... in senoia, georgia, we visited one of our little wanderabout's planned "highlights," the shooting locations of the walking dead, including the walled city of "alexandria" ...
... it was actually quite fascinating ... the production company rented (or leased or purchased, i'm not sure) a still unoccupied platt of houses within a few hundred yards of the town's main street ... in a few weeks they'll start filming all of the scenes for next season's episodes that take place in this setting ... without credentials, this is as close as you can get ...
... adrien met with one of the cast members ...
... i've no clue, of course, but adrien assures me that fans'll recognize these settings ...
... down the road we stopped to see the locations in grantsville, a town which even as we walked the streets was up for sale ... in the tv show there was writing on the wall that said, "away with you," but the set people seem quite good at removing that sort of stuff once they've finished filming ...
... a woman from tennessee is building a nice little gift shop/museum/tourist trap at one of the locations used in the show ... here we found some delightful walking dead artifacts ...
... adrien snapped a picture of me peeking through a hole in the brick wall ...
... i found some interesting non-walking dead details ...
... in grantsville we visit becky campbell's little shop ... although it was supposed to be closed, she locked up her store and took us for a nice tour of "morgan's apartment" ...
... she and adrien started talking movie star gossip ... once again clueless, i just listened ...
... south of atlanta, we finally found spring ...
... tired, time-worn, neglected and seemingly left behind by modern culture, but with its history and character still showing, if i had the cash i'd gladly purchase this little town ...
“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
WILLIAM FAULKNER