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Over the years since Albany
was founded on the banks of Georgia's Flint River in October of 1836,
the stream has been both the heart and heartache of the city. From its
source near Atlanta, the Flint River winds its way south through Georgia
for 344 miles until it meets the Chattahoochee River at the Florida
border. The two rivers then join to form Florida's Apalachicola River,
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A magnificent
anchor to Albany's riverfront development effort, the Flint RiverQuarium
at 117 Pine Aveue, opened in 2004, and offers visitors the chance to
journey into the natural history of one of Georgia's most beautiful
rivers. The RiverQuarium is unique among such community aquarium projects
in that it focuses almost exclusively on the river that gave Albany
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Below: The Flint
RiverQuarium and Karen Duquette with the turtle outside the doorway.
Unfortunately, the Flint RiverQuarium was closed when the two RV Gypsies
got here, so they could not go inside. |
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However, the two RV Gypsies
did walk up the outside stairs to the second level, where they looked
down at a beautiful staircase waterfall. |
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Below: Views (of the same
staircase waterfall shown above) as seen from below. |
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Below: There were several turtles in
the town.
Here is Lee Duquette by one of them. |
Below: The back side of the blue
turtle. |
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The Ray Charles Memorial at the Ray Charles Plaza
100-198 S. Front Street
Albany, GA 31701
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The riverfront memorial is
a beautiful tribute to the talented singer and songwriter, Ray Charles
who was born in 1930 in Albany, Georgia. The unique memorial brings
the sight and sounds of Ray Charles to life on the Flint River in Albany,
Georgia. The Albany born singer and songwriter penned "Georgia on
My Mind," the State Song of Georgia. |
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The Memorial is also
a "Tribute in Sound" because it combines
the sound of falling water with the voice of Ray Charles to create a
moving experience.
Below: Giant musical notes and piano keys "floated" across
the landscape of the riverfront park. |
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There was a nice plaque on
the memorial that briefly told the story of Ray Charles in both type
and Braille. Ray Charles lost his sight by the age of 6. The photo of
the plaque did not come out well enough to post here. |
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Below: Veterans of the Vietnam War Memorial |
Below: WWII Memorial |
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Below: The Korean War Memorial |
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