Helen, Georgia

We took my parents to Helen, Georgia. A village nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Chattahoochee River. This 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. They have 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. (I copied and pasted this from Wikipedia...)


This guy was amazing. He played Beethoven's 23rd Symphony with this contraption on his back...

We ate at a genuine German Restaurant...the kids ate on the way home at Wendy's...

Here's a picture of a couple of German kids we bumped into as we were walking around...

After a day of shopping, eating, and having a good time we decided to take a horse and carriage ride around the village of Helen...

Kelsie and Grandpa Hand driving back home...Kelsie's on the left...