I've mentioned before that I like to drive around North Georgia, Gainesville specifically, when I need to decompress. Sometimes that decompression needs to happen when I'm completely awake at it is also midnight or later. The itch to do something will override my desire to have a normal sleep schedule and off I go, on a drive or to someplace open 24 hours.
A lot of times on those drives, I'll visit things that I love to see or bring people to during the daylight hours, and they look a little different in the dark. Not just because of lighting, but they've got a different feel. Sometimes it's ominous or creepy, sometimes it's a loneliness that settles on it.
One day, I decided I should at least attempt to capture the moods that these things cast off after hours. It started on my iPhone and gradually expanded to me driving around Gainesville at 11 p.m., in the rain, trying to recapture the moments and make sure it wasn't a fluke.
So here's a few of my favorite places after hours. Drop me a line if you have any future midnight drive suggestions.
I have a few tricks up my sleeve for our next stop, especially with the weather warming up, I think we'll take a look at something in the great outdoors.
Until then, stay curious.
