June 2023 - Blairsville Outing

 Needed another change of scenery.  Pet friendly Copperhead Lodge with a pool and spacious quarters in Blairsville, GA, sounded like a perfect getaway, so we reserved  3 nights.  Mother Nature must not have known our plans to enjoy the mountain scenery because it poured every day we were there.

The skies opened up within 45 minutes of our being on the road, making for very poor visibility and driving conditions.  We hoped it would clear by the time we got to the Lodge.

The pool was closed for the season, and so was the dining room and bar.  In fact, the place gave off vibes like the hotel in The Shining.  However, the room was clean and spacious, although there weren't any chairs.  Luckily we had brought our two camp ones along.  We found out later the place was up for sale, which explained the lack of amenities.

We still ventured out when it looked as though there would be breaks in the rain, so that we could enjoy sights such as pigs on a roof...

and antiques and teak boats at The Pickers Market where we had been on past visits.

We also stopped at Granddaddy Mimm's Distillery, founded by Tommy Townsend,  the great grandson of the area's famous moonshiner Jack "Mimm" McClure.  Townsend had come upon his great grand's original moonshine recipe and still uses it, although he admits he does "pay a few extra taxes" than his GG did.  We didn't take the tour, but Bob did buy a bottle of Granddaddy's Georgia Whiskey.

We were following a road heading back to the main highway when we came across this newly fallen tree, so we had to u-turn and find a different route.  Guess that's what GPSes are for.

In various shops and restaurants around town, there were signs to honor veterans, such as this one outside a hardware store.

And for hot dog lovers, too.

And after a day in the drizzling chilly rain, it was delightful to soak in a hot bubble bath in the room's jacuzzi tub, albeit I needed help getting out because the suds had made for a very slippery slope.