Happy New Year - January 2025

 January brought us a very light dusting of snow...best kind...here today and gone in a day or two!

And looks so pretty. 

At the end of the month, we went on a day trip to Sautee Nachoochee, a small town near Helen, Georgia.  There is a tremendous amount of early history here about the Cherokee and settlers. 

  

If you click to enlarge this photo, you'll see it recounts DeSoto's visit to the area in the 1500s and discovery of the Indian mound.

The mound is an ancient Indian burial site

Not far away is a roadside picnic stop at Stovall Bridge.  

The single span 33 foot long bridge was constructed in the 1800s for access to a sawmill which was later destroyed by a flood.

This is the second time we've gone to Sautee Nacoochee, but we would like to learn more on another visit.