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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Riding Our Bikes Around Saint Marys, Georgia

Retirement is an amazing journey.  Concerns about jobs and home maintenance are gone.
So is the schedule.  Eric and I can get up at 5:00 am or 11:00 am and do whatever we feel like doing. Life without a schedule is relaxing, but for me, not having a schedule includes
the opportunity to ignore exercise.

Eric and I replaced our one speed bikes with ten speed bikes in October, 2014.  With every intention of riding "regularly," we started south from Rotterdam, New York on November
30, 2014.  Eric and I rode our bikes once in December.  This is not regular bike riding.

Spending two weeks with Dave and Kathy, who are regular bike riders, in January has inspired Eric and I to get on our bikes and ride...









Today Eric & I are riding our
bikes around Saint Marys.





Orange Hall, built in 1830,
got its name from the
grew on  the property.








First Baptist Church


























Christ Episcopal Church













Built in 1918











The Spencer House

Built in 1872

























The Tompkins-Long House

Built in 1873












Built in the 1880s












This resident LOVES
Christmas.






First African Baptist
Church












Established 1700 - 1800









The history of Saint Mary's 
Episcopal Church is long &
involves several buildings.

This church was built before
the Civil War.











old fashioned general store.













The Marina








A three masted tall ship 
is moored nearby.











This  is The Peacemaker.

It is 150 feet long &
33 feet across.

The tallest mast is 126 
feet tall & the ship has
10,000 square feet of
sail on board.











Eric & I admire the wood
cabins & railings.







Saint Marys is a very walkable and bikable city.  Eric and I encountered very little traffic as we wove our way along the streets.

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