Newton County Neighbors

On Brett's day off last week we went to the George Washington Carver National Monument and visitor center. Little did we know, we live in the same county that the Peanut Man lived in - that one guy we all learned about in grade school who came up with over 100 uses for the peanut - just 15 miles away. Besides being a famous botanist, he was also a slave, a well-known scholar, civil rights advocate, and a really great painter. He also studied art and piano at college before becoming a botanist.

At the George Washington Carver National Monument there is a nice museum and an easy one-mile nature path that takes you around the areas where George lived, worked, and studied. It was a beautiful place to visit.