Georgia on a Dare

Dare: verb -  to be sufficiently courageous to; to have the courage to contend against, venture or try

On August 15th 2012 I officially started the "601 City Challenge"!

Hi my is Vicki and I live in Georgia. I'm a wife & mother and I am daring myself to visit each & every city in the state of Georgia and there's 601 of them. Out of the 601 cities in Georgia I have probably only been to about 30 and I've traveled through another 100 or so to get to any given destination. In the 24 years that I've lived in this state I've just recently seen a little over 10% of the entire State. 

In that realization, I created the"601 City Challenge". It's a dare to travel to all of the cities in Georgia keeping 5 key points in mind:

1. I love being a tourist 

2. Find options for my tween daughter 

3. Have unique, new experiences

4. I can be as creative as I want

5. I Need to keep it affordable 

(This is the county breakdown)

The state of Georgia has boundless options (at least 601) that will get my family (and yours) out of house for the next 138 months or 11.5 years. I will also write about it online (blog). All of this will require me to be focused & determined, well actually that requires a whole set of dares on its on. But any who,

In order for the "601 City Challenge & Blog" to work I am daring to consciously:

*CHOOSE a location & HAVE a flexible schedule

*WRITE consistently, everyday. WRITE some type of content 

*RESEARCH where I visit

*ENGAGE with the community 

*THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX when it comes to being affordable and  location  

*REMEMBER how important this is to me even when negativity from other people rain on my parade

 TAKE & POST pictures of the experiences

*SEE the heart of each city, not just the fancy frills but the pieces that make it who it is

This post was prompted by "A Year of Blogging & Journaling Ideas" by Cynthia Louden.This is a free ebook that has 365 writing prompts, enough for an entire year. You can choose in any order and start & stop when you want. A couple of times a week I will  choose idea prompts that will allow me to be reflective the "601 City Challenge". So with that being said the very first prompt in the series is: "Daring Myself......", I thought this was apropos for this particular day. So I started writing and a couple of hours later I have Georgia on a Dare.

Next city: Suwanee, GA (Gwinnett County)

Vicki Travels Georgia

Georgia has:

* 159 counties
* 954 zip codes
*601 cities/municipal corporations
*58 census designated places
*several (no way of knowing now) unincorporated areas that are NOT designated.

So with all of that information, I've put out a challenge for myself. To travel the whole state of Georgia. To visit each AND every community whether its a city, designated place or unincorporated area. Whether the population is over 400,000 or under 50, I will travel there. I will travel from Abba to Zebulon (in no particular order) and blog about each & every stop along the way.

I'm originally from Michigan but I've lived in Georgia for over 24 years so I consider myself a "Georgia Peach." I lived briefly in Fulton County, a little over a year in Gwinnett County but most of my has been spent in Cobb County. I live in Cobb, work in Cobb & stay in Cobb! This challenge is exactly what I need to get out(side) of Cobb.

My travels will be in no particular order. Sometimes I'll travel to cities that I've already been to but most importantly I'll visit a lot of cities that I've only heard of. This blog is my documentation of where I'm going, why & what I did once I got there.
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