Great video I remember as a kid on the swing with my grandfather drinking a strawberry soda. And catching fire flys and putting them in a jar. Priceless times .
Broke down at the off ramp to Statesboro long ago. Was a wonderful experience thanks to Georgia and Gene Phillips. Had an awesome buffet and stay at the Holiday Inn. Manager (Sylvia Brown) was English, like my mother. Will NEVER forget the hospitality or the pecans. Independent Grocers of America = IGA, I believe
You see many IGA's in small towns all over the east coast and probably the Midwest. There are other grocery chains (independently owned) also out their. Names like Shurfine, Big M, and on and on. They fill the nitch in many towns that wouldn't have a grocery store with a distribution center for the stores. Many have store brands. And of course there is always Dollar General that has thousands of stores, but isn't really just a grocery store but a "dollar" store also.
In my hometown, they built an IGA to replace the A&P that had closed. The local unions protested because they didn't use union workers to build it and they weren't planning on staffing it with unionized workers. The night before the grand opening, it mysteriously burned to the ground.
I was born, raised and still live in Portal. It has an annual Turpentine Festival where they fire up the old wood-fired turpentine still, which from my understanding is the only functioning wood-fired still left in the US. They haven't been able to do it the last two years due to COVID, but hopefully this year. Thank you for showcasing our quiet little community. We love it here, and we're glad you stopped by!
HEY ATW...WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, YOUR WORK KEEPS getting better and better. Being able to see all the places you visit is nothing short of a miracle. It takes a special type of human being to do what you do, keeping it interesting and exciting. All without swearing, or mocking others, or being evil and you present it with an air of honesty and class that no one else on UA-cam can do. Today's vlog was so intense, especially that old cabin!
So glad you were in my area to document our local sites, I was born in Metter,GA, attended Georgia Southern University where I met my lovely wife of 43 years and we lived in Twin City for 10 years. A few sites you should consider on your next visit are The O.A. Hall general store in Twin City, George L. Smith State park ( 140 y/o grist mill and covered bridge), and the barns on Big Barn road between Twin City and Metter. I am loving this format!
I have relatives in Twin City. My Mother would need to catch me up to speed because I have a bad memory. A Great Uncle of mine was the Sheriff I believe back in the 80's/maybe early 90's. His name was Homer Moxley. He has since passed away. I remember going swimming at his home with his children when I was a kid. Take care and I hope you have a wonderful week.
These backroad adventures are my favorites of your videos. Charles Kuralt used to have a segment on the CBS Nightly News with Walter Cronkite called “On the Road”, which featured small towns and real people on the nation’s back roads, and these remind me of his videos.
Adam you seem so much happier lately. We love traveling with you. We are amazed at all the neat little things you find. Thank you! Keep doing what you love ❤️
Mullet is a fish and roe is the eggs. I live in Portal and we are very proud of our little town and its history. Thank you for including us on your trip!
That Cola sign at the beginning is a Cherro Cola sign. It's what now is known as RC Cola. The slogan is "There's none so good" Cherro fought a legal battle with Coke to be able to use the word "Cola" they won and the rest is history. There's a repainted one in Douglas Georgia in a building I helped remodel.
so happy with the small town tours you've been doing - capturing them on video preserves them forever thanks to the internet, and I wonder how much is gonna be left of these small towns another few decades down the line. you have a good sense of humor and you seem to find inspiration and gratitude in the smaller things. best wishes adam - keep up the good work!
I absolutely enjoy your videos, this was a great decision you made Adam! I am Swiss person that got that strange homesickness feeling for old America and you fill up my heart with these trips you do, thank you!
Both my wife and I have enjoyed your videos for the past year or so. Both of us have noticed how more happy you seem to be doing these videos. Keep up the great work!!
Adam I don't comment very often but I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy these videos I love what you've done with 2022 so far now I can refer to these videos If I ever want to visit any of these places
Same here. I live in the country in Kentucky, and I see them all the time heading to a processing plant. I feel so sorry for the chickens. I think some die while being transported.
IGA - Independent Grocers Alliance. I like Statesboro as well, a smaller college town. Also went to the Claxton fruitcake bakery last year. Love these videos! 🙂
Someone probably already said, but IGA = Independent Grocer Association. Founded in 1926, it was a way for small grocers to band together and compete with the big ones.
Good episode as always, you missed one of the most interesting sights in georgia, just 2.5 miles east of Claxton on highway 280. There is a mannequin standing in the trees, visible from the road. Someone dresses him up appropriate for the season. Well worth a quick visit.
Statesboro was part of my Dads old stomping grounds. It's a beautiful little town. It's nice to see it and all of these familiar places my Dad talked about.... especially Hopeyoulikit.😊 I miss my Dad so much. This has made me feel so close to him remembering good times with him. Thank you Adam!
Bellville is actually spelled BELLVILLE. I live here with my wife & family, and she was born and raised here. In fact, she is a daughter of Bernie, who owns the general store. When our train depot was refurbished for historical preservation, we used one of the oldest photographs of the original building that we could find. The depot was erected before the city was actually chartered by the state of Georgia. Back then, it was a small community centered around the train tracks, and was commonly referred to as Belleville (presumably owing to the large Bell family of farmers in the area at the time). We're not sure who made the original sign on the depot, but it was restored to historic accuracy, too. Not a current misspelling, but a tribute to and reminder of days gone by. I enjoyed your video! It's always interesting to hear the impressions of folks passing through. You should have stopped inside Bernie's for a sausage dog and another cup of coffee. It's Just About Perfect!
Growing up in the 60’s as a kid, we spent winters in central Florida and summer in MA. On the drive to/from, we would stop in Claxton for some fruitcake as there wasn’t yet any interstate highways so it was US highways, like US 301 and US 1, etc.
I live a half mile from 441/301 My family made a trip to Eustis Florida in the '60s while I-75 was being built. There were more detours, than actual roads because sections of St Rt 25 and 27 were also being worked on. No A/C in the car and a whiny little sister who complained most of the several day trip.
I'm from the Metter/Excelsior area and the tarps in the pine trees were pine straw which is raked up and sold in bales for landscaping! The garden in Excelsior wasn't lettuce but an old staple many of us eat here in the south called mustard and probably some turnips in there too!
Thanks for sharing these videos. I really enjoy them. I like how these small towns are so clean. Yards are trimmed, no graffiti, and no trash in the streets. That's how I remember my home town growing up in Texas.
Ever consider riding the Amtrak Silver Line or AutoTrain up and down the coast? Having perused these americana sites, it's a whole other adventure via train. You could really camp out in a roomette and have total privacy. Thanks for another great adventure, Adam!!!
I believe the greens you saw growing are mustard greens. They definitely are not lettuce at this time of year. I grew some broccoli and collards here in Kentucky and harvested them just before our snowfall. You are learning so much on this trip and teaching us a lot also! I can't wait to see where you have been each day!
You are headed to the one place I have ALWAYS, ALWAYS wanted to explore! My favorite novel writer of all time Eugenia Price wrote all her books about and around Savannah Georgia, St. Simons Island, and the history of that area. Lucky, lucky you!
Hello Adam from the U.K, great video again I've been following you for quite a while. Just keep doing what you'r doing. love seeing the small American towns theres a lot of history in them. Take care 👍
My recommendation for Savannah is to visit the historic E Shaver Booksellers at 326 Bull St. It is fabulous! Say hello to the store cats for me if you get to go!
Oh Adam! There was a sad teardrop in my eye during this video - a very unusual occurrence in your videos. All of those poor chickens!! (I’m seriously considering cutting any meat out of my diet completely as a result. I can’t begin to imagine what horrible ends they will all meet. Chickens are actually very friendly and will become willing pets if allowed! Oh you, you are such an entertaining chap! I just love being “taken along” to all sorts of obscure places in this country. Thanks so much for doing this and, may I say, it is very clear from your demeanor, your voice and your eyes that you are indeed enjoying yourself very much! There was awhile there when you were quite clearly unhappy and I am very delighted to see you’ve bounced back and are having fun once again. And did you see what I saw at the end of the vlog? YES! It was a “Rolling Woo” being blown down the street! So rare to see one in the wild!!! 😉
Seeing that IGA in Portal reminded me that just today while driving through the small town of Jeffersonville Ga. I passed by an old but open and doing business, Piggly Wiggly grocery...and no...I wasn't driving Miss Daisy.
Thank you for covering Central Georgia, we live in Warner Robins, in the Savannah area. We love it here!! So much history. We love Savannah, so much to learn about and cover there. An amazing world we live in, just go and find it! Brings back memories on the farm in Roberta or Unadilla, eating watermelon, picking cotton, okra, and snap peas. Wonderful evening meals with family.
Adam, you are like Ken Burns on PBS. Good documentaries. Thanks for doing the videos daily. Takes our minds off of other things. Sad in a way how so many towns are near deserted. Real Americana. Stay safe out there.
Some really beautiful little towns with amazing looking buildings . You can see why people record movies and TV shows in these places . Thanks again Adam for sharing and documenting these place's .
Great trip! Happy you let us tag along. Brings back a lot of childhood vacation memories when the freeway system was young and "back roads" was still the primary routes for transportation in many areas, especially the south. Several of those towns that had faded murals of trains probably had major train service at one time. At least freight if not freight and passenger both. Safe travels, looking forward to the next stop!!
Casimir Pulaski has his own day up in Illinois. I used to live in Illinois & remember when the state legislature declared "Casimir Pulaski" a holiday. There is also a Pulaski, Illinois.
I used to live in Statesboro. I carried mail down those dirt roads. Down the very road with the solar panels. They are the craziest roads I have ever seen. Thanks for bringing back the memories!
I just did a little research on Groveland. It's a genuine old town from the 19th century, and was used as a movie set for filming East Of Eden and later Glory. One thing that strikes me about all these semi-abandoned old buildings in rural areas is the absence of graffiti. And how long would the glass windows in that theater ticket booth stay intact in a city? Love these backyard adventures with you and looking forward to more.
That's really interesting about Groveland being a movie set. It was creepy as heck. I love coming back and looking at these comments because I always learn even more. Thank you!
Love your travels Adam...had to chuckle when you saw that little garden at 22:15...not lettuce but may have been either turnips or tobacco.?...keep the videos coming...as someone earlier stated much better than the disney stuff...and I grew up going to Disneyland and my husbands Dad worked building DL on the submarines..He was a diver from WW2 Navy and would work on electrical under water....Stay safe and happy travels...can`t wait for Savannah...never been but always wanted to go..now we travel vicariously with you...!!!
I love small town USA! I like in a city that has about 3000 people in the town. It’s really nice not having bad traffic. We don’t have a lot of crime here as well. Enjoy your travels!
The old cola sign faded on the wall is DOUBLE COLA!! Originated in Chattanooga and I used to drink it! Very sweet. Had its bottling company down the street from WDEF studios near Lookout Mtn.
Adam,I love these small towns,a time forgotten, a simple life that I would like to be a part of.I live in sun city west Arizona but wanting to relocate,I will continue to watch your videos on small towns and maybe find my new home. Thank you Adam
I was raised in Daisy Ga. The town just voted their first black Mayor. This town has a lot of farm land. It has been depressed by the old but the new has gain ground. Great Video. If you want some history about those small towns please reach out to me and I will share all that I know. My grandmother lives in Daisy and she's 99 years young...
In the Olden Days, when my grandparents were still alive, we used to take lots of drives across Texas, always stopping for old cemeteries and falling-down barns like the one you show in Twin City. My grandmother Nano would call it a Snuffy Smith house. Good vlog. I'm enjoying this road trip. Add on: Once we stopped at an old cemetery in the middle of nowhere and my sister and I saw a swing set, with one of the swings moving back and forth. There wasn't a drop of wind.
Adam!!! Did you realize in Statesboro that you were walking all around where the movie Now and Then was filmed in the mid 90s? The courthouse was white back then and appears in a scene with a wedding. The building in your shot showing the courthouse just to the right was the “Shelby Library “. There was a vacant building used as the luncheonette. The side of some of the buildings were painted to be sears and various other things. That one little street you were on is used throughout the movie. I live in Vidalia about an hour away and as a teenager had no idea a movie was even being made back then. Once I went to college I ended up living in a loft across from the courthouse and at that time the door was still painted on the “library” to say Shelby. That was my view every day.
Savannah is awesome and tybee island is so pretty. I love all the history with savannah and river street. And I looked up when they changed the moon pie recipe, they changed it back to the regular recipe in 2017 so I’m going to buy some and see what they taste like.
I really enjoy your new videos. I enjoy the longer format and I like seeing so many smaller towns. Thank you for sharing this information. I really look forward to seeing your videos each day. Thank you!
Metter is on a former Central of Georgia RR running westward out of Statesboro. Technically the line is still active Metter to Statesboro but out of service west of there where it goes through Stillmore and on to Wesley, Adrian and Brewton. Excelsior was on the East Georgia RR which was a line from Register on the north through Hagan (West of Claxton) and on to Glennville on the south. The line through Belleville is an active line originally Seaboard Air Line. This is now part of the Georgia Central shortline railroad.
Excellent, I am from England, and these films are better than any TV here , they are interesting, informative, well presented. Look forward to the next .
Mullet roe is named after mullet fish eggs. The green leaf plants in the garden are probably mustard greens. The semi with the chickens as around 4500 chickens on it.
Great videos!! This is exactly what I've been trying to do in retirement. In the Navy a career and into adulthood, I've traveled the world and seen enough, really. But, seeing the world of my childhood and culture is so doable and affordable. Your videos could not be improved. Just show it as it is and let see more of old Georgia. You have to admit, the whole U.S. is probably just waiting out there, but getting older too. OH, and that Casimir Pulaski guy, you'll see his grave in Savannah I believe. One of early Georgia's foreign heroes, like the Marquis De Lafayette (hint: Lagrange, GA)
I just happened on your fabulous video of rural southeast Georgia this morning. While I’m not originally from the area, I do live a few short miles east of Statesboro, just outside the small town of Brooklet. Living in the area now for 30 years, I’m familiar with much of it, but you have opened my eyes even more by adding the little tidbits of information about each area, that I did not know. By the way, the garden you spoke of and thought had lettuce in it, well actually that was either turnip or mustard greens. You mentioned at one time you travelled with a band. I’m curious as to what band it might have been and if you all had any hits. Let us know more about this when you can. Lastly, I retired 6 months ago and also enjoy traveling to out of the way areas as well. Take care and I’ll be looking forward to seeing many more of your videos.
I live a few miles outside of Portal. It's great to see some of the small surrounding towns from anothers perspective. Stuff you drive past every day and don't pay attention to anymore.
I see the Claxton fruit cakes in the grocery stores at Christmas time but never purchased. Always thought fruit cake to be dry. My mom use to make the best fruit cake. Kept in a tin with a soaked cloth in whiskey on top. Enjoy your travel adventures!
So much fun this vid! I was already cracking up at the start there with your passing shot of the intersection on Main St. I wish I could have been in the room when someone told street sign guy that he would have to go back AGAIN and make a SOUTH Main St sign, too, haha. As the great Stan Lee used to say: "Onward and upward! Excelsior!"
As Savannians, we are loving this small town series! Please enjoy your time in Savannah! Maybe stop by Byrd Cookies or the flagship River Street Sweets and Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House, there is so much to learn about and see here! Lots of American history as well as movie, music, and entertainment happenings both old and new here in and around Savannah.
Thank you Adam. When the whole world seems like a smoggy smokey hazy atmosphere of lies anger and division, I can count on the Woo to deliver clear cool crisp mountain air of good ol' wholesomeness and nostalgia to my weathered lungs.
Adam, you need to check out the kaolin mines in this area (Columbus to Augusta). Where you are at was once the ocean line before Florida attached to the land. Kaolin pockets were formed from the ancient beaches.
Kaolin is the main ingredient in Kaopectate. At the Civil War prisoner of War camp in Andersonville, GA most of the prisoners died due to dysentery; however, unbeknownst to them, they were on top of a huge Kaolin mine so all they would have had to do would have been eat the dirt and many would have been saved. Such a tragedy.
It's not wood piles covered in the pines. It's pine straw. The tents are where the migrant workers sleep while they are there raking up the pine straw.
I really enjoying this video while you travel! I love old everything! Still a big antique buyer! I love to travel like you and stop at everyplace. I miss those good old days! Thank you Adam
Adam your doing some fantastic videos going through these old forgotten towns. Really making me want to escape from California and return to small town living. Just a suggestion but you did some fantastic small restaurant reviews in the past. How about doing some reviews on small mom and pop places to eat during your travels through these small towns?
I love and miss the simple, quiet little towns. They was quiet but always inviting.. And people was never strangers...Good times! Thank you Adam for all you bring us... Stay safe. Stay blessed.
Independent Grocer’s Association (IGA) is what it stands for. IGA helps the small grocer’s buy groceries at a competitive price so they can try to complete with the big chain stores.
I like trying to decipher the ghost signs. like the meadowgold dairy sign. My wife and I ate a a Paula Deen eatery in Savannah a few years ago on a road trip.
Hi...started watching you .last couple of week's. Absolutely incredible..places that I would never see...you're going around little places..it very nice...
Always enjoy your vlogs Adam. With the sad passing of John Madden, just wondering if a vlog on his (John) “Madden Mobile”, an iconic RV, was possible? Thanks.
i laughed so hard when you said "Hitcock would be proud.." in regards to the crow, as you didn't miss a beat in delivering that!! Great content Adam, enjoy your journey and we will as such following along! :D
Adam won’t be making Savanna. He was arrested and placed in a 72 Hr hold after “wooing” his way across the field at the end of the video. LOL Ty Adam. More gold.
Mr. Woo, The Carpetbagger was brave enough to go to Iowa on his travel adventure in the middle of the snow and the biting cold. I challenge you to see Iowa in January :)
@@TheDailyWoo Lol, I don't blame you. I was shocked when I saw the videos of Mr Carpetbagger in Iowa. I didn't think any travel vloggers went north in the winter. I was happy to see he was willing to take it on. You do you, Mr. Woo.
There are lots of murals in the central Georgia area. I did a video on some in east central and found a man in Atlanta that paints them as the Georgia mural trail . Enjoy , most small towns in Georgia has at least one Coco-cola mural !
The area you are in has had a huge decrease in population since WW2...folks just headed to the big cities of Savannah, Macon, JAX, Columbus and Atlanta looking for better opportunities...ride around there a lot, but rarely post the videos,. Roads don't make for compelling motorcycle riding videos, but for your stuff, freaking gold! Go for it Adam! You nailed Pulaski, BTW... You've never seen a chicken truck? Hmmm, follow one, you will never forget...
The first time we got a backload hauling frozen chicken out of a slaughter facility in MS we made the mistake of being 2 hrs early. There was no napping, the gag reflex never adapts to that odor. There were containers of guts the size of a Volkswagen bus sitting outside waiting to be rendered into garden fertilizer. Happy travels!
Before Chinese built furniture there was a furniture co named Pulaski that was built in somewhere in the south, but I'm unsure if the case goods they sold were made in GA. Also, there were big carpet & linoleum factories in Dalton or Dolton was their pronunciation. I ordered floor covering direct from the factory in mid-late 1990s.
I remember driving around to some of these small towns back in the late 80s and early 90s back when I was in school down in Statesboro. I used to live off Main Street. Pretty cool to stumble across this video.
Oh my gosh!!😃 Claxton old fashioned fruitcake!!! My mother always bought that exact fruitcake for Christmas since the early 60's and 70's. I forgot the name of the fruitcake for a number of years.Thanks Mr.Woo for discovering this gem!! I am so glad they still are in business!😊
Back in the Day... 50's _60''s.. on the way back from Florida... my dad rarely diverted from the main way route but a few times he decided to swing over to Claxton GA. For anyone who makes fun of fruitcake ... they won't once they get a bite of REAL Claxton Fruit Cake. OMG... that stuff was SOOO good... hopefully it still is. We used to debate over which was best... the dark style or the light style. We would bring back to Massachusetts a couple of bags of i and 2 lb. cakes. Plus we would get these little apple pies they would sell. Man O Man... that was the highlight of our trip home. Thanks for a sweet trip into the past. Well Done Mr Woo
Great video I remember as a kid on the swing with my grandfather drinking a strawberry soda. And catching fire flys and putting them in a jar. Priceless times .
That’s what it’s all about
The days our kids grew up without. It's not fair.
The big the foot museum is up in blueridge Georgia.
Independent grocers alliance
@@TheDailyWoo Yodelayheewoo
Broke down at the off ramp to Statesboro long ago. Was a wonderful experience thanks to Georgia and Gene Phillips. Had an awesome buffet and stay at the Holiday Inn. Manager (Sylvia Brown) was English, like my mother. Will NEVER forget the hospitality or the pecans. Independent Grocers of America = IGA, I believe
correct on the IGA
You see many IGA's in small towns all over the east coast and probably the Midwest. There are other grocery chains (independently owned) also out their. Names like Shurfine, Big M, and on and on. They fill the nitch in many towns that wouldn't have a grocery store with a distribution center for the stores. Many have store brands. And of course there is always Dollar General that has thousands of stores, but isn't really just a grocery store but a "dollar" store also.
So you didn't get the Statesboro Blues then.
In my hometown, they built an IGA to replace the A&P that had closed. The local unions protested because they didn't use union workers to build it and they weren't planning on staffing it with unionized workers. The night before the grand opening, it mysteriously burned to the ground.
I thought it was Independent Grocers Alliance. We have then everywhere here in Western Australia
There’s just something about these small towns with old, forgotten, murals. Love seeing them. Great video Adam and am loving this series.
I was born, raised and still live in Portal. It has an annual Turpentine Festival where they fire up the old wood-fired turpentine still, which from my understanding is the only functioning wood-fired still left in the US. They haven't been able to do it the last two years due to COVID, but hopefully this year. Thank you for showcasing our quiet little community. We love it here, and we're glad you stopped by!
Born and raised in Clito Ga here lol. I just tell everyone Statesboro😂
HEY ATW...WITH EVERY PASSING DAY, YOUR WORK KEEPS
getting better and better. Being able to see all the places you visit is nothing short of a miracle. It takes a special type of human being to do what you do, keeping it interesting and exciting. All without swearing, or mocking others, or being evil and you present it with an air of honesty and class that no one else on UA-cam can do.
Today's vlog was so intense, especially that old cabin!
He is a genius at what he does. He brings these little towns to life. But I would love to have seen these towns in their heyday.
So glad you were in my area to document our local sites, I was born in Metter,GA, attended Georgia Southern University
where I met my lovely wife of 43 years and we lived in Twin City for 10 years. A few sites you should consider on your next visit are The O.A. Hall general store in Twin City, George L. Smith State park ( 140 y/o grist mill and covered bridge), and the barns on Big Barn road between Twin City and Metter. I am loving this format!
I have relatives in Twin City. My Mother would need to catch me up to speed because I have a bad memory. A Great Uncle of mine was the Sheriff I believe back in the 80's/maybe early 90's. His name was Homer Moxley. He has since passed away. I remember going swimming at his home with his children when I was a kid. Take care and I hope you have a wonderful week.
These backroad adventures are my favorites of your videos. Charles Kuralt used to have a segment on the CBS Nightly News with Walter Cronkite called “On the Road”, which featured small towns and real people on the nation’s back roads, and these remind me of his videos.
Check out YT channel Texas Country Reporter. He travels to places like this to interview the most interesting people, many of them fairly eccentric
Lord I miss Charles Kuralt.
That was always my favorite show and I was probably about 11 or 12 years old
Loved those kurwalt episodes ,he was a gem of a reporter
Adam, this is SO MUCH BETTER than the Disney stuff. Welcome back buddy!
Everything’s better in Metter
Adam you seem so much happier lately. We love traveling with you. We are amazed at all the neat little things you find. Thank you!
Keep doing what you love ❤️
Mullet is a fish and roe is the eggs. I live in Portal and we are very proud of our little town and its history. Thank you for including us on your trip!
Mullet , fried or smoked is one of the best tasting fish !
I use to help my uncle Don catch Roe Mullet on the beach in Florida and the roe is very tasty.
That Cola sign at the beginning is a Cherro Cola sign. It's what now is known as RC Cola. The slogan is "There's none so good" Cherro fought a legal battle with Coke to be able to use the word "Cola" they won and the rest is history. There's a repainted one in Douglas Georgia in a building I helped remodel.
I love the old Town 😌
so happy with the small town tours you've been doing - capturing them on video preserves them forever thanks to the internet, and I wonder how much is gonna be left of these small towns another few decades down the line. you have a good sense of humor and you seem to find inspiration and gratitude in the smaller things. best wishes adam - keep up the good work!
I've been living in a small town of Commerce, GA. Since 1/2009. 20 miles North of home of The Bulldogs, UGA.
I absolutely enjoy your videos, this was a great decision you made Adam! I am Swiss person that got that strange homesickness feeling for old America and you fill up my heart with these trips you do, thank you!
Both my wife and I have enjoyed your videos for the past year or so. Both of us have noticed how more happy you seem to be doing these videos. Keep up the great work!!
Adam I don't comment very often but I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy these videos I love what you've done with 2022 so far now I can refer to these videos If I ever want to visit any of these places
I had to chuckle when you reacted to those chickens being transported! This is daily life where I live. I pass a chicken truck almost every day.
Same here. I live in the country in Kentucky, and I see them all the time heading to a processing plant. I feel so sorry for the chickens. I think some die while being transported.
Same! I cracked up at his reaction to it and saying he’s never seen one! 🤣 I see it on the daily. I live in a small town just outside of Athens.
IGA - Independent Grocers Alliance.
I like Statesboro as well, a smaller college town. Also went to the Claxton fruitcake bakery last year.
Love these videos! 🙂
My cousin goes to Georgia Southern because she got rejected from Georgia and from Auburn. She's kind of stupid.
The Claxton fruitcakes ain't to bad, homemade are better though.
association
Someone probably already said, but IGA = Independent Grocer Association. Founded in 1926, it was a way for small grocers to band together and compete with the big ones.
That's correct, mainly they were trying to compete with A&P.
Good episode as always, you missed one of the most interesting sights in georgia, just 2.5 miles east of Claxton on highway 280. There is a mannequin standing in the trees, visible from the road. Someone dresses him up appropriate for the season. Well worth a quick visit.
Hey man thanks for giving us a dose of America we need this more than ever now Safe travels buddy!
Statesboro was part of my Dads old stomping grounds. It's a beautiful little town. It's nice to see it and all of these familiar places my Dad talked about.... especially Hopeyoulikit.😊
I miss my Dad so much. This has made me feel so close to him remembering good times with him.
Thank you Adam!
Bellville is actually spelled BELLVILLE. I live here with my wife & family, and she was born and raised here. In fact, she is a daughter of Bernie, who owns the general store.
When our train depot was refurbished for historical preservation, we used one of the oldest photographs of the original building that we could find. The depot was erected before the city was actually chartered by the state of Georgia. Back then, it was a small community centered around the train tracks, and was commonly referred to as Belleville (presumably owing to the large Bell family of farmers in the area at the time). We're not sure who made the original sign on the depot, but it was restored to historic accuracy, too. Not a current misspelling, but a tribute to and reminder of days gone by.
I enjoyed your video! It's always interesting to hear the impressions of folks passing through. You should have stopped inside Bernie's for a sausage dog and another cup of coffee. It's Just About Perfect!
Growing up in the 60’s as a kid, we spent winters in central Florida and summer in MA. On the drive to/from, we would stop in Claxton for some fruitcake as there wasn’t yet any interstate highways so it was US highways, like US 301 and US 1, etc.
I live a half mile from 441/301
My family made a trip to Eustis Florida in the '60s while I-75 was being built. There were more detours, than actual roads because sections of St Rt 25 and 27 were also being worked on. No A/C in the car and a whiny little sister who complained most of the several day trip.
My mom used to like to take the back roads from NJ to NC in the 1960s. Even way after, interstates came in.
Really enjoying your commentary on each town,and the history of the state,its always interesting to be with you on your tours of the back road travels
I'm from the Metter/Excelsior area and the tarps in the pine trees were pine straw which is raked up and sold in bales for landscaping! The garden in Excelsior wasn't lettuce but an old staple many of us eat here in the south called mustard and probably some turnips in there too!
Don’t forget the collard greens
Thanks for sharing these videos. I really enjoy them. I like how these small towns are so clean. Yards are trimmed, no graffiti, and no trash in the streets. That's how I remember my home town growing up in Texas.
Ever consider riding the Amtrak Silver Line or AutoTrain up and down the coast? Having perused these americana sites, it's a whole other adventure via train. You could really camp out in a roomette and have total privacy. Thanks for another great adventure, Adam!!!
That is such a fantastic idea. What an adventure!
That would be so awesome I would absolutely love to see that
Enjoyed my trip with you through rural Georgia. Almost like being there. Thanks !
I believe the greens you saw growing are mustard greens. They definitely are not lettuce at this time of year. I grew some broccoli and collards here in Kentucky and harvested them just before our snowfall. You are learning so much on this trip and teaching us a lot also! I can't wait to see where you have been each day!
I thought it was tobacco....
@@joycemetheny8338 They usually harvest that by fall. I have seen it drying in barns in the fall.
You are headed to the one place I have ALWAYS, ALWAYS wanted to explore! My favorite novel writer of all time Eugenia Price wrote all her books about and around Savannah Georgia, St. Simons Island, and the history of that area. Lucky, lucky you!
Hello Adam from the U.K, great video again I've been following you for quite a while. Just keep doing what you'r doing. love seeing the small American towns theres a lot of history in them. Take care 👍
Anywhere between 3900-4500 chickens per tractor trailer. Loving 2022 videos, this is a great start to the new year. Looking forward to Savannah.
My recommendation for Savannah is to visit the historic E Shaver Booksellers at 326 Bull St. It is fabulous! Say hello to the store cats for me if you get to go!
Oh Adam! There was a sad teardrop in my eye during this video - a very unusual occurrence in your videos. All of those poor chickens!! (I’m seriously considering cutting any meat out of my diet completely as a result. I can’t begin to imagine what horrible ends they will all meet. Chickens are actually very friendly and will become willing pets if allowed!
Oh you, you are such an entertaining chap! I just love being “taken along” to all sorts of obscure places in this country. Thanks so much for doing this and, may I say, it is very clear from your demeanor, your voice and your eyes that you are indeed enjoying yourself very much! There was awhile there when you were quite clearly unhappy and I am very delighted to see you’ve bounced back and are having fun once again. And did you see what I saw at the end of the vlog? YES! It was a “Rolling Woo” being blown down the street! So rare to see one in the wild!!! 😉
Seeing that IGA in Portal reminded me that just today while driving through the small town of Jeffersonville Ga. I passed by an old but open and doing business, Piggly Wiggly grocery...and no...I wasn't driving Miss Daisy.
We have a Piggly wiggly here in Ashburn GA.😁
Thank you for covering Central Georgia, we live in Warner Robins, in the Savannah area. We love it here!! So much history. We love Savannah, so much to learn about and cover there. An amazing world we live in, just go and find it! Brings back memories on the farm in Roberta or Unadilla, eating watermelon, picking cotton, okra, and snap peas. Wonderful evening meals with family.
Love these vlogs. Interesting to see how life runs in smaller towns
Adam, you are like Ken Burns on PBS. Good documentaries. Thanks for doing the videos daily. Takes our minds off of other things. Sad in a way how so many towns are near deserted. Real Americana. Stay safe out there.
Much appreciated thank you
Some really beautiful little towns with amazing looking buildings . You can see why people record movies and TV shows in these places . Thanks again Adam for sharing and documenting these place's .
Great trip! Happy you let us tag along. Brings back a lot of childhood vacation memories when the freeway system was young and "back roads" was still the primary routes for transportation in many areas, especially the south. Several of those towns that had faded murals of trains probably had major train service at one time. At least freight if not freight and passenger both. Safe travels, looking forward to the next stop!!
Casimir Pulaski has his own day up in Illinois. I used to live in Illinois & remember when the state legislature declared "Casimir Pulaski" a holiday. There is also a Pulaski, Illinois.
Fort Pulaski in Savannah. GA.
I used to live in Statesboro. I carried mail down those dirt roads. Down the very road with the solar panels. They are the craziest roads I have ever seen. Thanks for bringing back the memories!
I just did a little research on Groveland. It's a genuine old town from the 19th century, and was used as a movie set for filming East Of Eden and later Glory. One thing that strikes me about all these semi-abandoned old buildings in rural areas is the absence of graffiti. And how long would the glass windows in that theater ticket booth stay intact in a city? Love these backyard adventures with you and looking forward to more.
That's really interesting about Groveland being a movie set. It was creepy as heck. I love coming back and looking at these comments because I always learn even more. Thank you!
Love your travels Adam...had to chuckle when you saw that little garden at 22:15...not lettuce but may have been either turnips or tobacco.?...keep the videos coming...as someone earlier stated much better than the disney stuff...and I grew up going to Disneyland and my husbands Dad worked building DL on the submarines..He was a diver from WW2 Navy and would work on electrical under water....Stay safe and happy travels...can`t wait for Savannah...never been but always wanted to go..now we travel vicariously with you...!!!
I love small town USA! I like in a city that has about 3000 people in the town. It’s really nice not having bad traffic. We don’t have a lot of crime here as well. Enjoy your travels!
5:12 I live in Georgia and have never hered of hope you like it GA. I think you have shown me part's of my state I didn't even know existed.
The old cola sign faded on the wall is DOUBLE COLA!! Originated in Chattanooga and I used to drink it! Very sweet. Had its bottling company down the street from WDEF studios near Lookout Mtn.
Check again,It is a Chero-Cola.
Adam,I love these small towns,a time forgotten, a simple life that I would like to be a part of.I live in sun city west Arizona but wanting to relocate,I will continue to watch your videos on small towns and maybe find my new home. Thank you Adam
Love the “GHOST SIGNS” you spotted so early on. Authentic, vintage ghost signs are AWESOME 👏! Yay Adam.
I was raised in Daisy Ga. The town just voted their first black Mayor. This town has a lot of farm land. It has been depressed by the old but the new has gain ground. Great Video. If you want some history about those small towns please reach out to me and I will share all that I know. My grandmother lives in Daisy and she's 99 years young...
In the Olden Days, when my grandparents were still alive, we used to take lots of drives across Texas, always stopping for old cemeteries and falling-down barns like the one you show in Twin City. My grandmother Nano would call it a Snuffy Smith house. Good vlog. I'm enjoying this road trip. Add on: Once we stopped at an old cemetery in the middle of nowhere and my sister and I saw a swing set, with one of the swings moving back and forth. There wasn't a drop of wind.
Adam!!! Did you realize in Statesboro that you were walking all around where the movie Now and Then was filmed in the mid 90s? The courthouse was white back then and appears in a scene with a wedding. The building in your shot showing the courthouse just to the right was the “Shelby Library “. There was a vacant building used as the luncheonette. The side of some of the buildings were painted to be sears and various other things. That one little street you were on is used throughout the movie. I live in Vidalia about an hour away and as a teenager had no idea a movie was even being made back then. Once I went to college I ended up living in a loft across from the courthouse and at that time the door was still painted on the “library” to say Shelby. That was my view every day.
Savannah is awesome and tybee island is so pretty. I love all the history with savannah and river street. And I looked up when they changed the moon pie recipe, they changed it back to the regular recipe in 2017 so I’m going to buy some and see what they taste like.
I really enjoy your new videos. I enjoy the longer format and I like seeing so many smaller towns. Thank you for sharing this information. I really look forward to seeing your videos each day. Thank you!
Metter is on a former Central of Georgia RR running westward out of Statesboro. Technically the line is still active Metter to Statesboro but out of service west of there where it goes through Stillmore and on to Wesley, Adrian and Brewton. Excelsior was on the East Georgia RR which was a line from Register on the north through Hagan (West of Claxton) and on to Glennville on the south. The line through Belleville is an active line originally Seaboard Air Line. This is now part of the Georgia Central shortline railroad.
Excellent, I am from England, and these films are better than any TV here , they are interesting, informative, well presented. Look forward to the next .
Mullet roe is named after mullet fish eggs.
The green leaf plants in the garden are probably mustard greens.
The semi with the chickens as around 4500 chickens on it.
Enjoying? Heck I’m like a kid on Christmas morning when I see a new video posted from you! Love love love the road trips! 😁
Great videos!! This is exactly what I've been trying to do in retirement. In the Navy a career and into adulthood, I've traveled the world and seen enough, really. But, seeing the world of my childhood and culture is so doable and affordable. Your videos could not be improved. Just show it as it is and let see more of old Georgia. You have to admit, the whole U.S. is probably just waiting out there, but getting older too. OH, and that Casimir Pulaski guy, you'll see his grave in Savannah I believe. One of early Georgia's foreign heroes, like the Marquis De Lafayette (hint: Lagrange, GA)
Also, Fort Pulaski.
Your small town explorations are always the best. Great to see you exploring the backroads of my home state. Enjoy your stay!
Mr. The Woo... ever explored the New England area? TONS of old tales, historic places and buildings...Shall you?
Come down to Waycross, Folkston and Fargo and visit the Okefenokee Swamp. It is stoked with history.
I just happened on your fabulous video of rural southeast Georgia this morning. While I’m not originally from the area, I do live a few short miles east of Statesboro, just outside the small town of Brooklet. Living in the area now for 30 years, I’m familiar with much of it, but you have opened my eyes even more by adding the little tidbits of information about each area, that I did not know. By the way, the garden you spoke of and thought had lettuce in it, well actually that was either turnip or mustard greens. You mentioned at one time you travelled with a band. I’m curious as to what band it might have been and if you all had any hits. Let us know more about this when you can. Lastly, I retired 6 months ago and also enjoy traveling to out of the way areas as well. Take care and I’ll be looking forward to seeing many more of your videos.
I live a few miles outside of Portal. It's great to see some of the small surrounding towns from anothers perspective. Stuff you drive past every day and don't pay attention to anymore.
I see the Claxton fruit cakes in the grocery stores at Christmas time but never purchased. Always thought fruit cake to be dry. My mom use to make the best fruit cake. Kept in a tin with a soaked cloth in whiskey on top. Enjoy your travel adventures!
So much fun this vid! I was already cracking up at the start there with your passing shot of the intersection on Main St. I wish I could have been in the room when someone told street sign guy that he would have to go back AGAIN and make a SOUTH Main St sign, too, haha. As the great Stan Lee used to say: "Onward and upward! Excelsior!"
Those certainly were a lot of Main Street signs.
As Savannians, we are loving this small town series! Please enjoy your time in Savannah! Maybe stop by Byrd Cookies or the flagship River Street Sweets and Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House, there is so much to learn about and see here! Lots of American history as well as movie, music, and entertainment happenings both old and new here in and around Savannah.
Thank you Adam. When the whole world seems like a smoggy smokey hazy atmosphere of lies anger and division, I can count on the Woo to deliver clear cool crisp mountain air of good ol' wholesomeness and nostalgia to my weathered lungs.
Adam, you need to check out the kaolin mines in this area (Columbus to Augusta). Where you are at was once the ocean line before Florida attached to the land. Kaolin pockets were formed from the ancient beaches.
What are in the mines, if you don't mind me asking?
Kaolin is a white clay.
Kaolin is the main ingredient in Kaopectate. At the Civil War prisoner of War camp in Andersonville, GA most of the prisoners died due to dysentery; however, unbeknownst to them, they were on top of a huge Kaolin mine so all they would have had to do would have been eat the dirt and many would have been saved. Such a tragedy.
Used to go around the old kaolin mines and find sharks teeth and fossils. What makes it interesting is that you are over 100 miles from the coast.
@@janicenixon3242 wow!.
Thanks for the history.
I’m watching daily! So much fun to watch these videos. Keep up the great work!
It's not wood piles covered in the pines. It's pine straw. The tents are where the migrant workers sleep while they are there raking up the pine straw.
Good Saturday morning. Enjoying your Friday with my ☕ coffee.
I really enjoying this video while you travel! I love old everything! Still a big antique buyer! I love to travel like you and stop at everyplace. I miss those good old days! Thank you Adam
Adam your doing some fantastic videos going through these old forgotten towns. Really making me want to escape from California and return to small town living. Just a suggestion but you did some fantastic small restaurant reviews in the past. How about doing some reviews on small mom and pop places to eat during your travels through these small towns?
We see 🐔 trucks around Commerce, GA alot.
I love and miss the simple, quiet little towns. They was quiet but always inviting.. And people was never strangers...Good times!
Thank you Adam for all you bring us...
Stay safe. Stay blessed.
Independent Grocer’s Association (IGA) is what it stands for. IGA helps the small grocer’s buy groceries at a competitive price so they can try to complete with the big chain stores.
Iga is on the west coast too
YES ON THE WEST COAST TOO A CHAIN
Adam me and my friends are captivated. Please continue - we look forward to seeing where you go next.
I like trying to decipher the ghost signs. like the meadowgold dairy sign. My wife and I ate a a Paula Deen eatery in Savannah a few years ago on a road trip.
Hi...started watching you .last couple of week's. Absolutely incredible..places that I would never see...you're going around little places..it very nice...
Georgia has a diverse history and landscape.
From Helen to Savannah there is plenty to see!
Always enjoy your vlogs Adam. With the sad passing of John Madden, just wondering if a vlog on his (John) “Madden Mobile”, an iconic RV, was possible? Thanks.
If you saw a yellow and white ambulance in Twin City it could've been me, I work for Emanuel County EMS. Wish I could've met you!
Oh no kidding ? Very cool
Yep, pass through all those places going to the hospital in Statesboro all the time. Been watching your channel for years. Nice to hear from you!
i laughed so hard when you said "Hitcock would be proud.." in regards to the crow, as you didn't miss a beat in delivering that!! Great content Adam, enjoy your journey and we will as such following along! :D
Adam won’t be making Savanna. He was arrested and placed in a 72 Hr hold after “wooing” his way across the field at the end of the video. LOL Ty Adam. More gold.
As always thanks Adam. Really enjoying your videos.
Mr. Woo, The Carpetbagger was brave enough to go to Iowa on his travel adventure in the middle of the snow and the biting cold. I challenge you to see Iowa in January :)
I won’t be going there at this moment . Challenge denied
@@TheDailyWoo Good choice.
@@TheDailyWoo Lol. It was worth a try, haha
@@TheDailyWoo Lol, I don't blame you. I was shocked when I saw the videos of Mr Carpetbagger in Iowa. I didn't think any travel vloggers went north in the winter. I was happy to see he was willing to take it on. You do you, Mr. Woo.
Greeting from Northeast Tennessee! I enjoy following your adventures.
There are lots of murals in the central Georgia area. I did a video on some in east central and found a man in Atlanta that paints them as the Georgia mural trail . Enjoy , most small towns in Georgia has at least one Coco-cola mural !
Great video! I know I am enjoying watching these and again your enthusiasm is awesome to watch! Have a great day!
The area you are in has had a huge decrease in population since WW2...folks just headed to the big cities of Savannah, Macon, JAX, Columbus and Atlanta looking for better opportunities...ride around there a lot, but rarely post the videos,. Roads don't make for compelling motorcycle riding videos, but for your stuff, freaking gold! Go for it Adam!
You nailed Pulaski, BTW... You've never seen a chicken truck? Hmmm, follow one, you will never forget...
The first time we got a backload hauling frozen chicken out of a slaughter facility in MS we made the mistake of being 2 hrs early. There was no napping, the gag reflex never adapts to that odor. There were containers of guts the size of a Volkswagen bus sitting outside waiting to be rendered into garden fertilizer. Happy travels!
Does it smell bad?
Thanks again for letting us came along for your adventures.
Before Chinese built furniture there was a furniture co named Pulaski that was built in somewhere in the south, but I'm unsure if the case goods they sold were made in GA. Also, there were big carpet & linoleum factories in Dalton or Dolton was their pronunciation. I ordered floor covering direct from the factory in mid-late 1990s.
it's Dalton: I just drove through it a few days ago on my way to Chicago.
Truly enjoy your laidback , easy travel descriptions. Thank you !
Please come check out Northeast Alabama. Keep an eye out for Scottsboro.
I bought a Claxton Fruitcake a few weeks ago out of nostalgia - and it was DELICIOUS! Even better than I remember.
I remember driving around to some of these small towns back in the late 80s and early 90s back when I was in school down in Statesboro. I used to live off Main Street. Pretty cool to stumble across this video.
I stands for Independent, I believe, in IGA. There’s so much of the USA that I would love to see. Everything that’s off of the beaten path.
Oh my gosh!!😃 Claxton old fashioned fruitcake!!! My mother always bought that exact fruitcake for Christmas since the early 60's and 70's. I forgot the name of the fruitcake for a number of years.Thanks Mr.Woo for discovering this gem!! I am so glad they still are in business!😊
Who else is awake at 5 am and love to pass time like this
They come on much later here in the Atlantic Time Zone
Back in the Day... 50's _60''s.. on the way back from Florida... my dad rarely diverted from the main way route but a few times he decided to swing over to Claxton GA. For anyone who makes fun of fruitcake ... they won't once they get a bite of REAL Claxton Fruit Cake. OMG... that stuff was SOOO good... hopefully it still is. We used to debate over which was best... the dark style or the light style. We would bring back to Massachusetts a couple of bags of i and 2 lb. cakes. Plus we would get these little apple pies they would sell. Man O Man... that was the highlight of our trip home. Thanks for a sweet trip into the past. Well Done Mr Woo