Travelling the Georgia Roads with Nancy Noodlehead

By Cathy Kaemmerlen

Go on a fun filled romp with Nancy Noodlehead as she travels around her state of Georgia, the Peach State. Follow her day journal as she explores Princess Trahylta's grave, finds a staurolyte good luck cross, visits the state's two rivaling peanut monuments, meets gopher tortoises at three state parks, learns about George Washington Perry and the world's largest wide-mouthed bass, and there's lots more! Learn about some of Georgia's state symbols and legends as you too learn to have "Georgia on your mind."

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jan 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9780971423640

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Dear Readers,

Georgia is very much on my noodle. I mean on my mind. So much that I decided to take a seven day vacation trip to some interesting places in my home state of Georgia. I also wanted to gather information about some of our state symbols and legends. Just how did the green tree frog get to be our state reptile? What are fairy crosses? Where did Spanish moss come from? Where is Georgia’s largest peanut monument? What is a gopherus polyphemus? Who is George Washington Perry? Why is Princess Trahlyta’s grave no ordinary pile of rocks? And that’s where my trip began, at the intersection of US 19 and SR 60 in North Georgia, near Dahlonega, where I could view that very same pile of rocks. Hope you have fun reliving my travels with me.

I found the pile of rocks! But this is no ordinary pile of rocks. These rocks sit on top of the grave of a Cherokee princess named Trahlyta. She loved the forests and mountains of North Georgia so much she wanted to live there forever.

Trahlyta wanted to stay young and beautiful so she sought out