Aqueduct Park, Augusta, Georgia

As Florida residents visiting Georgia, Jim and I decided to try to see all the "interesting" things in Georgia, starting with Augusta. Well, we caught the tail end of Mary Morrison during a News Break talking about Aqueduct Park opening today. So we called around and found out that "Aqueduct Park" was on the Augusta Canel near Sibly Mill. Since we had nothing else to do....we went out to find it and were really pleasently surprized!! It was really cool!! There are two beautiful waterfalls flowing into a lagoon, that you can swim in, framed by the aqueducts, which were created by Italian stonemasons in 1850. The best thing is this park was cleaned up by Augusta citizens, who call themselves "The Saturday Crew". They have been coming out to this place every Saturday for the past year cleaning it up. The pictures below were taken this morning when it was opened up by Mayor Deke Copenhaver. It was also attended by Commissioner Betty Beard, who was helped down the steep path by Austin Rhodes. I also saw a couple old friends, i.e. CSM (Retired) Hussy and Charles Stewart. Charles retired from the Directorate of Training in 2005 and it was great to see him. I hope you enjoy the pictures and take the opportunity to visit Aqueduct Park. Be sure to click on the video of the guy diving.