There’s gold in them thar hills – Dahlonega
Well, contrary to expectations, we had a lovely day and reached the airport with no stress at all. We’ve said a sad goodbye to our trusty jeep which has got us about the place for three weeks:
Now we are in the lounge waiting for our flight and I’ve copied and pasted my diary into this blog. On our way down this morning, we stopped for a short hike (2 miles) at Desoto Falls:
We then had lunch in a lovely place called Dahlonega. It was the most successful gold mining town in Georgia in the 19th century, but is now set up for tourism – though in a much more tasteful way than Alpine Helen. All the old buildings round the main square have been turned into shops or restaurants – we ate on the balcony of the Bourbon Street Grill, a little piece of New Orleans in Georgia.
The old courthouse in the middle of the square has been turned into an interesting little museum about gold mining, which we enjoyed.
So now we have two flights to go and then we’ll be home. Time to start planning the next trip.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
crikey so different to mining towns in Nevada – this looks civilised!!
Thank you so much for encouraging to look back through the archives with you, a wonderful way to celebrate your 10th anniversary. here’s to the next 10 years of blogging and exploring
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Thank you, Becky, you’re a star reading them all! Especially when you are so busy with your trees. Here’s to the next 10 years for sure! And now that the anniversary post is done, I can promise some trees coming much sooner than that.
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It was raining and so I was looking for something more enjoyable than hoovering. Had a whale of a time exploring ☺
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By the way i really hope you do Square a tree much sooner, as I cannot promise squares will still be going in ten years!!!
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I have no less than 6 posts lined up! Ok, I know it’s not 31, but still…
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six?!! wow that is far more than I had even dare hope
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And not wishing to be boastful, of course – all but the first have more than one picture. Go me! Actually, when I first saw your subject I thought I didn’t have any trees, but then some themes occurred to me and I was away. Did them in one afternoon last week.
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Go Anabel!
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