smile! I hope you will visit our Bubble City of Goodness one day as well. Be prepared however, because you won't want to leave when you are under the spell of our southern charms!

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