The next part of my trip took me to Plains, Georgia the hometown of President Carter.

Saturday Morning we loaded buses and headed out Plains … however it was not that simple.  First one of the buses was late and then half way to Plains one of the buses broke down.

We made to Plains, several hours late but just in times for lunch.

After we  ate, we boarded a train and headed to President Carter’s Childhood Home and Farm.

When we got to the farm, a banjo player and President Carter greeted us.

From his back porch President Carter told us stories about growing in Plains, his life on the farm, and his family.  Many of the stories he told were very similar to the stories my grandparents would tell me about growing up on a farm in Texas.

The house itself was a Sears Roebuck House.  Early on there was no indoor plumbing thus President Carter had to use an outhouse straight out  of the backdoor of the house.

The house included a tennis court.  Both President Carter and his father played tennis.

The Carter Family also operated a store and gas station on the farm.  Today a mock store still stands on the farm.

Like many of the farm families of the times the Carters grew typically vegetables and raised livestock. Today a garden is on site and the Carter Family still eats vegetables from the garden.

In addition to being peanut farmers they were also sugar cane farmers.    Sugar cane pots could be seen through the homestead.

After our visit to the homestead we loaded the buses and headed to our hotel in Americus, Georgia.   We shortly returned to Plains for dinner and square dance.   Before dinner we had some time to explore Plains, which has a very small town center.

I was able to do some shopping and bought some peanut brittle and peach jelly from the store which use to be the Carter Peanut Warehouse

I also looked around the various landmarks that commemorate President Carter.

There were also some lovely flowers in downtown Plains, which I enjoyed taking pictures of.

We had a traditional southern dinner with the Carters.  President Carter sat behind me, while Mrs. Carter mingled with the crowd.

I was not able to take pictures during the square dance, for I was dancing.  I was lucky enough to share a dance with the President.   Our night was capped off with drinks and bluegrass music in the hotel lobby (another event I did not take pictures of).