Georiga

**Georgia**
By: CYD

I. History ==== My state's name is Georgia. The nickname of this lower colony state is the "Peach State". One of the state's mottoes are "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation". Georgia applied for statehood on January 2, 1788. The state flower of Goergia is the Cherokee Rose.. This flower mostly has only 5 pedals, but the color of the pedals are a yellow-white. The bottom of the flower also known as the "hip" is a bristley red. The flower is not just a flower, it's a flower off of a shrub. The other flower is a purple The state bird is a Brown Thrasher. A brown Thrasher is a bird who mostly spends its time in thickets and hedgerows. They are commonly found in the eastern part of the United States. Their bold song tells that is their territory and no one else is allowed. ==== ==== First, DeSoto was the was first explorer in Georgia. He landed in Florida and traveled upward in 1539. Desoto was from Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain. He was a roman catholic explorer. Second, some of his volenteers were Francisco Pizarro. In Peru he played a very important place in this exploration to the Incan Empire. Then he came back to Spain with 180,000 ducats. He found Georgia in 1739. Third, the state was founded by General James Edward Oglethorpe. He sometimes would be called father Oglethorpe. Oglethorpe fought in the Queen's war in 1702-1714. He later died in June 30, 1785 because of Essex in the Untied Kingdom. Eli Whitney invented his cotton gin near Savannah, Georgia. He was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765. The invention revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. It could genarate up to 50 pounds. That was very much back then. ====

==== These following reasons are why i have picked Georgia to do my state on. First i have always wanted to see what georgia looked like. I have always herd of stories from friends who have been there, and heard the scenery was amazing! Second, I thought it would be nice to go down there and just visit. Third, I have also heard about the wonderful aquariums they have there by the beaches. Forth, the beaches would be quite nice for just a family-safe enviromental vacation. Lastly, my dad my brother and i could go to the tennis courts and we could have a couple matches while mom is relaxing on the beach with a book or something relative to that. ====

II. Itinerary Sunday June 13, 2010- Today we will be driving to Georgia. It is a 11 to 13 hour drive depending on trafic. We will leave at about 3:30-4:00 am which means we will get there at about 2:00. From there we can check in and then drive to Tybee Island which is 52 minutes away. So by the time we get to tybee island, beach, we are pretty tired of driving in the car so it will feel great to be at the beach. We can stay at the beach for about 5 hours and on the way back from the beach to the hotel we can stop for food.

Monday June 13, 2010- First we will have to check out of the hotel before we can go anywhere. We can go back to Tybee Island for the whole day but we would be able to leave at about 11:00 am before check out, which means we can be at Tybee Island by 12:00 pm. We will be able to stay for the whole day and will be able to get a hotel there for the next day.

Tuesday June 15, 2010- We will be staying at the hotel from the day before for the next couple days until thursday. That will be our last day at the beach. We can take a really long walk starting at 9th street and ending on 18th ave. That is a full 21 streets in total! That willl take up most of the day but when we get back to the hotel we can swim in their pool for a while and relax from a long day and walk. Wednesday June 16, 2010- We can eat lunch at the hotel then go to the beach (savannah beach) so we wont be there the whole day-and also we can sleep in because im sure we would be pretty tired. After that we can go back to the hotel and walk to a seafood restaurant nearby. Then with a full stomach we can walk back to the hotel and drive to the boardwalk for a couple fun hours.

Thursday June 17, 2010- This would be our last day before we would drive to altanta. First we will go to the beach until dinner. The only beach that we would go to is savannah's beach. When everybody statrs to get hungry, we will go to a restaurant for dinner and then go mini golfing since my dad and i love to golf. My brother wouldnt struggle like he does in regular golf then! Friday June 18, 2010- finally we would leave the hotel at about 11:00 am and head off for Atlanta. Then we would just go sight seeing the rest of the day. Maybe we might go to the coca-cola factory since my dad is almost addicted to it! We would also get a hotel for the night and leave for the 11 hours home to mechanicsburg pennsylvania.

Saturday June 19, 2010- this is the day we would leave for home. Check-out is at 12:00 pm so we can leave at any random time before that. We could leave at 8:00 am to get home from the 11 hour car ride back home. Therefore we would get home at 9:00 pm. This wouls make us eat at luch out at a resaurant and also eat dinner at a restaurant.

III. Travel Plans

[|directions from mechanicsburg,pa to savannah,ga] Estimated time: 11 hours and 14 minutes [|directions from savannah, ga to atlanta, ga] Estimated time: 3 hours and 49 minutes

IV.Accommodations

__I. Best Western Promenade Hotel in the Historic__ A. 412 West Day Street, Savannah Georgia, 31401 B. 888-travelocity C. 128.00 D. Amenities 1. Swimming pool 2. Pets Allowed 3. Golf Course 4. Buiness center 5. Fitness Facutly

__2. Holiday Inn Express Atlanta Airport-college park__ A. 4601 Best Road, Atlanta Georgia, 30337 B. 888-travelocity C. 83.00 D. Amenities 1. Swimming Pool 2. Tennis Courts 3. Golf Course 4. Executive Floor 5. Interior Corridors

V. Pre-Trip Planning

1. Feed the turtle and cat 2. Pack all the movies for the kids in the DVD player 3. Load up the car 4. Make sure cat feeder can still do it. 5. Get addresses from family that you want to send post cards to 6. Put litter box out for feeder to clean 7. Put emergency numbers on the fridge or counter 8. Make checklist for what to pack 9. Check checklist 10. charge camera

VI. Estimated cost

Gas-200.00 Hotel-905.79 Food-700.00 Shopping-400.00 Entertainment-400.00 misc.-200.00

Total cost: 2405.79

VII. Bibliogaphy

//"EasyBib"//. ImagineEasy Solution, 2009. Web. 16 Dec. 2009. [|www.easybib.com] //"statehood dates".// marchex, INC. 1998. Web. 13 Dec. 2009.[|50states.com/statehood.htm] "//Hotels"// travelocity. 2009. Web. 12 Nov. 2009. [|travelocity.com/hotels] "//Directions"// mapquest. 2009. Web. 17 Dec. 2009. [|mapquest.com/directions] "//Directions"// mapquest. 2009. Web. 23 Nov. 2009. [|mapquest.com/directions]

Casey Dohner-Period 4