Visit to northern Georgia

Just a quick note about one of our weekend adventures.
One of the OR RNs at Roswell Surgery Center - Mark - has a cabin near Blue Ridge GA. It is "the gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains" and at the southern end of the Appalachian Trail. It is about 2 hours from our house. He invited the staff for a Saturday gathering.
We actually drove through the Chattahoochee National Forest to get there. Once we got in the mountainous area there were several heavy rain showers. They would start and stop as we drove along. We came around a curve and a tree was laying across the road. It wasn't huge, maybe 20 inches around and we thought we could move it ourselves. But it was during a heavy downpour so we decided we would wait a few minutes, hoping the rain would turn to a drizzle.  As we waited a truck came behind us and went around us. At first it looked as though he was going to try to drive over it or move it with his truck. He soon realized that wasn't going to work. Then they started to jump out to move it and decided the rain was too heavy. Next a group of  "Wild Hogs" - old guys on motorcycles came along. Since they were in rain gear and wet so they stopped and moved the tree. (Also, one guy in the truck decided to take his shirt off and help - oh I wish he hadn't done that!)

Guys moving the tree!

Thanks guys!

So we proceeded to Mark's cabin with out getting wet!

He has a beautiful place right on the Toccoa River.

Sitting out on the front porch! Awesome porch and awesome view!

Some people went tubing!



As you cas see by the time we got there it was sunny and warm. We enjoyed spending time with Mark and his wife. And as always we liked the road trip - especially with the tree adventure!