Rumour has it I'm a star! It seems an article on my travels has appeared on the Vance Air Force Base website, the Enid Buzz website and in the Vance base paper...with pictures! If you'd like to read it, to0, just cut and paste this link
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Georgia on my mind
Welcome to Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia, y’all!
Did you know that not only the base, but the entire town of Warner Robins, was named after an Army Air Corps General? No wonder it’s such a military friendly place! It's 16 hours south of Macon and just a few hours away from Atlanta…where there is an American Girl Boutique & Bistro! To say I was excited to get to visit here would be an understatement.
My visit with Maggie May and her family got off to a very exciting start; not soon after I arrived there was a tornado warning! Yep, a tornado was spotted just a few miles from Miss Maggie May’s house and was headed straight for us. Luckily, I knew just what to do (when you move to Oklahoma, you learn all about tornadoes) so we found the safest part of the house and sat down to wait for the all clear. I had a comfy pillow to sit on and good company so it wasn’t that scary. Soon the danger had passed (don’t worry, the nasty tornado didn’t do any damage) and we got to go back to playing.
A few days later we went to Atlanta to visit Maggie May’s grandma and grandpa (they are really, really nice) and made a stop at…you guessed it, the American Girl Boutique & Bistro! I got my hair done and it was totally worth the hour I had to wait. I enjoyed visiting with my fellow AG dolls, all of whom loved hearing about my adventures and my new friends all over the country. The poor things were well loved but not well traveled! I got a groovy new t-shirt you can only get at a AGB & B, too!
After the B & B, Maggie May, her little brother, her cousin and I rode the carousel. Driving back to Grandma’s, we saw a man on a really fancy motorcycle with a giant Spiderman doll sitting behind him – wearing a Viking helmet! Guess I’m not the only toy out seeing the country.
On Labor Day we went to the Douglasville Labor Day parade. I just love parades. I got a little teary eyed watching the troops in uniform march past; they all look so handsome and brave. I would have saluted (Miss K’s dad made sure all the girls at home know the proper way to salute…no sloppy salutes in our house!) but my arms just don’t bend that way so I had to settle for standing at attention. It was sprinkling but they still threw out candy to the spectators; I helped Maggie May and her brother collect a TON of candy. (Most of which Maggie May’s mom made us save for later. Nuts.) Needless to say, all three of us slept during the ride back home that afternoon.
I was lucky enough to get to go to school with Maggie May later that week. Wait just a sec…
HELLO, MRS. EARLY! HELLO, CLASS!
There, I promised them I would do that. Anyway, I got to tell all the kids about my travels and stay for some lessons (they have a bathtub in the reading center – is that cool or what?). I ate lunch with the kids (I let Maggie May have the peanut butter sandwich – I’m not allowed to have peanut butter; according to Miss K’s mom, peanut butter and doll hair are a bad combination) but I snagged a bag of chips. Yum! Maggie May’s school has the BEST playground so recess was a blast! We went down the slide FAST and played on the swings. (We went really high even though I couldn’t help pump. GO MAGGIE MAY!)
Georgia is known for its peaches and pecans, which are shipped all over the world for people to eat. (And make into pecan pralines. And pecan pie. I love pecans!) Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see the orchards where the peaches are grown (peach season ended a few weeks ago) but I did get to visit the Lane Packing Company and get my picture taken on a giant peach!
We visited downtown Macon, too, and I got to see the theater where Little Richard got his start - the same place Maggie May was crowned Little Miss Cherry Blossom last year. (Unfortunately, the crown was too big for me or I would have gotten a picture of me trying it on.) Since it was hot and humid (as it seems to be every day during the summer in Georgia!) we stopped for ice cream. I was very careful not to get any on my new shirt. (Which I wore just about every day because I LOVE IT! Shocking pink is definitely my colour.)
Of course I visited Robins Air Force Base, too, and saw lots of airplanes. Since Robins has the largest runway in all of Georgia, some ginormous planes go through there. I thought it was interesting that a lot of the base (almost a third) is a natural wetlands or timberlands, with magnolias, oaks, birds – even alligators! Oh, and Jess will be interested in finding out they have over 36 archaeological sites on the base, too…there was once a major Native American settlement where the base is now. Neat, huh?
Maggie May and her family had a good bye dinner for me and then, before I knew it, it was time to pack. I’ll miss everyone here so much – I had such a great time and really felt like one of the family. I even helped Maggie May’s baby brother learn to walk…seems little brothers will do anything to get to their sister’s dolls!
I’m headed home to Oklahoma for a quick visit before I head back out on my travels. The Vance Air Force Base Air Show is coming up October 4th and I don’t want to miss it! I promise to post pictures here so you can see how much fun it is.
Did you know that not only the base, but the entire town of Warner Robins, was named after an Army Air Corps General? No wonder it’s such a military friendly place! It's 16 hours south of Macon and just a few hours away from Atlanta…where there is an American Girl Boutique & Bistro! To say I was excited to get to visit here would be an understatement.
My visit with Maggie May and her family got off to a very exciting start; not soon after I arrived there was a tornado warning! Yep, a tornado was spotted just a few miles from Miss Maggie May’s house and was headed straight for us. Luckily, I knew just what to do (when you move to Oklahoma, you learn all about tornadoes) so we found the safest part of the house and sat down to wait for the all clear. I had a comfy pillow to sit on and good company so it wasn’t that scary. Soon the danger had passed (don’t worry, the nasty tornado didn’t do any damage) and we got to go back to playing.
A few days later we went to Atlanta to visit Maggie May’s grandma and grandpa (they are really, really nice) and made a stop at…you guessed it, the American Girl Boutique & Bistro! I got my hair done and it was totally worth the hour I had to wait. I enjoyed visiting with my fellow AG dolls, all of whom loved hearing about my adventures and my new friends all over the country. The poor things were well loved but not well traveled! I got a groovy new t-shirt you can only get at a AGB & B, too!
After the B & B, Maggie May, her little brother, her cousin and I rode the carousel. Driving back to Grandma’s, we saw a man on a really fancy motorcycle with a giant Spiderman doll sitting behind him – wearing a Viking helmet! Guess I’m not the only toy out seeing the country.
On Labor Day we went to the Douglasville Labor Day parade. I just love parades. I got a little teary eyed watching the troops in uniform march past; they all look so handsome and brave. I would have saluted (Miss K’s dad made sure all the girls at home know the proper way to salute…no sloppy salutes in our house!) but my arms just don’t bend that way so I had to settle for standing at attention. It was sprinkling but they still threw out candy to the spectators; I helped Maggie May and her brother collect a TON of candy. (Most of which Maggie May’s mom made us save for later. Nuts.) Needless to say, all three of us slept during the ride back home that afternoon.
I was lucky enough to get to go to school with Maggie May later that week. Wait just a sec…
HELLO, MRS. EARLY! HELLO, CLASS!
There, I promised them I would do that. Anyway, I got to tell all the kids about my travels and stay for some lessons (they have a bathtub in the reading center – is that cool or what?). I ate lunch with the kids (I let Maggie May have the peanut butter sandwich – I’m not allowed to have peanut butter; according to Miss K’s mom, peanut butter and doll hair are a bad combination) but I snagged a bag of chips. Yum! Maggie May’s school has the BEST playground so recess was a blast! We went down the slide FAST and played on the swings. (We went really high even though I couldn’t help pump. GO MAGGIE MAY!)
Georgia is known for its peaches and pecans, which are shipped all over the world for people to eat. (And make into pecan pralines. And pecan pie. I love pecans!) Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see the orchards where the peaches are grown (peach season ended a few weeks ago) but I did get to visit the Lane Packing Company and get my picture taken on a giant peach!
We visited downtown Macon, too, and I got to see the theater where Little Richard got his start - the same place Maggie May was crowned Little Miss Cherry Blossom last year. (Unfortunately, the crown was too big for me or I would have gotten a picture of me trying it on.) Since it was hot and humid (as it seems to be every day during the summer in Georgia!) we stopped for ice cream. I was very careful not to get any on my new shirt. (Which I wore just about every day because I LOVE IT! Shocking pink is definitely my colour.)
Of course I visited Robins Air Force Base, too, and saw lots of airplanes. Since Robins has the largest runway in all of Georgia, some ginormous planes go through there. I thought it was interesting that a lot of the base (almost a third) is a natural wetlands or timberlands, with magnolias, oaks, birds – even alligators! Oh, and Jess will be interested in finding out they have over 36 archaeological sites on the base, too…there was once a major Native American settlement where the base is now. Neat, huh?
Maggie May and her family had a good bye dinner for me and then, before I knew it, it was time to pack. I’ll miss everyone here so much – I had such a great time and really felt like one of the family. I even helped Maggie May’s baby brother learn to walk…seems little brothers will do anything to get to their sister’s dolls!
I’m headed home to Oklahoma for a quick visit before I head back out on my travels. The Vance Air Force Base Air Show is coming up October 4th and I don’t want to miss it! I promise to post pictures here so you can see how much fun it is.
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