Places

Places Along
the Way

Some places become part of your story. These are mine—parks, historic sites and stops along the road, with what to know before you go and what I found when I got there.

Palm-lined paved path beside a parking area on Jekyll Island

Georgia coast · US-0636

Jekyll Island

A hot afternoon, a low-profile truck station and plans to return to the beach when the weather cools.

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Wooden entrance sign for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac

Washington, D.C. · US-0784

LBJ Memorial Grove

A living memorial on the Potomac—and the place where my POTA story began.

Visitor information · Firsthand experience · Radio records

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