Helen Vacation

View from our cabin in Helen.

8/16/11 – I’m back from vacation.

We went to Helen with Brad and Yen.  We rented a cabin on the river and just relaxed.  It was wonderful.

Last week I was already in full vacation mode.  I had zero interest in working, along with the fact that it was an odd week with the colonoscopy thrown into the mix.  By the time Thursday came along I was fully prepared.

Thursday morning we packed up the truck with the dogs and headed to the grocery store on our way out of town.  Yen already had a list made so we picked up everything we needed quickly.  The guys went to the meat market and picked out steaks and burgers.  The guys wound up paying double what we paid on groceries only on the meat!  After our short trip to the store we headed to Bojangles for breakfast – yum – and then hit the road. 

The drive to Helen was nice.  It was a beautiful day and the drive isn’t that long.  Long enough to have a good conversation and enjoy the ride but short enough to not go completely crazy.  Once we arrived in Helen we checked in to the cabin rental office and then headed to the cabin.  We stayed a little south of Helen on the Chattahoochee.   The cabin was beautiful.  It had a ton of outdoor space – deck, hot tub, dog run, fire pit, outside bar, swing, table to eat, and chairs to just relax.  If the outside looked that cool what must the inside look like?  The inside was all pine with a nice kitchen, flat screen TV, and comfy beds. 

We quickly settled in and went to scope out the river access.  We had stairs that led down to the river with a sandbar right in front.  It was the perfect area to park a chair, relax, and read.  The water was never over your head and the current wasn’t overly strong.  The dogs had a blast playing in the water and the guys fished the afternoon away. 

That was basically the way the vacation went.  Yen and I relaxed, talked, and read.  The dogs played in the water.  Todd and Brad fished.  We ate lots of good meals.  The expensive meat the guys bought was worth every penny.  We canoed and kayaked around the area and enjoyed the fire pit each night.  It was a lovely long weekend.  The perfect vacation and I can’t wait to go back. 

If I could have anything to eat I would like a chicken salad croissant.  My song of the day is "Knee Deep" by the Zac Brown Band. 

http://grooveshark.com/s/Knee+Deep+feat+Jimmy+Buffett+/3Y9DwM?src=5

Later!