The Fletcher Grand Tour of Georgia - Stage 6: Macon

St Joseph's Cathedral

  After all our travelling over the last week or so we were all ready for a bit of a quieter time.  Macon was another place chosen as a good stop off point to break up the journey a bit.  We arrived on Thursday and, after settling in for a bit decided to go for a short drive around the downtown area.  Not learning from my previous experience in Savannah, I once again believed I had no need for the GPS.  However, this time I did go to the effort of writing down the route to take.  In reading about Macon I discovered that they had an historic district and so planned my route around that.  Unfortunately, what looked like a main road on Google Maps actually turned out to be a little lane with some very run down houses on either side - not exactly the picturesque trip I had planned.  Thankfully (with a bit of help from the GPS) we managed to find the nicer part of downtown and did have a nice drive around.

 

View from monument

Monument to mothers

We had a quiet morning in our apartment on Friday morning before heading in to Macon once more - this time to walk around the downtown area (not including those run down places we had driven through the day before).  On a mission to find the post office we went up one of the main streets which took us past a monument to all mothers in Macon, the city hall and St Joseph's Cathedral.  The post office was then opposite the Washington Park which had a lovely stream winding it's way around.

City Hall

Washington Park

Cannonball House

The Hay House

On our way back down to the town centre we went via the Hay House which was built in the mid 19th Century but was occupied by the Hay family during the early 20th Century.  The house supposedly contains many artefacts and works of art from this period, but was unfortunately closed when we were there.  We then continued past Cannonball House - a house named due to the damage conceded during the Civil War.  Apparently the cannonball bounced around the rooms in the house.  The walking tour around Macon ended with the Methodist Church and Confederate war memorial.  After this relaxing time in Macon we were ready to move on towards Athens.

Methodist Church

Confederate Memorial