We stayed at a place called Fire Mountain, in a treehouse, which was extremely private and had a most gorgeous view! Oh and if you go to the website, that picture of the 2 chairs is absolutely the way it is up there! We sat in those same 2 chairs and watched the sunset. It was awesome!Our room was small and simple, which was great for us-- no air conditioner, TV, radio, alarm, etc. We looved it! It was so incredibly quiet and peaceful. It was also about 10 degrees cooler up there, way up on a mountain, than it is in Blairsville. Every morning there was a homemade gourmet breakfast ready for us at 9:30. First morning was frittata with kale and heirloom cherry tomatoes, bacon, strawberry jam (best I ever had), fresh fruit, and biscuits. Second morning was buttermilk pancakes, homemade banana syrup, an egg in a cup (yeah, sorry can't remember the name, but it was gooood), fresh fruit and sausage. It was such a wonderful breakfast and halfway through the morning that we never had to eat lunch! That was also good because during lunchtime we were out on the trails :)
Before I get into my hiking section, I have to share something. We bought the most awesome shoes and we went hiking in them and let me tell you, I have never hiked like this before! I could feel the ground when I was walking, and when I was about to lose balance, these shoes made it so much easier to keep my balance. Without further ado, I introduce to you Vibram Five Fingers Shoes. They are great, and I have to give credit to Bryan Bates, the first person I saw wear them. I had heard about them, but they truly are great shoes. I don't know how far I would hike in them-- some of our 10 mile hikes might be too strenuous, but they are great! They look funny, but sometimes, well almost always for me, function is more important than form!
We hiked 3 waterfalls, did about 3 miles total one day, so light hiking-- easy going down, straight back up. At one falls, Glen Falls, we did hike to the midpoint of the falls and there was a flat part of the waterfall, about 30x30 maybe? It was flat, anyway, and it was a large area. We went out there in the middle of it where there was a pool and sat in it for a while, it was COLD! and then we turned around and sunbathed-- wow the view was just wide open! That flat area was definitely the best vantage point for the view of the mountains! Oh and I forgot my camera. Or, I thought I did, really it was at the bottom of the suitcase... We really could have taken some good pictures, but believe me they wouldn't have done any justice to what we saw. And, it kinda goes back to the John Mayer song about "didn't have a camera by my side this time.... hoping I would see the world through both my eyes..... " but yeah the pictures would have been great.
On Monday night we ate at this place, Cyprus, and it was great. It was international cuisine, and every night the chef spotlights a different country. They have a regular menu as well that has other international food on it too, and I got a dish off of it, while Brandon got the Pork Ragu off the 'special' menu. Both were very good, and it was really a cool place to eat at. Not too expensive either. I can't really enjoy my food too well if I am getting ripped off ya know? Kinda gives me indigestion.....
Anyway, we left on Tuesday morning and went by and saw some more falls and went a couple of places then headed to Bville, which is only 1.5 hours away. So, we definitely plan to go back just for a day and do some hikes with the babe. Also, we plan to go back there every year for our anniversary for a couple of days since we loved it so much!
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