We Biked from Fort Benning to Columbus Georgia via RiverWalk

On June 15, I did post about last year's bike ride on the Chattahoochee RiverWalk in Columbus, Georgia.

On August 16, we did go back for a repeat of this lovely ride through nature.

Along the Chattahoochee RiverWalk there are spots for fresh cool water, so here husband Pieter is filling up his insulated water bottle.

This photo is taken of the Chattahoochee river in Columbus, GA High Uptown

We started out at Fort Benning, Infantry Museum where we parked our car.
Here we are on a bench in Columbus High Uptown after having completed over half of our ride of 30 km total or 18.6 miles.
We had a good whole wheat sandwich with beef tenderloin and sour cream/garlic/chives/horseradish for much needed muscle power.
So proud of my very senior mate!

Feeling very happy and FIT since my 2.5 month of NON-activity due to my closed double pelvic fracture.
Started biking again on June 15.

This beautiful arch with CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVERWALK is also in High Uptown Columbus, GA

Bridge with beautiful architecture and plants under those arches!
This also was in Uptown Columbus, GA
Would have loved to walk this bridge for taking more photos...

This is Downtwon RiverWalk in Columbus GA
Don't you love the pavement and the lanterns + railing!

Showing you here that beautiful railing alongside the Chattahoochee river, with Pieter waiting for me...

There is so much to see in Downtown Columbus GA alongside this RiverWalk, like this ALL WOODEN BRIDGE...

But we better keep going for returning back to Oxbow/Ft. Benning where our car is being parked!

The weather stayed perfect on Thursday, August 16 - no rain! 32ºC or 89.6ºF.

This is the entire 30 km or 18.6 mile route on Strava...
It took us 2 hours and 12 minutes.

Thanks for joining us and below is a short 59 seconds video of the entire ride.

Relive 'Fort Benning to Columbus via RiverWalk'

        

       Related link:
Time for Repeating THIS... | previous post by me

We DID go Back to Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia

Yes, we finally did take the risk, regardless the weather forecast for rain.
Trusting that indeed those thunderstorms would happen in the afternoon.
We had to drive by car some 2.5 hours before starting our bike ride at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain.

Here I am standing in front of Robin Lake.
Just click this short 43 seconds video below to see our actual bike route of 1 hour and 26 minutes for the 17.3 km or 10.7 miles.

Relive 'Lunch Ride at Callaway Gardens'

  

      This was the weather forecast at 6:00 AM that morning.
We figured that in the mornings the weather would be good to bike and it was!

On the short video above from Relive, you could see that we entered Pine Mountain via GA Highway190 and we had some great views of Franklin Delano Roosevelt State Park.

So we stopped for some photos from the F.D. Roosevelt State Park area.

While biking I took this photo from the tall trees along Mountain Creek Lake.

Here husband Pieter is alongside Mountain Creek Lake.

The red line is what we biked and you can read the different Lake names...
There are a total of 14 lakes at Callaway Gardens and we biked along 10 of them on this trip!
It was a wonderful day and it felt great for having completed this ride of 17.33 km or 10.8 miles.
The hills we biked were rolling with an altitude from about 240 m till 280 m.

From here we went to the Hyatt Place in Columbus-North where we stayed 2 nights.

Thanks for your visit and comment!

Related link:
THIS is Again in the Planning - Biking at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain | previous post by me

LEARN from Husband Pieter's Successful Rooting of Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc

When we did add the latest patio, we had to cut down an older Hibiscus tree. Yes, it was more than a shrub after all those years.

You can see how thick its stem was from link below this post, about our Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc & Our Life in Italy.

This is the double blooming Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc.
We're so happy for having now more of this one!
Let me show you how husband Pieter managed to do this...

Starting out with a cheap plastic container from Walmart - drilling drainage holes in it.

A bag of Quikrete Play Sand from Home Depot...

On August 5 of last year, Pieter did mix in just a bit of potting soil and here are the six starters he cut off.

Covered up with white plastic bag for humidity, creating a kind of greenhouse for high humidity and waiting.

On September 3, they got transferred to individual pots. The smallest one still got a 'greenhouse' treatment but using a cut off plastic bottle for a cover. Important is that light can penetrate.

Very healthy looking growth already of this Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc on September 3!

This Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc is smaller but looking also very happy and healthy!

This is on August 12 of 2018.

It will take years for them to have some shape and for growing into a nice shrub and eventually a little tree!

It took us about six years to grow a Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc before, the only one surviving from several and we gifted it to a dear friend who's Mom used to have one. Just a sentimental memory of her dear Mom and we were thrilled to hand that to her.
We will wait another 5 years for having our 2 young ones blooming and being pretty again!
Below is a good video about taking cuttings and growing your own shrubs:

Thanks for your visit!

Related links:
One More Patio Added | previous post by me
{Our Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc & Our Life in Italy} | previous post by me