364 mile loop of scenic highway through 4 Southern states
Posted in Places to Eat on Jun 24th, 2009
After we ride the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway we like to sit down, relax, and get some food to take back to a cabin (remember… when in Rome, stay in a fancy hotel… when in the mountains, stay in a cabin and really breathe it all in). So we always stop at Angelina’s Italian Market [...]
Posted in Places to Stay on Jun 18th, 2009
We travel with our 4yr old all the time and while we do enjoy staying at hotels, we do change it up a bit and recently we stayed at The Ocoee Mist in Benton, TN. And let me just tell you, it has to be one of my favourite places on Earth. From the location, [...]
Posted in Cities on the Trail on Jun 16th, 2009
I don’t think The Monkees were singing about Clarkesville, GA, but hey… the name fits. Today, it’s all about Habersham County. A small county in North Georgia that packs a punch.
Tallulah Gorge is two miles long and nearly 1,000 feet deep. Visitors can hike rim trails to several overlooks, or they can obtain a free [...]
Posted in General on Jun 14th, 2009
When we’re on the road our family only eats in restaurants (rarely fast foods) and consider it a “treat”. Typically we bring our own picnic food and snacks, also a cooler, and this limits us in our food budget so when we do go out to eat, we can splurge a little.
Here are some basic [...]
Posted in Recreation on Jun 9th, 2009
One river flowing through two states, Georgia and Tennessee. In Georgia it’s the Toccoa River and in Tennesse it’s the Ocoee River. Today we’ll be focusing on the Tennessee side with the Ocoee River.
The Ocoee River was host for the whitwater slalom events in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. You can still ride the [...]
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