Biking Athens, GA & R.E.M.'s Murmur Trestle

Music history, college football tradition, Civil War history, it's all here. Allow me to be your tour guide for a bike ride on the North Oconee River Greenway, through Dudley Park, and ending up on the Firefly Trail in Athens, Georgia. The star of this show is that beautiful, rugged Georgia Railroad Trestle, the same one featured on the back cover of R.E.M.'s debut album al those years ago. She's still standing and she's more glorious than ever. And now you get to ride your bike over the top! There's much variety and a lot of interesting sights to see on these Athens trails, including the restaurant that served as the inspiration for another R.E.M. album - "Automatic for the People." I wore my Alabama cap and didn't even get hassled by the nice folks in Athens...how about that?!
I explore, review and rate bike trails on this channel...and hopefully find a little joy in the journey. Thanks for watching!
#JoyfulTrails #AthensGA #MurmurTrestle #NorthOconeeRiverGreenway #FireflyTrail

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  • @janetprincehair4356
    @janetprincehair435610 ай бұрын

    Our trails are so pretty here, thank you for sharing your thoughts and ride with us. You are more than welcome back even tho you are a Bama fan.😀😀😀😀

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    10 ай бұрын

    Ha! Thank you very much. I thoroughly enjoyed my day in Athens.

  • @billysbikesbrews7183
    @billysbikesbrews7183 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting 🚴‍♂️🤔.. Trestle is impressive.. It’s not that far away.. Thank You 🙂💫

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    You would enjoy spending a day there. I was pleasantly surprised by the trails. And there’s no shortage of post-ride watering holes 😏

  • @pedrofernandez8729
    @pedrofernandez8729 Жыл бұрын

    Well done amigo. Inspires me to discover trails near me.

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, sir!

  • @alannebel2720
    @alannebel2720 Жыл бұрын

    As usual good video. great humor. I'm from Pa, so as long as you leave Penn state alone I'm good. lol

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    "We Are! Penn State!" ... There. How's that?! ha ha

  • @PFAM5
    @PFAM5 Жыл бұрын

    This was great! That buzzer needs to be a regular in videos 😂

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    Ha! Thanks, bro. I don't know, we'll see. There's a good trail that runs right up to the base of Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. The "taser" will probably return for that one... 😆

  • @benthompson4444
    @benthompson44449 ай бұрын

    Hahahaha. Great video!! Hilarious narration!!

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.

  • @katd6580
    @katd6580 Жыл бұрын

    This looks like something to look into from TR.. we try to keep within 2 - 2.5 hours away....

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    It would be a pretty full day trip from TR. It's hard to say how many miles of trail I covered in this video, because I don't keep a cycling computer running...and the info that you find on the internet seems to vary a lot. I think I'd be safe in saying you can easily cover 20 miles of trail in the Athens area between Oconee River, Dudley Park, Firefly and the section that goes through the cemetery. Oh - and when you get to the Racetrac convenience store, look over across the 4-lane and you'll see that Waffle House. There's a whole other section of trail that begins beside that Waffle House. You can definitely make a full day of it.

  • @mountainsmoore3657
    @mountainsmoore3657 Жыл бұрын

    I rode the trail at Sandy Creek last summer while my wife visited with a childhood friend who is a professor at UGA. I wanted to ride more of those trails, but ran out of time.

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    It's worth devoting a full day to it. I think so, anyway. I was pleasantly surprised that there was so much there.

  • @mountainsmoore3657

    @mountainsmoore3657

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joyfultrails I had about an hour to ride, was it. BTW, what part of Bama are you from? We live in the far NE corner.

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mountainsmoore3657 I grew up in Eufaula and Phenix City. Also lived in Evergreen for 9 months.

  • @mountainsmoore3657

    @mountainsmoore3657

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joyfultrails Phoenix City…I had some friends in college that were from that area. But we went to that “other college” so you may have banished them from your memory, even if you did know them! 😂😂😂

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mountainsmoore3657 Ha! I actually have a good friend who graduated from Auburn. He lived here in Greenville for a good while … now has moved back to Auburn. These days I sort of have a grudging respect for Auburn. I hate Georgia and Tennessee more! 😆🏈

  • @jamesbice6262
    @jamesbice6262 Жыл бұрын

    Great video thanks for sharing and Roll Tide

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    Roll Tide!

  • @stevec.5010
    @stevec.50102 ай бұрын

    Who was that music on the front of the ride?

  • @grumpyleavemealoneoldman
    @grumpyleavemealoneoldman Жыл бұрын

    that trestle is gone or being removed by now?

  • @joyfultrails

    @joyfultrails

    Жыл бұрын

    My understanding is that it was at one time scheduled to be demolished by the railroad, but they came up with a plan where they would preserve the middle of the trestle but add new construction to either end, causing it to now be part of the Firefly Trail. The footage you see in this video is from about 2 weeks ago.

  • @polo19681
    @polo1968124 күн бұрын

    Woke Mob? I love riding and will be riding these trails after this, so I won't it about politics. I will say that if that was located near a different school, maybe it would have been burn down! Anyway happy riding! #AthensToSavannah #2024