We keep having friends from St. Louis saying they're coming through the area and would like to see us, then they get sick, or can't make it, or.... it pours down rain! Today it rained! First rain we've had in quite some time here! Anyway---my friend from St. Louis, who I've been getting together with when we're in St. Louis and going on photo shoots with, was here visiting her daughter in the northwest Atlanta area. So we decided to meet somewhere in the middle and play photographers while we visited. Her daughter suggested Old Mill Park in Roswell. I never would have known about it, so was excited to check it out. So about 11 am I took off towards the park. It wasn't until I got there (45 minutes later) that I noticed her message saying it was pouring where they were and it didn't look like it was going to quit so they weren't coming. It actually didn't start raining where I was until I got to the park. I figured since I was there and I had my water proof camera, I might as well get wet and check out the park. So I did!
Old Mill Park is a parcel of land about 300 acres in area that is owned by the City of Roswell and the National Park Service. It's one of a cluster of mills located in Fulton County near Vickery Creek in Roswell. The mills were best known for producing finished textiles from raw materials grown on nearby plantations, and the group was "the largest cotton mill in north Georgia" at its height.
