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| The South Peachtree Creek Trail and some of the large houses that overlook it. Photo by me, January 2018. |
The streets still showed the battle signs of winter snow being that they were covered in salt and sand but on Sunday it was so warm you would have thought it was spring. The sudden warmth and deep blue sky lured the world or at least Atlanta out of its winter hibernation. I had planned to go for a long walk and apparently all of the city had the same idea which was to put on shorts and get outside, it was that warm. On Sunday the high reached 68 F (20C) and we had not seen weather this warm in a very long time.
I had entertained the idea of heading north to the mountains but I knew the trails would be busy with people out with the same idea during this warm break. There was also the federal government shutdown so I knew some hiking areas would be closed because they are federally managed and during government shutdowns those areas get closed.
I decided to go walk in my regular walking spot at the South Peachtree Creek Trail which is nearest where I live and it is a pleasant place. Every household in my part of the city had the same idea and I have never seen this trail so busy as I did on Sunday. I know how crowded the Atlanta Beltline becomes on weekends so I rarely walk there and on Sunday the South Peachtree Creek Trail was just as crowded.
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| One of the less crowded moments. Photo by me, January 2018. |
I managed to get in two miles on Sunday which was not as long as I had hoped but the time was slipping by quickly and I had other things to do.
I detoured off the trail to the graffiti covered ruins of the old Decatur Waterworks which I had not been down to see since 2011. I took some photos of the place as I wandered around looking at the pretty colors. I noticed some of the old walls had come down since I had last been down there seven years ago.
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
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| Photo by me, January 2018. |
I am glad to see that they are still allowing people paint on the ruins. Having an area like this with the old ruins and colorful walls is a cool place to explore and not feel like the entire world has been sanitized.
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