Memorial Day weekend we took a trip to the North Georgia Mountains. On the way up to Hiawassee, we had our evening meal at the Brasstown Valley Resort in Young Harris, GA.
Former Georgia Governor, and Senator, Zell Miller is from Young Harris. It’s a very small, rural mountain town.
A Georgia poet and writer named Byron Herbert Reece is from Young Harris as well. If you like to write or enjoy poetry, or are interested in the mountain culture of Appalachia, then learning about Byron Herbert Reece would be of interest to you. It’s a touching story. Some of his work is in the Young Harris College Collection.
You can learn about him here.
As for our meal, the Brasstown Valley Resort is famous for their “Friday Night Seafood Buffet”. It’s a treat. That’s the best way to describe it. The dining room is tastefully done in a lodge style with Old Hickory furnishings. Old Hickory makes rustic furniture from hickory trees. It’s cool stuff.
The Brasstown Valley Resort is a real resort by the way. Replete with 18 hole golf course, cabin accommodations, hotel, large lounge with a massive stone fireplace, and a full service conference center. It’s a very nice, “casual upscale” facility.
It ended up in rural Young Harris primarily because Zell Miller was Governor when the idea was conceived. It’s owned by the State but privately managed. It has turned out to be a good thing for the State and the local Towns County economy too.
Back to the meal…
As usual, we over indulged and my wife wound up snoozing in the comfy leather recliner back at the cabin. I sat in my own recliner beside her and sketched her with a pencil.
I included the floor lamp standing between us because I didn’t want to wake her by moving around in my chair. Besides, I thought it was kind of interesting to include it…
When I finished the sketch, I jostled her awake and plopped it on her knee. She looked at it bleary eyed, blinked a couple of times, and said… “hehe”.
That’s art critic lingo for “I’m amused”.
More to come…
