Want to know where else I have been? Georgia. I am not a Southern Girl but I love nature, and I love to find out what motivates anyone to seek out another line of business? Georgia?

We drove from the Arrowhead Inn in Durham NC to the Glen-Ella Springs Inn in Clarkesville, GA to visit a couple that had attended our seminar the year before.  Have you ever been to Clarkesville?  It’s remote, private, and the Inn is rustic country looking.  It is tucked away with its charming country décor; a place where memories are made!

Luci and Ed Kivett and their 2 sons seem to thrive in these tranquil hills, walk with their new pup into the woods, swim in the pool and provide the best hospitality to anyone who is their guest.  It seems so natural to them, to greet and serve and foster a family life of Christian values. You can feel the earnest sincerity in all they do and they have found the expression of their values in the service they provide. Need a tranquil weekend, need to be pampered; don’t hesitate, this might be the place to hide away.

From the hills of the southernmost Blue Ridge Mountains, the Panther Creeks meanderings we found our way to the Chanticleer Inn, perched atop of Lookout Mountain.  Here you are in Georgia but you can look right into Tennessee. What a hairy drive up a winding, curvy road in a very foggy night!  Where are we going, I ask Bill, as we are cruising higher and higher and going yet around another curve?

Then we had arrived at the Chanticleer!  What incredible views that greeted us when the fog had burned off and the sun appeared. The Inn is in the middle of what seems to be an upscale community; taking a morning jog around the town, some homes seem to hang off cliffs!

Audrey and Robert Hart, seemed all smiles and gracious hospitality.  They showed us the new terrace they had just added, (so the guests could eat breakfast outdoors) they told us about the breakfast chef’s knowledge of all the local birds; their enthusiasm about this new lifestyle was everywhere and catching! All the staff we encountered seemed caught up in it as well!  They had successfully owned a spa, as well as a renovation business prior to this incarnation; but now with their two children have found what really worked for all of them: an Inn, a lifestyle, a way of living a quality life.  I think they are succeeding!

Heide

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