Fall Trip 2009 #3

In and Around Cleveland, Georgia

A craft store

Yonah Mountain, Cleveland, Georgia

Hiawassee, Georgia

Hiawassee Fall Festival

Fall Festival

Trees starting to change, Hiawassee

Stripping and A Fall Fair
I love the little inconsistencies that crop up now and then. We stopped at a gift store this morning. (a necessary activity on a rainy day even though I have a great dislike for these kinds of stores) This one was plastered with little scripture encouragements: Be Faithful, Say a Prayer, A Good Woman is Hard to Find. Right in the middle of all this heavenly wisdom was an old LP cover quietly sending out its message of love: Music to Strip By.

The Fall Festival at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawassee was just the size for us. All the paths between the permanent craft booths were paved. There was lots of music. The drive around the winding roads was just right on a Fall sunny day. The views of the changing leaves and the lakeside setting of Hiawassee were attractive.

You drive by an Airstream RV Park between Helen and Hiawassee. It is a creepy thing to see all those shiny, silver bullets lined up, row upon row. Definitely a segregated village.

Helen is a village of tackiness. Some where in their history they decided to change their village into something that resembles an Alpine settlement. You are hard pressed to find the Huddle House, Wendy's or the Family Dollar Store because, they as well, are incognito.

We did stop by a company that produces anything food that can be canned in jars. While a mother sat labeling bottles, the 3-year old daughter impressed us by saying the Pledge of Allegiance. She had no problem with the word "indivisible".

Memories
Those of you who have traveled with us for 9 years (yes, this is our ninth Fall trip) know that we started out using the computers in local libraries and colleges to send out our emails. Today we re-lived those days. It seems a fellow traveler or two in this campground is leaving their computer on 24/7. That blocks the rest of us from using the internet. Off we went to the library. I had forgotten how pleasant a place the library can be. While Cathy typed, I read magazines. Ahhh... the good old days. I always remember when the purple haired librarian in small town Tennessee refused us access and sent us to the university because they would "let just anyone use the computers".

And for those of you who are wondering: yes, we do walk through Wal-Mart on rainy days. Today I purchased another Mak 'n' Bacon microwave accessory (as seen on TV). I bought one two weeks ago and it is absolutely fabulous for nukeing bacon. All the fat drips off into a tray; there is no mess, and, bacon smell doesn't permeate the trailer. This means it is easier to invite vegetarians to our trailer - not that we go hunting for vegetarian friendships. I bought the extra one to bring home.

Our visit here in Yonah has been a damp one. I think we are averaging two days of sun per week. We put on our rain proof shells and head out: antique stores, Wal-Mart, Ingles, Wal-mart, Ingles, book store, Wal-Mart.

Wine? Cathy is happy with her discovery of the quality $3.99 stuff from over in Helen.