We took a quick, little trip

Mercer had a couple of days off from school + Todd and I needed a break from reality.  We used the opportunity to take a long weekend away in the north Georgia mountains.

We rented a house on Fightington Creek (ironically it was located - less than 1/2 a mile from a house on the same creek that we made an offer on well before the kids were in the picture).  It's a pretty secluded spot - however - it's close enough to town that you're not too far from amenities or services should you need them.  

This house was set high up away from the creek, but had a great view of the mountain ridge beyond.  You could hear the creek from the different levels of decks and walk down a narrow winding path to get down to the creek.











Todd and Mercer went fishing in the creek a couple of times.  They caught a fish on their first cast!

Our first day there, we took a train ride from Blue Ridge GA to McCaysville, GA / Copperhill, TN.  It's the same town - only split by the GA / TN state line!














There was some time to explore the town.  After wandering all of the shops in this small town, Mercer got to try his hand at "panning" for semi-precious rocks.  It was a unique experience and he seemed to enjoy it~

Isabella slept through part of the ride, of course, but when she was awake, she did enjoy looking out of the window AND eating brother's nose!

The highlight of the trip was in a unique journey we had the following day. There had been some pretty torrential rain that passed through the area overnight.  The massive amounts of rain made for some VERY muddy roads and trails. 

We knew our destination was a little off the beaten path due to the instructions on how to get there.  But... we didn't realize that parts of the journey were going to be absolutely impassible!   After travelling on many bumpy and muddy forest service roads (some marked // some unmarked), turning around, retracing steps, etc... we had to stop the car and continue the journey on foot.  Thankfully we did not continue driving, for there were giant muddy swaths that Todd's SUV would've gotten stuck in for sure! 

About half an hour later, we heard the sound of rushing water and found the trail down towards the water. We found the swinging bridge over the Toccoa River!  VICTORY!

Mercer was fearless running across the shaky bridge. (Actually, I was OK with it too, but not everyone on this journey was totally comfortable on the back-and-forth across.)  : - )

Here are some more shots of the bridge....  photos of us under the bridge....  and even a little water fall that Mercer spotted in the thicket near one side of the bridge.

We definitely made some memories on this trip!!

(there are more photos to add from our return trip home when we stopped at a pumpkin farm, but those will be saved for another time~)