Drop By Georgia



by Joy Mullins


Have you been spending some time leaning back in your chair at your desk daydreaming the day away during hours when you should be productive? What is it that's bothering you? Is it that you need to... perhaps, get away? Pack it up and hit the road? Well, perhaps the state of Georgia is the place you visit when you're next considering a vacation. Then again, maybe not. Georgia has a wide variety of attractions. Places to visit, and have some fun.

You could take a tour of a swamp by dropping by Okefenokee Swamp Park!, and try out a free wine tasting some cheese at Meinhardt Vineyards & Winery.

If Georgia were a country by itself, it would be the 28th largest economically in all of the globe. (Woah.)

Georgia lacks not for an extraordinarily wide variety of fauna and flora. There are 250 assorted tree species. Notably among Georgia's native trees are: cypress, oaks, sweetgum and even red cedar. Yellow jasmine and mountain laurel are just two of the flowering (angiosperms) shrubs.

As far as fauna is concerned, there are white-tailed deer in almost every county in the the state. The freshwater fish are bream, and trout. There are northern mockingbirds and around 160 other bird species.

In the year of 2007 the state's total gross state product was 396 billion dollars. the state produces agriculturally pecans, peanuts, cattle, turfgrass, tobacco, and vegetables. These are accompanied with the industrial outputs of textiles, apparel cigarette and many other types of goods.

Atlanta (the state of Georgia's capital) is a leading center of tourism, and industry. It's economy is further enhanced by the fact that it is located along major transportation routes. The State of Georgia employs approximately 150,000 people in .

In the state of Georgia there is a scholarship funded by the lottery. This is the "HOPE Scholarship". It is available to who have graduated from high school with a 3.0 or higher grade point average and who attend a public college in the state. The HOPE scholarship is able to provide tuition and provides a stipend.




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