Pictures from Wedding and Honeymoon

You can view pictures from our wedding and honeymoon now on Robert's Picasa site.

Phone Numbers and Cabins Names

For the cabins Robert and I reserved, these are the phone numbers and residents for the weekend:

My Mountain Hideaway - 706.374.0219
Sara & Robert, Brian & Dinisha Rogers, Antoine Rollin, Carl & Anja Corbitt, and Jon Mein
Wedding and Reception

Hawk’s Ridge – 706.374.0562
Sharon Roberts, Bob, Debbie, & Brittney Mitchell.
Rehearsal Dinner

In Your Dreams – 706.374.1006
Susan Nicol, Johanna & Andre, Mary Morgan, Kristy and Jonathan.
New Year’s Day Lunch

Hidden Outpost – 706.374.3109
Fred Nicol, Linda White, Fred Jr. & Patricia Nicol, Tom and Suse Patton.
New Year’s Eve Brunch

Cherokee Lodge – 706.374.3458
Gloria Roberts, Bob, Sharon, Bill & Allison Blevins

Peace of Paradise – 706.374.0478
Josh & Marcie Gibson, Jonathan Brookshire, Staci Padove & Darryl Cohen, Travis Ledwith, Chris & Amy

Things to do in Blue Ridge

For those of you looking for activities to pursue during the weekend, give these sites a gander:

Mercier Orchards in Blue Ridge: You won't be able to pick your own apples this late in the season, but the store sells every apple product you never knew existed and traditional treats like fried apple pies (according to Southern Living, a must-try) and apple butter.
http://www.mercier-orchards.com/

Shopping in Downtown Blue Ridge: Robert and I enjoyed strolling through the art galleries, antique stores, and tourist traps in historic downtown Blue Ridge.
http://www.blueridgemountains.com/shopping.html

Amicalola Falls State Park: Okay, so this one's a little more of a drive, but what's an hour in the car to see the tallest cascading waterfalls east of the Mississippi? The falls are 729 feet tall and beautiful. For those of you looking to stretch your legs and see some nature.
http://gastateparks.org/info/amicalola/

Directions to the Wedding and Cabins

There are two ways to get to the cabins, and I'm going to give both sets of directions here. Both involve several miles of travel over gravel roads.

The first way brings you in through the front of the development. For those of you who are staying in My Mountain but not with our group of cabins, use these directions. Coming this way, you will travel on a one-lane road for part of the trip that is fairly bumpy and rutted. The second way I'll describe brings you in up the back way to our cabins. The road is in better shape and wider but you do have to cross a very small creek without a bridge/culvert. When Mom and I went through it this morning, it was about 4 inches deep, and there was ice around the edges. We were in Mom's Mazda 6 and had no problem with the crossing. If we've had heavy rains in the day or two previous to the wedding, I wouldn't come this way without a truck or SUV. Using either set of directions, you may be more comfortable traveling in a 4-wheel drive or SUV or something with a pretty good ground clearance, if you have the choice. We made it BOTH WAYS just fine in Mom's car, but she did worry here and there about her ground clearance (though we never actually scraped the ground).

If we have bad weather (snow or ice), we will shuttle people up in 4-wheel drive vehicles from somewhere safe to leave your vehicles.

And now, the directions (if you're coming from somewhere other than Atlanta, skip down to the ***). Essential (man-type) directions are bolded; the details (woman-type directions) are included for your edification.

Directions #1
From Atlanta, take 75 North to 575, which will become 515 when it quits being a limited-access highway. You'll travel through Jasper, Elijay (where the Walmart is), Cherry Log, and then into Blue Ridge. The second intersection in Blue Ridge is a large one, you'll have an Arby's, Zaxby's, and Home Depot on your left and a McDonalds just through the intersection on the left. At this intersection, reset your trip odometer. You're going to travel 6.3 miles further on 515 to Loving Road. (The Ramada and Days Inn hotels are about a mile past the intersection we're counting from, on the way to Loving Road, so go about 5 miles and start looking hard.) The road is marked by a yellow diamond shaped road sign ahead of the intersection, and you'll see a Citgo on the left. Turn left on Loving Road.
*** Travel 2.0 miles to Old Loving Road, and turn left. There is a building at the corner that houses another cabin rental company with a big black, metal elk out front. So, turn left at the elk. Stay on this road for 1.2 miles. (You will see a sign during these 1.2 miles showing Old Loving Road turning off to the left; do not turn there. The road name will change to Lowry Road; you're fine. After about 1 mile, you'll see a covered bridge on your left. Keep going 0.2 miles.) Turn left on My Mountain Road. The entrance is pretty big and hard to miss. If you hit gravel at this point, you just missed the turn. Stay on My Mountain Road for 1.6 miles. You'll pass the cabin rental office which is at 1146 My Mountain Road (on the right). Turn left onto Walkabout Creek Road and stay on this road for 1.2 miles. This road is single-lane gravel. It is bumpy and lumpy and has lots of tight turns. If you're coming in for the first time in the dark, please go slowly! Keep an eye out for deer; we saw two this morning. At the end of 1.2 miles, you're going to be approaching a ridgeline and a road - Burke Mountain View. Turn left, the wedding cabin is the second one on the left (332 Burke Mountain View). If you keep going past this cabin to the end of the road, you're at my mom's cabin, 500 Burke Mountain View. If, when you reach the top of the mountain, you turn right on Burke Mountain View, you will arrive at Robert's mom's/the Mitchells' cabin (first on right-"Hawk's Ridge"), then Robert's grandmothers/the Blevins' cabin (second on right-"Cherokee Lodge"), and then my dad's cabin (third on right-"Hidden Outpost"). If you're staying in the "friends" cabin, please come to the wedding cabin first, and Robert (or someone not busy) will show you to your cabin.

Directions #2
From Atlanta, take 75 North to 575, which will become 515 when it quits being a limited-access highway. You'll travel through Jasper, Elijay (where the Walmart is), Cherry Log, and then into Blue Ridge. The second intersection in Blue Ridge is a large one, you'll have an Arby's, Zaxby's, and Home Depot on your left and a McDonalds just through the intersection on the left. At this intersection, reset your trip odometer. You're going to travel 6.3 miles further on 515 to Loving Road. (The Ramada and Days Inn hotels are about a mile past the intersection we're counting from, on the way to Loving Road, so go about 5 miles and start looking hard.) The road is marked by a yellow diamond shaped road sign ahead of the intersection, and you'll see a Citgo on the left. Turn left on Loving Road.
*** Travel 2.0 miles to Old Loving Road, and turn left. There is a building at the corner that houses another cabin rental company with a big black, metal elk out front. So, turn left at the elk. Stay on this road for about 0.7 miles (not exact). You will see a sign showing Old Loving Road turning off to the left; turn left onto this gravel road. Stay on Old Loving Road (gravel) for 2.2 miles. You'll cross the shallow creek I mentioned earlier. When we crossed today, it was shallowest on the left. Keep an eye out for deer; we saw two this morning. After 2.2 miles, turn right onto Eld Ridge Road. (Yes, E-l-d; not elk.) Drive 0.2 miles and turn left onto Crestview Road. Stay on Crestview Road for 0.3 miles to the intersection with Burke Mountain View. Turn right, the second cabin on the left is the wedding cabin. If you keep going past this cabin to the end of the road, you're at my mom's cabin, 500 Burke Mountain View. If, when you reach Burke Mountain View, you turn left, you will arrive at Robert's mom's/the Mitchells' cabin (first on right-"Hawk's Ridge"), then Robert's grandmothers/the Blevins' cabin (second on right-"Cherokee Lodge"), and then my dad's cabin (third on right-"Hidden Outpost"). If you're staying in the "friends" cabin, please come to the wedding cabin first, and Robert (or someone not busy) will show you to your cabin.

Just so you know, Mom's cell phone worked on the mountain. My service was intermittant, but we both have Cingular, so maybe she just has a better antenna in her phone.

Invitations are being sent today! (and Revision to 8/22 Post)

Invitations have been printed, stuffed, and sealed, and should be on their way to your homes today. (Thank you, Robert!)

It has been brought to my attention (way to read and re-read, Mom) that on the 22nd of August, I posted a listing of ancillary events occuring alongside our wedding and that the list is now incorrect. Your invitation contains the correct information. Dad is hosting a brunch on Sunday. Mom is hosting a lunch on Monday. All is well and peace reigneth over the Earth.

Completely off topic

Lucius finished his championship this morning!!! He's now CH RokiShoals Luscious Lucius, TT. Yay!!!

Coup de Cabin!

In what can only be described as karma, we called the original cabin rental company today to BEG them to rent us the fifth cabin in a row of cabins (from which we had already rented four cabins) only to hear that they had already reserved the cabin for us... This was strange because we hadn't actually reserved that cabin, and in June, they pronounced that they were not going to rent us more than five cabins for three nights. And this cabin makes number six for us. What is more, the cabin rental company contends that we have already paid the deposit on this cabin; we told them we didn't think we had paid that deposit (we still don't). But they are CERTAIN that we have. All I can say is, "Mwa-ha-ha-ha!!" (This particular bit of fortune may reverse itself, but no matter. The most important thing is that we have now secured all the cabin space we think we need.)

We now know of the following cabins:

• Our cabin
• My mom's cabin
• My dad's cabin
• Robert's mom's cabin
• Robert's grandmother, Gloria's cabin
• Courtney and Andy's cabin
• Shane and Kate's cabin
• The Byrds' cabin
• A Friends' cabin
  

Do us a favor. If you don't know whether you're staying in one of these cabins or you know you're staying somewhere other than one of these cabins, email one of us pronto!

Three and a half months to go!