DAY TRIPS
In Columbus: (2 days)
* The National Infantry Museum at Fort Benning is fabulous – and free. (IMAX movies are also available at the Museum).
* Columbus Museum (Fine Art, Local History, etc.) is wonderful and also free.
* Historic downtown tour.
* Coca-Cola Space Center
* Riverwalk
* Confederate Naval Museum. (unique)
South (all within 75 minutes of the Lodge)
* Westville, an 1840’s town, (weekends) is fabulous. Great for kids and adults.
* Providence “Little Grand Canyon”
* Plains, Georgia – Home of Jimmy Carter
* Andersonville National Historic Site
* Montezuma, Georgia – Amish community (Yoder’s Restaurant)
Northeast (all within 25 minutes of the Lodge)
* Warm Springs, Georgia – FDR’S Little White House. National Fish Hatchery. (Famous Bullock House for lunch!)
* Callaway Gardens
* FDR State Park
West (all within 70 minutes of the Lodge)
* Tuskegee, Alabama – Historic University, George Washington Carver Museum
* Auburn, Alabama – Home of Auburn Tigers, Art Museum
Also (all within 2 hours)
* Atlanta , Georgia - Home of the Braves, Hawks, Falcons and Thrashers. High Art Museum, America’s largest Aquarium, Atlanta Zoo, Fox theater, State Capitol.
* Montgomery, Alabama – Historic districts, State Capitol, First Capitol of the Confederacy
* Macon, Georgia – Rock and Roll Museum, Historic City tour, pass peach and pecan farm stores on the way