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

Sour Orange Trees that

grew on  the property.

First Baptist Church

The Goodbread Inn

Bed & Breakfast

Christ Episcopal Church

The Captain Robinson

House

Built in 1918

The Spencer House

Built in 1872

First Presbyterian Church

The Tompkins-Long House

Built in 1873

The Stone-Bunkley-Guy

 House

Built in the 1880s

This resident LOVES

Christmas.

 

First African Baptist

Church

Saint Marys Methodist

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.

Market on the Square is an

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.