#1 – Windermere Parkway opened two weeks (approx.) ago.
#2 – Fall is here.
And I’m excited about both.
Windermere Parkway
Windermere Parkway runs by the entrance of my neighborhood. It’s a four-lane road with a tree-strewn median and sidewalks. It connects the busy Georgia State Highways of 141 (Peachtree Parkway) and 20 (Mall of Georgia), and rambles through various neighborhoods – Laurel Springs, James Creek, Windermere, and my neighborhood – Three Chimneys.
Why am I excited about a road? Well, it connects my neighborhood directly and quickly with 141 and 20. The shopping centers at both ends of the parkway are great.
It’s also a nice road to bicycle down, and it connects our neighborhood directly with the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area and Lake Lanier.
Now that it is more accessible, we’ve been driving down Windermere Parkway and over to 20 more often.
HATCHERY
This weekend, we went driving in the Chattahoochee River Club, which is right across highway 20 if you go straight after the Windermere Parkway ends, and discovered the Buford Trout Hatchery with its Family Fishing Pond.
How cool is that? Going down Windermere Parkway, there’s at least six subdivision playgrounds, a golf course and two parks (one is under construction), and if you follow the parkways across the street – it ends in a fish hatchery on the Chattahoochee River, with a little fishing pond.
I plan to bike down to the Hatchery soon. It’s about six miles or so. I had been biking about two miles down the Windermere Park, then taking a jog on the bike trail. But I like to mix things up. I'll just bike and bike from the house down to the hatchery. I suppose if I really went crazy, I could job around the hatchery, but biking 12 miles and running one seems like a bit much right now. We'll see...
Fall
Temperatures have been mild, and it’s been chilly from time to time. And we put up our Halloween decorations. They aren't much, but they are fun. I’ll post some pictures later...
