2014-10-27 Touring Coosawattee, Rich Mountain WMA, and the charming town of Blue Ridge GA

Coosawattee River Resort is a place you could get lost in...easily! So glad we had tour guides. Had a nice tour around the park and along the river (wish it were summer so we could go tubing!). Played a round of mini-golf (where they also have a fitness center and indoor pool), then headed out for a couple of short hikes in a tremendous wilderness area with connecting trails all over - Rich Mountain Wilderness Management Area. Finished off the day with a stroll and sharing a microbrew in the little town of Blue Ridge.

Did I mention our refrigerator bit the dust? We noticed it wasn't cooling, and then Gary smelled amonia and turned it off for fear of fire (common source of fires in an RV). Brett and Olivia were so kind to offer some of their fridge and freezer space for us, and that combined with ice in an ice chest, held us over until we could get a replacement installed. Cha-ching - for those of you who don't know, a "2-way" RV fridge built to run on either electric or propane is much more expensive than a simple home fridge - installed, these can run $2000 or more - for a 8-cubic-ft fridge! Yikes. I was working on finding the best deal and setting up an appointment somewhere on our planned route.

deer were populous and in our site every morning in Coosawattee


Touring Coosawatee, this looks like a really nice spot for a snooze in the hammock!


fly fisherman


lots of really nice homes

on a narrow windy road


gorgeous reflections





fall colors and bridge reflected in the Coosawattee River



A quick round of mini-golf


fall colors in the park


Veterans Memorial Bridge in Ellijay

Heading into Rich Mountain for some hiking


hitting the trails





one of many lovely homes along the way


Closed on Mondays! bummer


disappointed Toccoa Riverside Restaurant was closed today
We thought about having a picnic here anyway - really nice spot



on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway

strolling downtown Blue Ridge, GA



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