OK, so I realize we’ve been blog slackers for a month and a half now. Chris and I have been incredibly busy getting our businesses off the ground and I just haven’t been updating the blog like I used to. I keep thinking of things to write but it gets pushed further and further down the list of things to do. And then, ta-da!, the perfect opportunity has arisen! Last weekend, in anticipation of a month of busy weeks and weekends ahead of us, we decided to take a mini road trip to the North Georgia mountains for an escape to the wilderness.
Friday morning I hastily hashed out my last-minute work stuff while Chris packed up the car and cooked up some hearty home-cooked macrobiotics to take along with us. We set off on the road just after noon and drove an hour and a half to our weekend retreat at DeSoto Falls, just north of Dahlonega (did you know that means “gold” in Cherokee?). We set up camp and took the short 3/4 mile hike to the lower falls before digging into our macro dinner. Later we headed down to Cleveland (Georgia, that is) and got stuck in the Friday Night Lights traffic. The thought of hanging with the hometown crowd didn’t quite appeal to us, so we took a detour to Helen. As per our usual M.O., we were sidetracked by a Corn Maze sign and veered off to take on the challenge!
North GA Cornmaze ROCKS!
Punching the Corn Maze card
A crazy giant spider hanging between the corn
The next morning, we arose excited about our hike up Blood Mountain via the AT. Our excitement dissipated as we trudged the 2 1/4 miles up the mountain. Apparently, our daily morning walks through the neighborhood just don’t compare to the “real thing”.
Resting at the top of Blood Mountain
A view from Blood Mountain
What's a post without a self-portrait?
After a little rest at the campsite, we decided it was time to party! Helen was just up the road and it’s Oktoberfest, baby! We chugged our leftover roasted barley iced tea in the car and located the best honkey-tonk to drink giant beers at. Fortunately we found one with a patio and kountry karaoke. Does life get any better???
The next morning we took a quick stroll up to the upper falls at our campground and then caught a good country breakfast in Dahlonega before heading back to civilization.
DeSoto's Upper Falls
In my world, civilization = the North Georgia Premium Outlets … well, at least for an hour or so. I found some awesome deals on the clearance rack at the Saks outlet and then it was time to meet back up with the Fluffster. We’re both back to work but at least the mind clutter was cleared for 2 days. Looking forward to the next side trip!
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September 23, 2009 at 1:15 am
Richard
Hi this is Richard they call me uncle. What is this thing with 100 push-ups? (I’m into push-ups big time)
September 23, 2009 at 1:42 am
Richard
Somehow the wrong website was attached. So I fixed it.
September 23, 2009 at 2:21 am
sassyliz
i found the site, http://hundredpushups.com/, randomly on someone’s twitter post and decided i wanted to give it a try. i only go down halfway but i figure i’ll do 100 that way and then do another round where i go all the way down. it’s a 6-week plan that i’m adding to my regular routine.
October 1, 2009 at 6:52 am
JimmyBean
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A definite great read..Jim Bean
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sassyliz
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