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Last full day. Took a wine tour with Bev as the driver guide. 

Lounged on the porch since nothing opened until

Noon on Sunday. First stop Elijay for a little shopping. All I bought was a little bag oh fudge. 

First stop Ott Winery. Beautiful view. It was so hot that we sat inside. 

Had a tasting flight and listened to some live music. 

Down the road a bit to Buckley’s. Here are their vineyards. 

Cute place. 

Here you get your tastes one at a time.  You cash in with wooden disks. Good music here too. 

The last one was more sophisticated and modern. Roo Mountain winery. Panoramic view here. 

Just tried one. 

And a small plate of spinach artichoke dip. Looked like it had a cheese hat. Yum. 

View of their vineyard on the way out. We loved the drive home through mountain roads. Time to think about packing up. 

Will miss this girl. She sat with me as I wrote this. The heat is driving us in though. Long drive tomorrow. 

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I’m breaking the posts up so they can get sent easier. This cute place was The Herb Crib. 

She grows all the herbs for her products. 

I indulged a bit. 

This is the little store. 

She was a German lady and had 2 appropriate dogs.

Here we are.  Burning up.  

It was really hot so we went to Brasstown Valley Resort for a great view and a cold drink from their veranda. 

Limoncello cocktail to cool off. 

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Ok y’all.  This was painful. 

Vote Bev for president 

This coffee shop was scary. 

On to Blairsville. 

What a pretty little town. 

Lucky’s Mexican for lunch. Homemade salsa and chips. 

Choose which tacos you like.  I chose pork belly and a chicken one. 

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Lily and I had coffee together. 

Look at Bev’s herbs and flower beds. 

Lavender loves it here. 

Took a picnic supper to the river. 

Found out the model railway had an open house. 

It is in the Mineral Bluff train depot. Oldest building in town. 

It was so cute. 

Blue Ridge. 

There was even a replica of the depot we were in!

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Said goodbye to the goats. 

Next up the Groovy Zoo.  A ton of crazy yard art. 

Pig area  

 

Dinosaurs. 

On to Mike’s BBQ. Looks like they visited the zoo. 

And it was good. 

Hit a couple of antique shops. 

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Tacoma Riverside restaurant. 

We were seated right by the river. It was nice and coolish. 

Headed to a GOAT HIKE! Saw this cutie first. 

Dax the dog rounded up the goats and we took off. 

They were eager to start. 

It was a beautiful woodland walk. 

The goats followed us right along the trail. 

That’s me in the blue shirt. 

So many plants I had never seen. 

This is Henry. He was such a character. Kept stepping on saplings to eat their top leaves and then letting it fly back up in our faces. 

Our guide (and owner) was so knowledgeable about the foliage. 

Beautiful little creek ran along beside us part of the way. 

Tiny orange mushrooms 

Dax cooled off in the creek. 

Happy hikers.