October 2, 2012 Through Georgia

We visited the Oliver Hardy Museum in Harlem, Georgia, the birthplace of Hardy, the fat one. Next weekend, October 6, is the Oliver Hardy Festival. 30,000 people are expected.

After his birth in Harlem, Hardy's family moved down the road to Milledgeville to run a hotel. Hardy was fascinated by the entertainers who stayed in the Baldwin Hotel. This sparked his interest in show business. The museum's collection is almost solely hundreds of Laurel and Hardy collectables.

Kathy and I road in the back of Oliver and Laurel's automobile. (See picture.)

Next, we watched a 30-minute 1932 short called The Music Box. This film won the first academy award for live action short.

The rest of the day was driving across Georgia, around Atlanta to just south of Chattanooga, Tennessee. We are staying in a KOA Kampground.