That's the Brakes

Just minding our own business and doing a little drive across the mountains of North Georgia and enjoying the day until we came out of the mountains into the town of Ellijay and all we could smell was the brakes on the motor home. Lucky for us there was a truck service just a few blocks down the road and they could get us right in. After tearing apart the front brakes and telling us that the right caliper froze and burnt out everything and that they could not get the parts till the morning we did something that we haven’t done in years, we checked into a motel for the night. The next day we picked up the motor home and drove the mile to the campground, after a week of visiting friends in the area we headed out for N. Carolina. Thirty miles down the road and that brake smell came back, so it was back to the shop. Turns out that the brake line had collapsed and was causing the caliper to stick, another day waiting for parts and we were back on the road for N. Carolina.

This is in downtown Jasper the "Marble Capitol of the USA"





A couple of days relaxing in the resort and we were ready for another road trip, we drove over to Flat Rock and spent a few hours walking around Carl Sandburg Home/Farm. We were about two weeks early this year for the goats being born, as you can see in the picture this one is having twins. After a picnic lunch we took the back mountain road home, it starts with a sign that sez “ Winding road, 9% grades, 5000 foot elevation, NO TRUCKS OR TRAILERS” just the kind of road that Cathy loves in the car. The road wasn’t that bad and it followed a nice mountain stream through a National Forest. We found a lot of scenic turnouts and a couple of waterfalls

One of the goats on the Sandburg Farm getting ready to drop twins.
There are about 8 miles of trails around the house and farm.















This is the park that we're at, right on Johnny Creek, That's us at the arrow.



This is Looking Glass Falls and is one of the prettiest waterfalls I've ever seen.











This is Sliding Rock Falls, the picture is taken from a deck where you can enter the river, walk over to the handrail and walkway on the left. You then walk to the top of the falls, sit on your butt and slide down the rock into the pool at the bottom. Then you do it all over again. I tried to get Cathy to do the slide so I could get a picture but she wasn't having any of it. Maybe next time.


We’re going to be here until April 3rd, so we got a lot of time and a lot more stuff to see and do in this area. More as it happens.