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Again, catching up on old event recaps.\u00a0 After the GAWP event I didn’t want to sit in traffic all the way down 75 into Atlanta, so I walked around downtown Dalton.\u00a0 It’s a very nice city at the foothills of the mountains.\u00a0 While driving I found this really nice house with tons of kwanza cherry trees and a lonely Toyota Supra!\u00a0 Definitely sleepy compared to the insane gridlock that is Gwinnett County, but I could see folks enjoying their time growing up out here.\u00a0 I’ll have to come back during the fall sometime.<\/p>\n

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Again, catching up on old event recaps.\u00a0 After the GAWP event I didn’t want to sit in traffic all the way down 75 into Atlanta, so I walked around downtown Dalton.\u00a0 It’s a very nice city at the foothills of the mountains.\u00a0 While driving I found this really nice house with tons of kwanza cherry 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Everyone did a great job on stage.\u00a0 I definitely enjoyed the music from the School of Rock (The covers of \"Rebel Yell\" and \"Bullet with Bufferfly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Photos"","block_context":{"text":"Photos","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/photos\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Johns_Creek_International_Festival_Photos_2022_153a_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Johns_Creek_International_Festival_Photos_2022_153a_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Johns_Creek_International_Festival_Photos_2022_153a_b-vong.com_Boon_Vong.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, 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