Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Cheri May-5-10
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We were ready to head up to the hall for their pancake breakfast by 7am. We did our walk after breakfast, then showered and were ready for our day.
We took a bike trip from our campground in Unadilla, GA to Plains, GA. It was about 50 miles. The temperature was a nice 76 degrees when we left and we had a cool breeze coming at us as we rode. In an hour, we were pulling into the Visitors Center at Plains, the home of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter. We talked to the gal in the Visitors Center and got all the points of interest to visit while we were there.
Outside the center, we had to get pictures of the beautiful flowered bushes, the geese with their little chicks and the bottle tree.
The bottle tree was a neat site. In folk customs the bright colored bottles were used to trap spirits. They say when the wind blew you could hear the spirits moaning inside the bottles. Today the bottle tree is considered the poor man’s stain glass windows.
We wanted to get a quick bite to eat before taking in the sites so we headed for Mom’s Kitchen. It was ok, but nothing to write home about.
We stopped at the Plains High School Museum. There we watched a short movie about the life of Jimmy Carter and then took a self guided tour of the museum. It was very interesting and well laid out.
Plains, GA is famous for its peanuts, so it was a must to get a picture of the bike with the big peanut.
On down the road, we drove into the Baptist Church parking lot where Jimmy Carter goes to church every Sunday. He even teaches Sunday School 2 or 3 times a month there. It is a small congregation. I wonder what the routine is when the Secret Service men drive in to drop of Jimmy & Roselyn Carter!
Plains is a very small town. We stopped to get a picture of the main street, the Plains Depot, headquarters for Carter’s Presidential Campaign., and brother Billy’s service station.
The Carter Compound is on the outskirts of town. It is all fenced in and the house close to the highway houses the Secret Service Agents. You cannot see the Carter house from the road. We did see the outside and inside of their house on a video we watched at the Museum.
Our last stop of the day was Carter’s boyhood home. We toured the house, barn, outbuilding and caretakers home. It is free to tour and all very interesting.
We arrived back at the 5th wheel at 5pm. Gay got the grill and fixed steaks for supper. It is 79 degrees. It was a beautiful day for a bike ride!
For pictures of the day see album: Plains GA
We took a bike trip from our campground in Unadilla, GA to Plains, GA. It was about 50 miles. The temperature was a nice 76 degrees when we left and we had a cool breeze coming at us as we rode. In an hour, we were pulling into the Visitors Center at Plains, the home of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter. We talked to the gal in the Visitors Center and got all the points of interest to visit while we were there.
Outside the center, we had to get pictures of the beautiful flowered bushes, the geese with their little chicks and the bottle tree.
The bottle tree was a neat site. In folk customs the bright colored bottles were used to trap spirits. They say when the wind blew you could hear the spirits moaning inside the bottles. Today the bottle tree is considered the poor man’s stain glass windows.
We wanted to get a quick bite to eat before taking in the sites so we headed for Mom’s Kitchen. It was ok, but nothing to write home about.
We stopped at the Plains High School Museum. There we watched a short movie about the life of Jimmy Carter and then took a self guided tour of the museum. It was very interesting and well laid out.
Plains, GA is famous for its peanuts, so it was a must to get a picture of the bike with the big peanut.
On down the road, we drove into the Baptist Church parking lot where Jimmy Carter goes to church every Sunday. He even teaches Sunday School 2 or 3 times a month there. It is a small congregation. I wonder what the routine is when the Secret Service men drive in to drop of Jimmy & Roselyn Carter!
Plains is a very small town. We stopped to get a picture of the main street, the Plains Depot, headquarters for Carter’s Presidential Campaign., and brother Billy’s service station.
The Carter Compound is on the outskirts of town. It is all fenced in and the house close to the highway houses the Secret Service Agents. You cannot see the Carter house from the road. We did see the outside and inside of their house on a video we watched at the Museum.
Our last stop of the day was Carter’s boyhood home. We toured the house, barn, outbuilding and caretakers home. It is free to tour and all very interesting.
We arrived back at the 5th wheel at 5pm. Gay got the grill and fixed steaks for supper. It is 79 degrees. It was a beautiful day for a bike ride!
For pictures of the day see album: Plains GA
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