July 22, 2012

HELEN, GEORGIA ON BLUE MONDAY - Diana's birthday

Please visit Sally at Smiling Sally for Blue Monday. If you are in love with the color blue, don't miss a visit to Sally's blog today.

Thank you Sally for our Blue Monday fun.

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We celebrated our daughter's birthday on Sunday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANA

Your birthday was very special and so are you Diana

We love you

Mom and Dad

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Welcome to Alpine Helen & White County, Georgia

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Chattahoochee River, this Northeast Georgia village has a rich history linked to the Cherokee Indians and Indian burial mounds as well as early settlers who arrived to mine for gold and cut virgin timber for a thriving lumber industry in the early 1900s. Helen is a re-creation of an alpine village complete with cobblestone alleys and old-world towers. We've got shopping, camping, both rustic and luxury mountain cabins, restaurants, bed and breakfast inns, mountains, theater, recreation, romantic getaways, beautiful scenery, family activities, waterfalls, museums, history, art, fishing, tubing, golf, and more. Something for every member of the family.

While we were camping we took a day to visit the Alpine town of Helen, GA. I am sharing a couple of photos that show how charming this town is in a very quaint way. We shopped and enjoyed buying great fudge and having an ice cream treat. The town takes great pride in their beautiful town with lovely flowers and the many fun activities that are offered to one and all who are fortunate enough to visit there.

This was taken on my daughters I phone. The waterfall was stunning in person.

Another I Phone photo from our dtrs. phone.

This photo was taken from Google

Another google photo.

Tubing in Helen looked like a grand time in the mountain stream.

German food is also available and delicious as well.

Happy Blue Monday

Love,

JEANNE

Jul 22, 2012 11:37:54 PM

11 Comments

Happy Birthday to your daughter! I have never been to Helen but I heard it was a great place.

Posted by: Penny @ The Comforts of Home & Flea Market Makeovers | July 23, 2012 at 07:09 AM

Looks like she had a great birthday, beautiful smile ! ... and Jeanne, my oldest was 46 on the 8th. I keep saying I do not know when my children became older than I am but it sure happened quickly ... :)
Helen is a great place to visit, maybe even to live. I'd like to move to North Georgia, maybe someday.
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Posted by: Francie Thornton | July 23, 2012 at 07:45 AM

Happy Birthday to Diana!

Don't cell phones make a wonderful camera? Johnny and I went to Helen, GA once; we enjoyed the time spent there. I love your blues; thanks for sharing.

Happy Blue Monday, Jeanne.

Posted by: Sally | July 23, 2012 at 09:23 AM

Innertubing!! We used to go on Sundays down the Guadalupe when I'd visit Sis in San Antonio---though our plain old black tubes were nothing like those snazzy pink and green numbers. It was several miles (fording in places, so I always wore rubber sandals) and it was fun to just float up to folks, hook a foot into their boat, and chat a bit---we'd gather great flotillas of ten or twelve tubes, and folks up and down the river would be out selling bottled water and even sausages-on-sticks, right off their grills.

Oh, my. I was way younger then.

Posted by: racheld | July 23, 2012 at 10:18 AM

Thank you for sharing some of the great things you found while roaming the countryside. I love these shots. We used to travel a lot, but I do not do long trips anymore.

Posted by: LaVoice | July 23, 2012 at 03:19 PM

Happy Birthday, Diana...:)

What an adorable town this must be. So charming.
Glad you are having a good summer....me, too. :)
Love and kisses, bj

Posted by: bj | July 23, 2012 at 05:32 PM

Well happy birthday to your daughter for sure.
My oldest child will turn 40 this sept. GOSH, how is that possible.
That lovely little town looks adorable. Would be a fun place to visit I am sure.
I'm glad you got to see it.
hugs and love

Posted by: wendy | July 23, 2012 at 05:42 PM

Happy birthday! Beautiful photos!

Posted by: Rose | July 23, 2012 at 10:38 PM

Hi Jeanne *hugs*
Happy Birthday to your daughter!! She look so happy. I know you all planned a special day with her.

What a fun village you visited...I like the tubing and the idea of homemade fudge too. yummy. It looks like the perfect day to visit...great pictures.

I hope you've been having a good summer back at home after all your visiting and just doing what you love to do best at home.

I'm on my first week of 3 weeks of vacation. I'll stay at the Rockledge cottage for the full 2 weeks...beautiful weather and so relaxing althought I have projects... :o)

have a wonderful week
Judi

Posted by: Judi | July 24, 2012 at 10:10 AM