Life in Big Canoe, Real Estate in the Mountains

OK, it’s nearly midnight and I seemed to escape April Fools Day unscathed. No buckets of water on my head or elaborate pranks involving my car floating on a pontoon boat in the center of Lake Petit. I still have about 40 minutes left in the day but everyone knows that 10 is midnight in [...]

 
The country’s economic state is in the red, which leaves me feeling blue!  However Big Canoe’s “Go Green” attitude truly tickles me pink! Read on to see why this gated mountain resort community is environmentally pro-active.
Here are 10 thumbs up to why Big Canoe  is head and shoulders above other gated resort communities:

Big Canoe’s mainstream  recycling [...]

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Today I think it barely rose above freezing. It was a rare Saturday where I had no customers so I scooped up my family, including Dan and took them for a brief hike to the Falls to see if there were any interesting ice [...]

Hi Everyone,
One of my favorite Big Canoe families, the Brownings who have been doing volunteer work since they arrived in Big Canoe has just made me aware of some news about Big Canoe Animal Rescue. Big Canoe Animal Shelter can win $10,000 in the  ”America’s Favorite Animal Shelter: A New Year of Hope for Animals” contest [...]

Not far from Big Canoe is another gated resort community called Bent Tree. It is located in Jasper, Georgia fairly close to town and is very similar to Big Canoe in many ways. With amenities like Golf, Tennis, Swimming, Lakes and Stables, Bent Tree has a lot of aesthetic and intriguing qualities.  It was developed in [...]

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 listening [...]

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 [...]

I love to blog, but I also love to read other people’s blogs. One blog that I recently read written by a fellow agent made me nod my head and think that I’m not alone in a pool full of sharks. There are some pretty decent fish swimming around in this Big Canoe  pond too! This agent wrote [...]

 
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 been [...]