DIRECTIONS
2003 GEORGIA TOBACCO TOUR


Tuesday, June 10

Mileage Directions (* - indicates traffic assistance needed)


* Left out of Carriage Inn onto US 301 N

Continue through red light at MLK St

3.2 * Right into field at demonstration sign.


Del Beasley Farm, Evans County

* Left out of field onto US 301 S

3.2 Continue through red light at MLK St

0.1 Cross through light at GA Hwy 280

14.6 Right on Hencart St at Glennville Bank and Trust and the Chevron Store

0.7 Cross W. Barnard St( 23/57)

5.5 Left at stop sign, Stay on 144

6.8 Right on GA 144 after crossing the river

2.3 Left on Paschol Pearce Rd at mile marker 12 (plot is beyond his house).


Paschol Pearce Farm, Appling County

* Left onto GA 144 to mile marker 10

0.5 Right onto Ten Mile Road

9.4 Right onto Altamaha School Road (Lenox Road)

3.0 Cross Ben Carter Rd at 4 way stop

2.8 * Cross US 1

* Cross RR

3.2 * Cross Nails Ferry Road at stop sign

5.0 * Left at stop sign, continue on Altamaha School Road

7.3 Right on Hwy 341 N

0.2 Left onto 135 S and through Hazlehurst to Broxton Road

0.8 Right onto Broxton Road at light

11.2 Right at Snipesville onto GA Hwy 107

1.6 Left into Tate farm and around the barn to the left to the field.

Tuesday, June 10 ( continued)

Mileage Directions (* - indicates traffic assistance needed)


James Tate Farm, Appling County

Right onto GA Hwy 107

1.6 Cross Broxton Road and continue on 107

0.5 Right onto 289 to stop sign at Denton

3.0 Right onto Hwy 221

8.0 Left onto Moore Rd in West Green across from church

5.0 Moore Rd to John Moore Rd.


James Harrell Farm, Coffee County

Right from field onto Somerset Rd to Harmony Rd

7.0 Left onto GA Hwy 32 in Nichols and on to Alma

11.0 Left onto U.S. Hwy 1 in Alma

0.7 Right into Bacon County High School parking lot.


Sponsored Lunch - Bacon County High School

Lunch prepared by Bacon County Farm Bureau Women's Committee

Courtesy of: Alma Exchange Bank and First National Bank

 

* Left onto US 1 N out of school yard

0.3 * Left at stop light onto GA 32 W

2.8 * Left on paved road across from Lee Packing Co. on right

2.2 Right onto dirt road at plot sign

Plot on right.

 

Johnny Rewis Plot, Bacon County

* Continue on dirt road to stop sign

* Right at stop sign

0 .3 * Right at stop sign onto GA 32 E

3.0 Cross US 1

Left after second stop light onto Hwy 64

3.3 Left onto Co. Rd 204 (dirt)

Follow around to right beyond houses and barns to plot on right.

David Lee Farm, Bacon County

Return to Hwy 64 and turn right

3.3 Right at stop sign onto GA 32

Right at stop sign onto Alt 4

Right at stop sign onto US 1

19 * Right onto Dave Bennett Rd(first dirt road north of Dixie Union)

1.0 * Plot on left across from brick house.


A. J. Bennett Farm, Ware County

* Right out of field road

1.0 * Right at stop sign onto US 1

6.0 * Left at Pebble Hill Grocery

1.0 Right at Pebble Hill Fire Department (dirt) to plot on left.


Mixon Farms, Ware County

* Left at Pebble Hill Fire Department

1.0 Left at stop sign onto US 1

7.0 US 1 crosses at the Holiday Inn in Waycross.

 

Check-in - Holiday Inn, Waycross


Left onto US 82 W to Supper at Mixon's Pond

8.1 Right at Mixon's Pond House.


Sponsored Dinner - Mixon's Pond, Waresboro



Wednesday, June 11

Mileage Directions (* - indicates traffic assistance needed)

* From Holiday Inn, Left onto Hwy 82 West

46 Left onto GA 135 S in Willacoochee

8.3 Left into field just past Intersection with Hwy 76.


Randall Griner Farm, Berrien County

Right onto Hwy 135

0.5 * Left onto 76

1.6 * Right on County Road 364

8.5 Left at stop sign onto Brunswick Road

1.9 Left into field across the road from pecan grove.


Greg McClellan Farm, Berrien County

Right onto Brunswick Road

6.2 Right at stop sign onto S. Main

0.3 Left at stop sign onto Hwy 82 W

9.6 * Left onto Whitley Road at Brookfield

4 Right into Tim and Steve McMillan field next drive after sign.


Tim and Steve McMillan Farm, Berrien County

* Left onto Whitley Road

4 * Left onto Hwy 82

6.2 * Right onto Hwy 319

5.0 Right onto first dirt road (Goat Rd) beyond the heating and air dealer

1.5 Left into Bowen Farm Drive.


Bowen Farm - Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton

Right out of Bowen Farm drive

1.5 * Left on Hwy 319 (no traffic assistance provided here to lunch)

6.2 * Right onto Hwy 82

1 * Left onto I-75 N (before crossing under I-75)

Take Exit 63 off of I-75

* Left onto US 41 at bottom of the Exit

0.3 * Left onto RDC Rd

0.1 * Left into Rural Development Center drive

Park on Right for Lunch.

Sponsored Lunch Rural Development Center, Tifton
-Compliments of The Georgia Tobacco Commission

* Left out of RDC drive onto RDC Rd

0.1 * Cross RR tracks

* Left onto Moore Highway

0.2 Right onto Rainwater Rd

0.2 * Left on Entomology Drive

Black Shank Nursery at end of drive in back of field.


Black Shank Nursery / Entomology Farm, CPES

* Right onto Rainwater

0.2 * Left onto Moore Hwy

0.2 * Right onto RDC Road

0.2 * Right onto Hwy 41

0.2 * Right onto I-75 S at Exit 63

8.0 Left at Eldorado Exit 55 off I-75

0.3 Right onto Hwy 41

4.4 Left onto Darden Rd

1.3 Left at stop sign

0.1 Right into field at plot sign.


Tommy and Bem Daughtrey Farm, Tift County

* Left out of field

0.1 * Right onto Darden Rd to Hwy 41

1.3 * Left to stop light in Lenox

1.6 Right at stop light in Lenox

0.2 Left onto I-75 South

31 Exit 18 to GA Hwy 94

Left at stop sign

Left after crossing I-75 into Holiday Inn / Fairfield Inn lots.


Fairfield Inn, Valdosta, GA PH: 229. 253.9300


Sponsored Dinner - Lowndes County Civic Center

Supper will be at the Lowndes County Civic Center and Fairgrounds on Hwy 84 East. Turn left out of Holiday Inn lot until you reach Hwy 84. Turn left on Hwy 84 to the Civic Center and Fairgrounds on Left.


THIS IS THE END OF THE
2003 GEORGIA TOBACCO TOUR

 

HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME!!!!