Life in Big Canoe, Real Estate in the Mountains

Fall in the North Georgia mountains involves a lot of outdoor activities. Picking apples and pumpkins, heading out to the Georgia Marble Festival, and enjoying crisp autumn air are just the beginning.

Enjoy a state of the art fitness center in Big Canoe, Georgia surrounded by mountains and lakes. Indoor pool, spa, sauna, machines, squash, free weights, and classes for all levels of fitness.

  Update 08/07/09 – June and Craig McKenzie sent out an email regarding planting fall crops …”If any of you are interested in having an extra plot to get your fall garden going, let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you. It’s time to get fall seed started. If you want [...]

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Most of you won’t be reading this until tomorrow afternoon when you wake up so I tried to get out early with the camera to avoid any scandals.  Big Canoers were out in force enjoying  a good time.  Cinco De Mayo, well why not celebrate the 1962 Mexican Victory over the French Army (Unless [...]

You all know I have a huge weakness when it comes to wayward critters. This is a true story about how Big Canoe Animal Rescue helped me to bring a pup off the street through fostering and preparing him for his Forever Family. I had just finished dropping my children off at school and minding my own business [...]

Hi There Big Canoe Trunk or Treaters. For anyone that has not read the Big Canoe POA updates the Trunk Or Treat Experience at Wildcat is back to FREE! Hooray! However, you will need to pick up a parking pass to guarantee your parking spot. Several Big Canoers have volunteered to do the Trail of [...]

This weekend was so much fun that it took me until Wednesday to write about it! Truth be known that it was a whole lot of fun but I had to spend Monday and Tuesday catching up to reality. On Friday my very favorite Big Canoe house hunters came up to look around for their [...]

There’s just nothing more “Apple Pie American” than a good old fashioned small town parade and festival! Jasper, Georgia proudly hosted the Georgia Marble Festival this weekend and despite the gas and the economy there was a tremendous turnout! For the first time in 3 years I was able to attend and chose the parade [...]

  Please excuse me tonight, I’m all verklempt because a wonderful Big Canoe neighbor “Pam” has kindly shared her Big Canoe Trunk or Treat 2007 pictures with me and was happy to let me share them with you. Do you now see how this community pulls together in times of need? My whole house has [...]

The good news is that I have one week where I get to jump around and tell the whole world I’m of German heritage while clanging steins of beer and singing with the oom-pah band. The bad news is that I have to spend the rest of the year to repent! Then St Patrick’s Day comes [...]