On October 14 Konnie and I headed to Georgia to spend some promised time with our friends Lisa and Dave Wangsness in an area called Big Canoe.  Located in the foothills of the North Georgia Appalachians, Big Canoe is
just one hour north of Atlanta. It's the perfect retreat
for the weekend, the summer or forever–because it is so
nearby.  A rich and established community, the Big Canoe lifestyle comes in as many shapes, sizes and colors as meadow wildflowers.  Oops.  Sorry.  I was reading the promotional material earlier.

Lisa and I grew up together decades ago in little Liberty, Indiana.  So Konnie (Greeley, Colorado) and Dave (Grafton, North Dakota) get the opportunity to be bored to tears during our times together as Lisa and I reminisce about places like the Liberty Restaurant and J's Dairy Inn, schoolteachers and friends, our two traffic lights and the Saturday nights of old when downtown was hopping with activities sponsored by the local merchants.   

But we did enjoy four days in an area of the country previously not seen by us, the company and hospitality of friends and experiencing their new and lovely secluded retirement home.  And the North Georgia Appalachians, as they call them, are very beautiful.  But having accidentally left my SLR camera at home, I was limited in what I could capture with the point and shoot camera I had along.