Grizzly Mountain Lodge is Growling Again!

Hello Friends,

Well it has been too long since we took our house off the market. Life caught up with us and we decided to let our home go fallow. However, this season we have been emailed…called…and Facebook’ed into putting Grizzly Mountain Lodge back on the rental market!  The same place, same view, same mountains, and the same comfort! Whether your Hiking, Discovering Waterfalls, shopping for unique antiques, eating great food, or simply saying home and taking in the view – GML is open again for staging your new memories.

Same leaves – New colors

By the way – Thanks to all of you who convinced me or reminded me that this house is more yours than it is ours.  All your gracious praise is humbling to say the least.

So here I type the official announcement that Grizzly Mountain Lodge is back and better than ever!

Plus, Reserving your time is just as easy as it was in the past, because HomeAway has generously allowed us to list our property with a discount due to the popularity it had in the past. Safe, Secure and Quick reservation and deposit return – Thankfully, all transactions are still guarded by our patron HomeAway and it still is an afterthought when you choose Grizzly Mountain Lodge for your North Georgia Mountain Headquarters!

Just click and be the first to reserve your view and your family or couples memories again. After all, they are your memories and because of that GML is your vacation home again!

As always, return renters will get the 15% discount. Just remind us with the reservation and we will honor it immediately or on the deposit return.

Click HERE to CHECK AVAILABILITY! or at our own website ONLINE BOOKING

Thank you again for your support and all you encouragement through the years…

It has allowed us to again share our little slice of heaven with no reservations (pardon the pun).

The Newbills

IMPORTANT : We unfortunately lost track of http://www.grizzlymtlodge.com and lost it. So we took those lemons and turned it into lemonade! We redesigned Grizzly Mountain Lodge and added a lot more features as well as updated new information. Check it out and tell us what you think!

http://www.grizzlymountainlodge.net

Rabun County Farm Winery Day

If you are looking for things to do around the house, here is a suggestion that I always recommend.

Looks like Tiger Mountain Winery is stirring up again in Clayton, Georgia.  Check out the information below for winery tours and tastings. Just about 8 miles from Grizzly Mountains Vacation Cabin, these festivals are a nice change from the normal wine tastings.

Also, September is the month for Tiger Winetaster’s Harvest Party….the details below.

DON’T FORGET TO JOIN US FOR RABUN COUNTY FARM WINERY DAY
Saturday , Aug. 20, noon to 4 p.m.

Farm foods, wine, Mountain Hoo-Doo Music at the Red Barn
Vineyard Tours in gator and wagon!
$20 admission gets you into Tiger Mountain
and Persimmon Creek events, food and wine, tasting rooms too!
Reservations please for groups of 8 or more—-706-782-4777

John Ezzard , Tiger Mountain and Carl Fackler, Stonewall Creek, examine
ripening Tannat in Ezzard vineyards this week

***Tiger Winetasters Harvest Party invitations for Sept. 24 are in the mail.
Respond with return card by Sept. 15 for earlybird discount! ***

Grizzly Mountain Lodge is now on Twitter!

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We will have Twitter only deals in the future, so follow us and keep your eyes pealed.
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Look here for special twitter deals!

White Water Rafting on the Chattooga River!

We have had several renters that have asked about white water rafting on the Chattooga River. Although, I have gone on many occasions, I still wouldn’t be able to give a helpful guide to rafting it. My attorney’s are simply not bigger than yours!  Luckily, I came across a wonderful paddling guide from Suzanne Welander, Chattooga River Paddling Guide. So sue her instead.

This blog describes parts of the river that have cool names like; Turn Hole Rapid, Earl’s Ford, Bulls Sluice, Eye of the Needle, Screaming Left Turn are all detailed for a beginner or an advanced paddler.  Two interactive maps of the river are also included. They detail every bend and turn!! Here are some of summaries. Also, I embedded some videos to scare you or encourage you. Not my job to judge. Check them out:

This section is closest to Grizzly Mountain Lodge. Pic’s and Video.

SECTION II GA Hwy. 28 to Earls Ford

SUMMARY: Class I-II (III); Length, 7.4 miles; Time, 4-5 hours; Gauge, website and visual; level 0.8 feet; Gradient, 11 feet per mile; Scenery, A. VIEW INTERACTIVE MAP.

SECTION III Earls Ford to US 76

 

Here is a 7 minute video of pure fun in section III!!

TRIP SUMMARY: Class II-IV (V); Length, 12.2 miles; Time, 6.5 hours;Gauge, USGS website and visual. Level 0.8 feet; Gradient, 25 feet per mile;Scenery, A+. VIEW INTERACTIVE MAP.

SECTION IV U.S. 76 to Lake Tugaloo

 

SUMMARY: Class, IV-V; Length, 8.3 miles; Time, 4.5 hours; Gauge, Website, visual; Level, 0.8 feet; Gradient, 46 feet per mile; Scenery A+.

Be safe and share some photos of your white water adventures on our Facebook site! Grizzly Mountain Lodge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Tiger Mountain Wine in October at GML!

A couple of years ago, we started giving one bottle of local wine for our guests. Just a little

FREE wine at Grizzly Mountain Lodge

thank you. However, the local wines weren’t as cheap as I would have liked them to be. Running the promotion simply got too expensive.

Thus we will be running it periodically in the busy months.  For the month of October, we will be resurrecting the old promotion – A bottle of Tiger Mountain Wine for every rental over three nights! You just have to make your reservation prior to August 15th and it will waiting on the counter when you arrive!

I blog quite a bit about Tiger Mountain wines. The wines are very tasty, the winery has a great tasting room, and the owners are passionate about their work.

Sign on the side of the tasting room

Take a few hours and go down and taste some of their wines. It is only about 10 miles from the Grizzly Mountain Lodge.

From the Cabin, Go left on Warwoman and take it to 441. Take a left and drive ~8 miles.

• Look for GOATS ON THE ROOF– a rustic store with wonderful fresh produce and flowers – and yes, with real goats grazing on the roof. Turn left there onto the Tiger Connector. Go to the flashing red light (Tiger Food Mart, Post Office) and turn right (north) on Old Highway 441. Vineyards and winery – purple shutters and yellow awnings – are less than a mile up the road on the left. (Winery is 10 minutes south of Clayton.)
  

  Tiger Mountain Winery Tasting room

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4th of July at Tiger Mountain!

Looks like Tiger Mountain Vineyards is having another party!!! Great wines, good food and now they have added music. I aways love to stop by the vineyard after hiking the surrounding area. There tasting room is always stocked full of tastings and good cheese and fruit.

Check them out this July!

Exploring the Local North Georgia Arts

Purvis Young Collection in downtown Clayton. Mainstreet Gallery

If you are into the arts, then you are not far away from browsing the local countryside for local artists’ work.  Here is a list from the Rabun Chamber of Commerce site that shows the closest galleries.

Click on the business for information. R-1 – Historic Lake Rabun Hotel & Restaurant – in Lakemont R-2 – Lakemont Gallery– Art in Lakemont R-3 – Beechwood Inn, B and B – Lodging near Clayton R-4 – Mainstreet Gallery – Art on Mainstreet Clayton R-5 – Grapes and Beans – Food and Drinks in Clayton R- 6 – Mountain Craft Co-op – Art in Clayton R-7 – Globe Gallery – Art in Clayton

R-8 – Zepplins – Food and Drinks in ClaytonNorth Georgia Arts Guild – Artists in Clayton Area R- 9 – Timpson Creek – Art and Furniture on Hwy 76 west of Clayton R-10 – Foxfire Museum– Art in Mountain City R- 11 – The Dillard House – Dining and Lodging R-12 – Promenade of the Arts – Art in Clayton

Here is brochure for the official tour: Visit http://artstour.org/ for all the information.

AT Brochure 2011

North Georgia Arts Tour

Sunburst Stables Zip lines and Horse back riding

Great escape for a zip lining and horseback riding

Zip-lining in the North Georgia Mountains….Sautee to be exact.

Although this occurred a few weeks ago, I thought I would share because of just how much fun we had. I took Nikki and my daughter Marlee, to Sunburst Stables for some zip lining. I had been on a CEO retreat and had a blast. So I wanted to share the experience with them. It is only 35 mins from the house! Here are some of the experiences for only 50 dollars a person and one hour. Plus, Nikki is afraid of heights and it didn’t bother her for a second. She was scared on the platform, but she got over it half way down. The second video proves that because I think she tried doing it upside down!

Zipping through the trees of North Georgia

Kids only have to be 40 pounds or more too! Mark the owner and guide is simply one of the nicest people. If you go, please tell him we said Hi!