TOURIST DAY #1

I’ve just gotten back home (7PM), and I’m sitting here tired and smiling. It was such a pleasant day. It took me a while, but I finally found downtown Macon and the tourist bureau. I signed up for the Trolley Tour which would take me to four different stops and last about three hours. (It ended up being four.)

The first stop was the Hay House. In all the reading last night about Macon, I remembered the name Hay, and I also remembered that one stop on some tour would be to see a hay barn. Well, I was sure surprised to see the Hay House. Here it is…..



And it was beautiful inside. The entrance doors are 6 inches thick and swing very easily on their silver-plated hinges. The entire house is elegant and is still being restored. No picture-taking was allowed inside, but just imagine a pre-Civil War mansion with all the elegance, and that’s the Hay House.

Our next stop was the Cannonball House so named because of the hit it took during the Civil War. General George Stoneman was the commander of the Union troops whose job was to tear up the railroad and the telegraph lines coming out of Macon. (Macon was not attacked, and it was not burned.) The cannonball most likely was shot at the Hay House where Confederate soldiers were watching and reporting from the cupola atop the house. But the shell missed and hit this house, luckily not exploding.

Here’s the trolley and my new friends who I met on the tour……notice the fans my friends are holding.....the Hay House was not air-conditioned.



Then we stopped at the Sydney Lanier house who is a well-known musician and poet. A truly remarkable man. His accomplishments are many, and I would like to read some of his poetry….one day.

The last stop was Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church. Here’s a picture looking back at the entrance and the organ on the second floor. It gives you an idea of how the entire church looked. And…..the organist was practicing. What a treat to hear that beautiful instrument.



Well, that was my tour. Then, I went to Books-a-Million and had a cappuccino and a cookie. Then to Wal-Mart and now back home!

I’m starting to droop. Ya’ll take care.

Suzanne