Escape to GA, after a summer of “shelter in place” … Thanks to COVID-19 – Day 9 – Tuesday 9/22/20

Today, we had a leisurely morning and we had planned on taking the people who have not seen the Georgia Guidestones and the Elberton Granite Museum to see them.

This is my third trip to both of these places. I will tell you a little about each of them, but for more information, visit an older blog of mine.

The components of the Georgia Guidestones were manufactured from Elberton "Pyramid Blue Granite." It is reported that it was one of the most challenging projects ever for the quarry and monument manufacturing concern. Partly because of the magnitude of materials and partly because of the exacting specifications from the mysterious groups of sponsors. They were so precise they had to be compiled by experts on stone as well as construction.

The "Guidestone" Facts:

Overall Height - 19' 3"

Amount of Granite - 951 Cubic Feet

Weight (Grand Total) - 119 tons

4 Upright Stones - 6' 6" wide x 16' 4" high x 1' 7" thick

1 Cap Stone - 3' 3" wide x 16' 4" high x 1' 7" thick

4 Support Stones (Bases) - 7' 4" wide x 9' 8" long x 1' 4" thick

1 Support Stone (Base) - 4' 2.5" long x 2' 2" wide x 1' 7" thick

Lettering - over 4,000 sandblasted letters, each approximately 4" high

Jack & Julie, Cathy, Charlie & Pucha, Roy & Linda and Janet all came to the museum. They all enjoyed the movie and all the history that the museum shared.

The rest of the group, that had been to these sights before, played cards and fished! 

Brian was trying to catch fish for dinner, but looks like we will have to stick with our original plan!

No seriously, he was catching bait fish for his fishing later for the big ones!

We made hobo pies for dinner.

Everyone has a different name for them: hobo pies, pie irons, mountain pies, or pudgy pies, but we can all agree they are delicious! 

What is a hobo pie? Traditionally a hot sandwich made over a campfire in a pie iron. There is no fussing with a grill or tripod, just a simple pie iron you stick into the fire to cook your meal. The exterior of every hobo pie is 2 pieces of bread with butter on the outside.

We made the pies we ate for dinner out of ham, cheese, taco meat, chopped steak & gravy and pizza ingredients!

We visited for a while and then made hobo pies for dessert out of pie fillings!