Me and Melody decided to spend this labor day weekend in Helen , Georgia. A Beautiful little town snuggled in the North Geogia Mountains. We had a great time. Got to use our new Hepco Becker SaddleBags that Mike got us over at Tellico Motorcycle Outfitters.. Heading back sometime in September or October for Oktoberfest.. So post up if anyone would like to make an Oktoberfest run. Here are a few pics from our adventure.

Heres some pics were we took a pit stop at the Raven Cliff Trailhead on the Russel Scenic Byway in North,GA. Heres Meldoy with the 919..



Another one..



Heres a view from our deck at our room we rented... Lot of tubers were having alot of fun tubing down the river..



Another view of the Tubers floating down the river.. Nice deck... Very Relaxing out here..



Inside view of our room.

This BudLight didn't last long down at Viele Margaritas on the River ...



Heres Melody chugging down a Blue Hawaian Oasis



Here is a small video Clip of the band playing in the background at Viele Margaritas ..



Heres a couple pics of the deck view the next morning..

We got up fairly early around 730 at got some breakfest at West Family Restarant (about 4 miles South of Helen.. Worth the extra 4 miles down) then decided to do a little put put golf.. which yours truely won in flying colors

Heres a pic of Melody on the first hole which took her 11 to make the shot..



This place also did helicoptor rides.. Heres the helicopter taking off while we were playing..





Another view of the Amateur Put Put player..



Heres a video clip of Melody shooting one of the interesting holes on the course that had a little water feature. Almost a hole in one!!

Another video clip of a jump in the course where it jumps a water crossing..



Pic of Melody under the bridge in Downtown Helen,GA .. Viele Margaritas in the background.



Pic of Melody at Stovall Mill Covered Bridge



Close - Up



Another View..



Taking a break under the bridge..



Pic of the 919 at the bridge parking area..



Melody with the sign ..

This was on the back deck of Nora Mill & General Store (just South of Helen)







Melody with the bike out front of the old time mill and general store..



Her on the bike.. notice her new mohawk for her helmet.. I think she liked it..

Another pic outside the front of Nora Mill General Store... Lot of cool stuff inside..



This was taken at Hans I think was the name.. One of the First Restaurants when you come into Helen. They have free Motorcycle parking out front. Had a guy playing guitar and singing which was pretty good. He did alot of southern rock type songs..



Still Sipping.. Shes a slow drinker ..



This was taken at Dales Store at WolfPen Gap on the way home the next day..

All these dirt roads we kept passing.. I coudln't take it anymore.. I had to adventure off.. Heres Melody with the bike..



We found a cool overlook. Heres Meldoy styling her new Helmet Hawk..



close up



Another view with helmet off..



Smile Baby!!!

Just a view of the Lake from the overlook



Are we having fun yet???



Pic of the bike at the railraod bridge near Hiwassee River..



Heres a couple pics of Melody with the Bridge in the background..





After that we stopped by Mikes shop to pickup some spare keys for the bags he had ordered me. He said there were alot of bikes out this weekend.. Said he heard about a head-on collision at the dragon this weekend , either yesterday or today? said both of the drivers were unconcious. And a female rider that was hurt but moving around. My prayers go out to those involved in this. Anyone have any info? I hope they will be ok. Also looking forward to heading back to Helen for Oktoberfest which is alwasy fun.. Cheers!!

Nice RR and picts hey you should post some pict's of Melody sometime HA

Looks like Melody had great fun! Where were U? ?

Octoberfest - when and where? Could be fun!

Yea a great time was had by all.

Cheers,
Melody

We stayed in Helen, Georgia. Did a little loop around Helen to the Covered Bridge one day. The other pics were made to and from. Different routes coming in and out.. Oktoberfest is like 2 months long in Helen.. Its like big party festival german type stuff. So we got plenty of time to go. With my work schedule probably be just go down Sat evening, come back a Sunday sometime unless a upcoming holiday allows me an extra day off or something.

Hey, can ya give me some detail of the hotel you stayed at: name, where it was, what floor or room that was, what pricing is like, any tips on getting their best rate... I'm planning an overnight to Helen and that view is awesome! Was the hotel downtown or away from town?

This was in town on the backstreets.. Near the Oktoberfestival Hall.. I'll have Meldoy chime in on the details of the name and cost.. I can't remember the name. This one I think was like 120 bucks a night .. Which was only 1 room and bath, king sized bed. And deck view. was on 2nd floor with stairs to climb. You park right out front of the stairs so not that big of deal. It might have been cheaper then 120, I think they jacked up prcies for the holiday weekend.. She chewed em down a little i think by saying we were repeat customers.. which we were.. but not sure they actually checked that or not.. might try that to get a cheaper rate or haggle with them.

We stayed same place last time for about same price or cheaper I think, but it had 2 bedrooms,washer,drayer, living room, full kitchen,etc. and also deck view.. Some of these are condo's.. and you would think they would be alot higher, but when we priced rooms.. the super 8 and places where 150 for a motel room this last weekend.. and I've stayed in the motels around helen before.. I wouldn't advise it... most are nasty.. and expensive.. might just be this time of year, but seems like last year or year before we stayed in just basic motel room for 50-60 a night..

I'l let her chime in on the exact costs and the name of the place. They do have a killer deck view right on the river which is nice.. and also within walking distance of town...

I'll dig up some photos of past helen trips of a cabin we stayed in also that the drive is right off main street in helen, but turns to gravel just for short distance.. this was huge cabin with upstairs, and 2 baths.. one big bedroom and the upstairs has two twin beds.. it was about 120 a night.. which woudlnt be bad if you could get another couple to go with you and split up the costs.etc. The name of that place was A-1 Vacation Rentals.. I'll get the other info for ya tho..

This was a Cabin I stayed at in early October of last year for around 125 a night.. we split this cost with another couple so it only cost us 65ish a night.. The drive is right off main street in Helen but is Gravel Access.. The other place is right on the backstreet of town.. I liked it because you can walk around everwhere from your room. I'll get the info on that tho. Let me know when your going, I can recommend some good places to eat, and offer some scenic type GPS data of the area.. There is a killer buffet just 4 or 5 miles sout of town. Very worth the drive down.. Its West Family Restaurant, and its similar to a Ryans or something up here.. Its GPS Cordinates are N34 38.694 W83 44.234 .. I'll post a 2nd pic below.