G is for Georgia

As American college football fans, we see many team logos using letters of the alphabet.

We have spent many fall Saturdays in Sanford Stadium watching the Georgia Bulldogs. We see the Georgia G everywhere we look.

G is for Georgia Bulldogs
G is for Georgia Bulldogs
G is for Georgia Bulldogs
G is for Georgia Bulldogs
G is for Georgia Bulldogs
G is for Georgia Bulldogs

We love our Georgia Bulldogs so much we added the team logo to the front of our fifth wheel.

Our fifth wheel has a new look
Georgia G on the front of our Fifth Wheel

We’ve made several RV trips to other college stadiums to watch the Bulldogs play. Here are a few more college football logos on display.

University of Kentucky UK logo at Commonwealth Stadium
University of Kentucky UK logo at Commonwealth Stadium
Oklahoma State University Cowboy with OSU Flag
Oklahoma State University Cowboy with OSU Flag
University of Missouri Logo in the grass at the Mizzou Stadium
University of Missouri Logo in the grass at the Mizzou Stadium
The Auburn University logo at Jordan Hare Stadium
The Auburn University logo at Jordan Hare Stadium

This is my contribution to the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: WordPress Photo Challenge: Alphabet

The (Extra) Ordinary Iron Horse

Henry and I have traveled north on Georgia Highway 15 between Greensboro and Athens at least once a year for over 40 years. And for over 40 years, the first one to see the Iron Horse in the middle of a cornfield north of Greensboro shouts “I see the horse”!

When the corn is tall the only part of the horse that is visible is the head. The rest of the year he is easy to spot.

The Iron Horse stands tall in the middle of a cornfield
The Iron Horse stands tall in the middle of a cornfield

I love the story about how the horse came to be in that cornfield. The horse was created by Abbott Pattison and was originally placed on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens in 1954.  Students frequently vandalized the sculpture so a professor in the agricultural department agreed to set the Iron Horse up in the middle of his cornfield about 20 miles south of Athens.

The Iron Horse is so tall I had to look up to get this photo
The Iron Horse is so tall I had to look up to get this photo

The farm today has been renamed the Iron Horse Plant Sciences Farm and is a part of the University of Georgia’s research farmland. The previous owners of the land have retained ownership of the Iron Horse. The University of Georgia granted an easement to the sculpture so people like me could get close enough to admire the horse and take pictures.

This is my contribution to the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: (Extra) Ordinary