Big Canoe, Georgia

We celebrated my husband’s 60^th birthday by taking a family vacation in the Georgia Mountains.  A rented villa nestled in the beautiful landscape of Big Canoe.  This area is home to a quaint Lake Petit.  Always near a lake for me, it’s my destiny.

This place had something for everyone: fishing for my son, a lake for me, vineyards for my daughter and hiking trails and a swimming pool for my husband.  On the first day of our vacation, we saw a momma black bear and its three cubs roaming outside our villa.  The only other time we had seen bears were in the zoo. We kayaked on the tranquil waters of the lake listening to the birds chirp and feeling the soft breeze gently caressing our faces.  We enjoyed wine at the Fainting Goat Vineyard.  Much to our dismay, there were goats but none of them fainted- a major disappointment for all of us.  We also checked out the Montaluce Winery, which should be on everyone’s list.

As we traveled to the vineyard, meandering up and down curvy roads that traverse the mountain, my first thought was this would not be something we could do in the fifth wheel.  It seems everywhere we venture the thoughts in the back of our heads are,” Is this an area we could come with our rig?”

We passed many campground signs before reaching our destination but as we approached the steep incline of the mountains before us, the signs diminished.  I guess this would be where you park your rig and then take day trips to the other areas you want to explore.

After a wonderful day, I sat on the veranda listening to the crickets, watching the fireflies flitting about and breathing the fresh mountain air.  Yeah, life is good as I felt a complete utter sense of peace.