Tuesday 5/7/19 Hike and exploration of Berry College in Rome, GA

Today we were scheduled to meet with Eva, Earline's niece (Earl's daughter) and her five kids for a 2 mile hike around a lake located at Shorter College in Rome, GA. The weather was already 88 degrees at 11:30 am and the humidity was high. Earline and I place our furry friends, Alfie and Jemma, into slings since these lazy dogs do not like walking. Alfie weighs 10 pounds and Jemma about 13 pounds.

I didn't make it too far before I handed Jemma over to Eva who kindly offered to carry her. Earline trooped along with Alfie for the majority of the hike until the last 1/8 mile when I carried Alfie to the finish line. We were also going to hike around Berry College but the older adults vetoed this plan and we voted to visit by automobile instead.

Berry college has the largest campus of any college in the USA. It has 27,000 acres! The buildings are beautiful and the campus is in a wonderful setting. The college was started by Martha Berry as a school for academically qualified by economically poor children in the south. Henry Ford was a major donor but wished to remain anonymous so that he would not be solicited by others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_College

Martha Berry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Berry

Images of the college are seen below. After our college visit, we all had pizza downtown before returning to Earl's home.