Nurit and I drove from Atlanta to Elberton to visit the Georgia Guidestones. They are included on many lists as a Henge in Georgia. You judge: There would be a picture here but see the previous post.
There is a list of advise for the world written in eight languages on the sides of the stones:
You can follow this link to see a picture:
http://roadsidegeorgia.com/site/guidestones.html
or this one:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/OVERhenges.html
Like any good henge the guide stones have an observatory feature in this case a slot that the sun shines directly through at the solistice. Here is a view through the slot:
While we were in Elberton we also visited the Granite Museum. It has free postcards but “only take a few”. Elberton is the self proclaimed “Granite Capital of the World”
The single piece of granite in a needle is one of the prides of the town:
It was an excellent day of driving in the piedmont and seeing the dogwoods and azaleas in bloom.
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I hope you did take pictures of the Georgia Guidestones. I really want to see your slideshow.
Lilli
I did get some pictures and I’ll get them up on flickr in the next few days.
Simon