Going Around in Circles

The Villa sits at the top of Golf Circle, a short loop with houses on one side and a golf course on the other.  It's an easy 8-minute walk when I just want to stretch my legs. 

That's how I trick myself into exercise.  "Come on, Susan, just one time around," I say to myself.  "It will be over before you know it." 

I slip out the back door, down the driveway toward downtown, turn right and head down the hill.  The downhill momentum carries me forward and I'm halfway around before I even notice.











It's a pretty walk. The first half, the western part of the loop, looks over the swimming pool and tennis courts of the Ansley Golf Club.

Then, the view opens up onto the fairways and greens of the golf course.

I approach the bend halfway around the loop.

After I round the bend at the end of Golf Circle, I walk along a wooded roadway that couldn't possibly be in the middle of the City of Atlanta...and yet it is.

Back at the top of the loop, in front of The Villa, I look across Montgomery Ferry Drive to more golf course.

After one trip around, it's easy to walk a little longer.  If I turn to the right, I head toward Sherwood Forest, Peachtree Street, and the rest of Ansley Park.  If I go left, I cross the bridge toward Flagler Avenue, Ansley Mall, and points beyond. 

Or maybe I'll keep going in circles -- this time, in the opposite direction.