Robert and Emory, friends of the Company, do not qualify for the Incentive Travel Program to Hawaii. Still, they know that a good time will be had by all. They are determined to be part of this magical event. Being adventurous and healthy fish, they have decided to swim to Maui and crash our party.

Each month, customers registered for the travel program will have the opportunity to guess where R & E are resting and sightseeing. A winner, picked at random from all correct answers, will receive a $100 activity credit to be used during our stay on the Magic Isle of Maui.

Our First Winner -

Robert and Emory tip their little fins to Duane Weaver of A.D. Naylor’s Contracting in Oakland, MD who correctly identified Norfolk, Virginia as the first stop on their swim to Hawaii. Duane wins a $100 activity credit to be used during Maui Magic.

Robert and Emory’s Second Stop…

This city’s recorded history begins in 1733 when General James Oglethorpe and the 120 passengers of the good ship “Anne” landed on a bluff along a river of the same name. Oglethorpe named the 13th and final American colony “Georgia” after England’s King George II. This was its first city.

Known as America’s first planned city, Oglethorpe laid the city out in a series of grids that allowed for wide open streets intertwined with shady public squares and parks that served as town meeting places and centers of business. Of the 24 original squares, 22 are still in existence today.

During the Civil War, the city suffered from sea blockades so strict that the economy crumbled. “Impregnable” Fort Pulaski was captured by Union soldiers in 1862. The city itself did not fall until Union General William Tecumseh Sherman entered in mid-December after burning the city of Atlanta and everything else in his path on his “March to the Sea.” Sherman was said to be so impressed by its beauty that he could not destroy it. On December 22, 1864, he sent a famous telegram to President Abraham Lincoln, offering the city as a Christmas present.

Submit your guess to "trip at remichel dot com" (Spelling out the email address prevents automated programs from adding it to spam lists). One winner will be drawn from all correct answers received.