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It's a Horse - New Way to Travel Atlanta's Busy Streets

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October is a great month with the change of seasons, leaves turning beautiful colors and beginning to fall, lots of festivals and celebrations taking place, even an opportunity to become someone new for a day, scare a few folks and eat lots of candy. According to Northern Colorado real estate broker, Dick Greenberg, October is also photography month. Greenberg hosts an annual photography contest, so I'm going to enter these two photos in the "People" category (though it was a tough call, because these would be good candidates for the "animal" category as well).

 


 

 

Following the recent hurricanes, the price of gas is sky high. I've noticed more people walking and biking to cut costs. But today, at one of the Atlanta area's busiest intersections, I looked up and saw this lady riding a horse to the grocery store!

 

HONK! HONK!

 

A new way to travel near AtlantaStopped at the traffic light, I whipped out my camera to take a photo, so amazed and oblivious to all the cars behind me honking to let me know the traffic light had turned green.

 

Ah, but why were these people so impatient? Didn't they see I was taking pictures, and it was a horse of course, of course!

 

 

BEEP! BEEP!

 

Time for a close-up!

Atlanta area horses offer fuel alternative

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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Good morning, Cheryl -- and, of course, she's riding right passed that gas station.  Not sure how high your prices are in Atlanta but I'm thinking we are still higher in California.  

Oct 03, 2017 08:17 AM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Cheryl. I think this is really neat. Back to basics works for me.

Oct 03, 2017 08:51 AM
Belinda Spillman
Optician - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Very cute indeed.  That is one way to bypass the gas stations.

Oct 03, 2017 08:58 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

I bet your gas prices in California do indeed have Georgia's beat, Michael Jacobs, and I bet the horse rider had a chuckle as she strode on by the gas station.

Oct 03, 2017 09:37 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

Yes, it is a throwback Sheila Anderson, but I do worry about that horse out in all that traffic. It was right at the beginning of rush hour.

Oct 03, 2017 09:38 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

and also a way to get that horse some exercise, Belinda Spillman.

Oct 03, 2017 09:39 AM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Cheryl - That's a nice photo, and by the way, it's not an uncommon sight here, but we are the wild west. Thanks for your contest entry!

Oct 03, 2017 10:33 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
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Dick Greenberg, I wonder if this woman just relocated from your neck of the woods?

Oct 03, 2017 11:13 AM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Necessity is the mother of invention. Her car my have been swamped during the hurricane and this was a creative way to get around. As we all know life doesn't stop even when Mother Nature throws us a curve ball.

Oct 03, 2017 11:22 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
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She certainly is lucky to own a horse, Debe Maxwell. I think there must be a farm somewhere nearby.

Oct 03, 2017 01:19 PM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Looks liie fun but pretty much a slow boat to China but you can enjoy the scenery!

Oct 03, 2017 04:17 PM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
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I agree Joe Pryor, I imagine it must have been pretty tough for her to navigate that horse through all of the traffic in this area -- something I might have attempted on a Sunday but not during a busy week day.

Oct 03, 2017 06:51 PM
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Retired Broker/Owner - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Hi Cheryl - don't see that very often do we!!

Oct 04, 2017 10:57 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

We sure don't, Anna Banana Kruchten. I see the horse carriages downtown, but that's in the tourist district. I don't expect to see people riding horses in the city outside of that tourist setting.

Oct 04, 2017 11:35 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Hard to believe one would see this on the streets in Atlanta 

Oct 05, 2017 06:19 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

That's why I was so excited, Rebecca Gaujot, and had to hold up traffic to capture the picture 

Oct 05, 2017 07:19 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

We were riding by the beach last weekend and saw 4 people riding horses on the beach...wish I had my camera!

Oct 18, 2017 06:10 AM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
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Riding horses on the beach sounds like fun. I would have enjoyed seeing that photo, Sharon Tara.

Oct 18, 2017 01:11 PM
Patricia Feager
Flower Mound, TX
Inactive/Semi Retired Real Estate Agent

I love your creaitivity and that horse too!

Oct 30, 2017 04:22 PM
Cheryl Dukes . . . . . Intown Atlanta
Guaranteed Offer for your Home - eXp realty - Atlanta, GA

Thank you, Patricia Feager. I bet that horse loved getting out of his barn and taking a stroll down main street.

Oct 31, 2017 07:32 PM