• Towns County’s 150th Anniversary –
2006 marks the county’s sesquicentennial.
Events are scheduled monthly beginning with
the Kick-Off Birthday Celebration March 4.
1-800-984-1543, www.mountaintopga.com.
t Hillside Orchard Farms Country Store & Farm Adventure in Lakemont, Ga. has
added to its facility. In addition to selling local
produce and its corn maze in Autumn, a
new Kid’s Gem Mine and Rock Shop has
opened where children can “dig it, pan it and
mine it” indoors. Also new is Grandpa’s
Barnyard Experience, an opportunity to visit
the barn and farm animals. 706/782-2776,
www.hillsideorchard.com.
• BotanoLogos in Mountain City is a new
herb school in the northeast Georgia mountains.
706/746-5485, www.botanologos.com.
• The new Sugar Mill Creek RV Resort in
Clarkesville is located a short distance from
Lake Burton in the foothills of the Appalachians.
706/947-0162,
www.sugarmillcreek.com.
• Idiot Savant Scenic Tours in Clayton
offers a different tour of the north Georgia
mountains – riding in Idiot Savant’s 6x6 Pinzgauer
712. Travel the “southern rain forest”
in Rabun County, ride Upper Hightower
Road and follow Charlie’s Creek to the
Appalachian Trail. The mammoth ATV can
ford the Tallulah River according to tour
operators and seats 10. 706/212-2074,
www.idiotsavantinc.com.
—Gail Fleenor
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