Today is one day closer to running some trails with some great friends. We have decided to go creep around Georgia's very own Area 51! Dawson Forest WMA ( Wildlife Management Area) has a pretty amazing history to it. It is a 10,000 acre WMA that was once home to Lockheed Aeronautics till 1971. This was an open air Nuclear facility yes I did say an Open air Nuclear site!!!! yikes!. This sight was open to test the affects of nuclear weapons and power on aircraft. The site had several buildings on it and a narrow gauge track for a rail system to service the campus. The city of Atlanta acquired the land in case the needed to do expansion to the Atlanta Airport, City of Atlanta has ask the Forest service and Department of Natural Resources to maintain and manage the land. Well also this week I purchased a Go Pro 3+ Silver so I am really looking forward to getting some great video of Turtle in action and some pictures of the remains of Georgia's Area 51. Oh spoiler alert the State of Georgia still does radiation testing so hopefully we wont come back glowing, but I am looking forward to hopefully seeing the buck's that have two sets of antlers or the 3 eyed wildlife lol.Here's a link for more information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Nuclear_Aircraft_Laboratory
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