Now wanting to be a fun sucker but they divorced about the time he finished his journey. Later Don remarried and planned another adventure. This time he brought his 2nd wife along.

@@georgiatraveler there is a lesson for all married couples in that story!

@@georgiatraveler "Now you know... the rest of the story."

Tennessee river. He started at Lake Chickamauga near Chattanooga

Imaging spending 487 days and night on it.

Its an incredibly high tech and efficient canoe😭

Hey, he said it was. It had a round bottom.

I admit, Savannah is one of my favorite places in Georgia. About 1976 we were in Hiawssee right up at the Tennessee border and all the stories fell through. So we drove to Savannah ... for dinner. I could always find stories on the coast.

Man they were the big thing. My problem was I was short. The wider the bell bottoms, the more I looked like a small tree. But, I wore them every day.

It was a great time. So much style in everything

My pleasure

Thanks

Thanks for watching

Hi, thanks for writing. Your grandfather was a real gentleman and captain. He was so kind and patient with us that day. I loved that story.

You should check it out. The American Chestnut Foundation has a great site.

Wow, you are right. I never noticed. Thanks

When I was a kid in north Georgia they were all gone.

Thank you for writing me. The day we visited with you and your Dad was one my best memories. My partner and cameraman was Nels Anderson. He was a big bass fisherman and we got the filming done pretty quickly so he could fish with your Dad. I remember you sitting on the dock and singing as the sun went down. You were really serious about your song. Jacquie, it was a wonderful day. Nels and I would talk about it often. Thank you.

You are very kind. It's important to me that these stories are seen and the people are appreciated. I admit I love rediscovering a new story every week.

Thanks Stacy. You made my day.

Thanks my friend. Keep it safe.

I can honestly say it was the worst thing I ever smelled ... worse than elephant crap.

Hi, thanks. The building is still there but I don't think anyone has used that shop since Hugh Bradwell retired. Now I think it's being used by the Dalton Brewing Company.

Skeeter Meter ... dang that's cool

This was the first Georgia Traveler story when I came Atlanta. WSB was known for its serious journalism - “hard news” - so most of the staff weren’t thrilled to have a new guy who only did “soft news.” No one saw my stories before they aired. When this one was over the anchor team was stunned and speechless. The new, big deal personality just did a story on lion shit. It caused quite a stink.

@@georgiatraveler 😂

You'll have to forgive me I was working from nots on a yellow legal pad from 1976. I'm sure you are right.

Hey, thank you for watching. We're up to over 260 stories now so there's a lot to explore.

It's terrible how that works.

Basically. If it were up to people like him, humanity would never progress. You’d think after living all that time and seeing how much had changed from when he was young to then, he would think “damn. So much has changed and it all came from people pushing the limits , trying new things, solving problems etc.” , but nope, instead he calls the best and brightest technology and accomplishments just short of miraculous a big lie, and is so dense that he seems to think his god put everything we’ll ever need on earth….meanwhile in his lifetime the population got A LOT bigger, and as such, resources continue to slowly dwindle. Just ignorance and stupidity. Should serve as a lesson to all of us young people to always keep learning, always keep in touch with what’s going on with technology and current day society as we age, or else you’ll end up like him or the boomers we see today that do things like think housing is affordable, or fall for scams on the phone and lose their life savings because they don’t know how the internet works.

Whatever it was, it kept him young.

Yeah ... but remember how long he'd been around.

@@georgiatraveler *allegedly* there's nothing to be found about him via Google.

I know what you mean. That 26 year old is 75 now. Getting old sucks.

hahah

Hi, the people in Morgan County told me about him. He was a surprising man.

@@georgiatraveler I’m sure he was interesting but he wasn’t 124 years old. The oldest man ever recorded died at 116. The oldest woman made it to 123.

@@nathanielgreer2764 key word “RECORDED” the man in the video & people in rural areas around the world usually don’t have documentation of when they where born but there friends, family and those in the community remember. The man in the video was born a few years after the end of Slavery and a whole civil war! I doubt he had an official birth certificate or better yet was able to keep such documents in his possession for over 100+ years.

@@alicialloyd6048 it says the interview is from 1973. He would've been born before the Civil War if he was really 124

@@alicialloyd6048 This guy is claiming to be born in 1849. That would make it extremely likely that he was born a slave. Slave births were recorded because they were valuable. If you have seen videos of people who are over 100 years old you will understand my skepticism. He is simply to spry to be the oldest person in history.

Thank you for watching. I appreciate it.

Amen brother! They sure didn’t pull the wool over his eyes. 🙏

Much love brother 🙏

I was 26 and he was sharper than I was.

@@georgiatraveler he really did seem as sharp as a tack!

Hey, it should work, just peel them well. Since the recipe is so easy you might make one jar and see if you like it. Let me know how it comes out.

Hey, it's a compliment that you like the story. All of the Traveler stories are in a special collection at the University of Georgia. You will need to contact them to use the footage. Here’s the info: Ruta Abolins Director, Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection 706-542-4757 [email protected]

Amazing beard and I loved the way he spoke.

Hey ... WSB-TV went crazy any time I did something dangerous. If it was a good story I did what I needed to do. Jim Dorriety shot the story. He went up and down that building and to the top of the one next to it. It took about 3 hours to shoot a 2:30 story.

Thank you. I bet they have robots doing it. To be honest I ended up doing lots of stories where I was a long way off the ground. The secret is I don't like heights. But, the story wasn't on the ground.

I'll get up on the scaffolding for a story. Other than that, no way.