MYSTERY: Bridge or what? Tell us where this photo was taken

A railroad bridge?  An aqueduct? A Six Flags Exhibit?  You tell us what this is, and where it is located, and you’ll win the prestigious Mystery Photo recognition in the next edition.   Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

First in to identify the Mystery Photo in last edition was Ruthy Lachman Paul of Norcross, citing Dubrovnik, in Croatia. The photo came from Ross Lenhart of Pawley’s Island, S.C.

Then came Scott LeCraw of Suwanee, saying: “I’ve got you this week!  That’s the harbor at Dubrovnik, Croatia.  The city is still ringed by its old defensive wall.  Walking the top of that wall around the city is a thrilling activity filled with beautiful sights. Here’s a picture I took from atop the wall looking back the other direction.”

Next in was Tom Merkel of Berkeley Lake saying the mystery “is the walled city of Dubrovnik Croatia, founded in the 7th or 8th Century.” Bob Foreman of Grayson recognized it: “The photo is of the ancient town of Dubrovnik, Croatia, a World Heritage Site. This is on my list of places I want to visit.”  (Hey, Bob, get up a trip; lots of us would enjoy it!)

Donna and Jerry Fogel

Jerry Fogel of Dacula not only recognized the mystery, but sent in another view of the area, after taking a cable car to high above the city: “My wife, Donna, and I recently returned from a cruise there. It is the walled city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.  A lot of well traveled people say it is the most beautiful coastal city in the world!!”

Others recognizing it include the always alert Susan McBrayer of Sugar Hill; Tom King of Huntsville, Ala.; and Logan Duke of Atlanta.

Site of George Walton home in Augusta

TOURIST ATTRACTION: Button Gwinnett gets lots of attention in Gwinnett as a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Yet George Walton, for whom nearby Walton County is named, was another signer, and his home is its own tourist attraction in Augusta. Called “Meadow Garden,” it is nestled near the medical center in Augusta, and open for touring Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. Meadow Garden was saved from being a rental house in 1891 by the Augusta Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The care and maintenance of Meadow Garden is a project of the Georgia State Society DAR and is owned and operated by them.

Visiting from the Philadelphia Winn chapter in Gwinnett were, at right on the front row, Linda Olsen, Kitty Watters and Gerta Groff. On the second row are Ann Story, Lee Schermerhorn and Cindy Gaskins. Back row includes Carolyn Holley and Regent Lydia McGill.