The Mountains Become Her

04/14/2021

Unfurling • Spring, my favorite time to walk in the woods. There are so many things popping up through the dead leaves. Signs of life everywhere. 🌱

04/01/2021

Spring in Dahlonega just doing it’s thing! Our iconic Azalea Bush is now in full bloom.
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Have you booked your family trip to Dahlonega yet? We have a few Summer & Fall dates left! Book now at the link in bio!
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01/31/2021

There are quite a few hiking trails with ancient ruins in Georgia that are open to the public. Here are eight of the most popular.

11/17/2020

https://www.exploregeorgia.org/list/these-8-small-georgia-towns-do-christmas-right

You can't help but feel festive during the holidays in these Georgia small towns.

11/16/2020

Remember the family of 8 that hiked the AT together? They wrote a book. Can’t wait to dig into this one. They are such an inspiration!

PLEASE NOTE: SHIPPING TIME FOR BUNDLE ARE DELAYED 2-3 WEEKS due to printing times but should arrive before Christmas. Digital PDF of FULL book will...

11/10/2020

Bed+Bough Treehouse by Stay Dahlonega featured in Narcity.

This retreat takes glamping to a whole new level.

10/28/2020

I happy to announce we have our Valencia pnuts back!! We were having to boil the Virginia jumbo pnuts for a while since there was a shortage. The jumbos are good and some folks actually liked them better I think. But as a whole I think most enjoy these Valencia pnuts. Do you have an opinion? Thanks!

10/26/2020

Fall & Covered Bridges go together like Peas & Carrots.

10/09/2020

Treehouses in Dahlonega? Yes, please!

Fall in love and Pamper yourself with a nature retreat at the Stay Dahlonega Luxury Treehouse rentals located in the heart of Wine Country North of Georgia.

09/28/2020

It’s never too early to start training for next year’s Six Gap! Tumlin House is the perfect house for whole cycling team with 7 bedrooms and 8 beds, everyone can stay & train together!

09/23/2020

09/18/2020

🍃🍂🍁 Fall Foliage is just around the corner!

The 2020 Fall Foliage Prediction Map is out so you can plan trips to see autumn in all its splendor in Georgia and other U.S. states.

09/10/2020

So much to do in this little town! StayDahlonega

Wondering what to do in Dahlonega GA? Actress Debra Stipe takes you on a 36 hour journey in just 6 minutes of what to do in this quaint mountain town just an...

08/30/2020

07/29/2020

Mountain Christmas Getaway?!? Yes please!

Christmas in July?!? If you haven’t booked your Christmas Getaway yet now is the time! We have a few dates still available in December for Dahlonega’s Old Fashioned Christmas. Click link in bio to view our availability.

07/23/2020

Mornings in the forest are magical. ✨

07/22/2020

We found some gorgeous Jack-o-lantern mushrooms at Vogel State Park. They call them Jack-o-lantern because they are big and bright orange in color but also because they actually glow in the dark! I’m not kidding! The gills underneath have a slight glow at night. They have a bioluminescent enzyme which causes the gills to glow a faint blue-green color in the dark. How cool is that? 🎃🍄 @ Vogel State Park

07/21/2020

Have something to celebrate or just looking for the perfect place to getaway with the girls? Take a trip to Dahlonega! Dahlonega features wineries and tastin...

07/08/2020

Dahlonega’s New Unique Lodging! Treehouses minutes away from Cavender Creek Vineyards & Winery!

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07/06/2020

Preachers Rock! Who’s made that hike?

Who else is craving that sweet mountain air?🙋‍♀️(📷 by )

07/04/2020

Welcome to all the new followers! Great to have you here. If you are on Instagram make sure you are following The Mountains Become Her there too! Have a Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸✨

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07/03/2020

🇺🇸Nature showing off it’s Red, White & Blue. Happy Independence Day! ❤️🤍💙

07/02/2020

"It may feel worlds away from civilization, but Fallingwater is less than 15 minutes from downtown Dahlonega (90 minutes north of Atlanta), known for its gold rush history and placement inside the Chattahoochee National Forest. When you’re not out kayaking, fishing, hiking, or biking, enjoy making s’mores in the custom fire pit." - Reader's Digest

Start planning your socially-distanced trip today and StayDahlonega!

Thank you Reader's Digest for naming Fallingwater as the one of the "Cutest Cabins for a Secluded Summer Getaway". ⛰ (Photo Courtesy of Stay Dahlonega)

Read more here---> https://www.rd.com/list/cutest-cabins/

06/26/2020

🍷WINE HIGHWAY GIVE-A-WAY🍷
E N T E R TO W I N :
2 Passports to the upcoming 2020 Wine Highway - Passports are valid August 1-31, 2020 and get you 4 tastings at all our participating North Georgia Wineries!
🗳 How to Enter 🗳
1. Comment ON THIS POST and tag a friend you love to drink wine with 🍷
2. Share THIS POST
And That’s it!
🎉 Winner will be Announced Friday, July 3, 2020 at 10:00AM EST on this page. The winner must private message us to claim their passports. Passports will be mailed to the winner.

06/26/2020

We’ve got exciting news to share: Trailful is moving! Just down Main Street from our current little hiking shop sits this beautiful historic brick building near the Hiawassee town square. It had been vacant for years and in need of some serious TLC. So we’ve been working hard to spruce it up and give it a makeover while keeping its historic charm. We’re so excited to show you everything we’ve done, and can’t wait to invite you to check out our new space!

To make our move, we’ll be closing our Trailful shop on Monday, June 29, and will reopen in our new digs before the 4th of July weekend. We’ll be offering curbside service next week while we’re moving, so if you’re out on the Appalachian Trail and need to stop by for gear or resupply – or if you’ve had your eye on a new ENO hammock and can’t wait to hang out and chill – just give us a call at 706-521-HIKE and we’ll get you set up.

We’re so excited for the opportunity to revitalize this historic piece of Hiawassee history and vastly expand our selection of top hiking gear, apparel, books and outdoorsy gifts. And we can’t wait to show you what we've been working on!

06/25/2020

The highest peak in Georgia is ready to be explored! 🙌

Brasstown Bald is currently open from Thursday to Sunday from 11am to 4pm with limited amenities. The current parking lot capacity is 60 vehicles. If capacity is met, cars may be asked to wait until other cars leave to enter the site. 🚗

Additionally, there is no shuttle service to the top at the time. To reach the observation deck visitors will need to hike the Summit Trail. 🥾 While beautiful, the hike from the parking lot to the observation deck gains 428 feet in elevation in .6 miles! The Rangers recommend you wear comfortable footwear, attire, and bring plenty of water!😅

06/25/2020

NEW BLOG POST •

Chanterelle Mushrooms - Forged in North Georgia - Recipe how to use them!

We found these gorgeous Chanterelle Mushrooms growing on our property. We usually forge them in other places but this year they popped up i...

06/24/2020

All this rain brought all these beautiful mushrooms! 🍄

06/24/2020

Chanterelle Season • These beauties were growing on a ridge on our property. We usually forge for them in other places but this year they came to us! Recipes forthcoming on the blog! @ Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest

06/22/2020

Summer Sunsets 💯

06/18/2020

Follow the butterfly 🦋

06/18/2020

The forest taking back what’s hers. • This was a large tree that fell across a trail (most likely from a storm) and had to be sawed in half by man to make the trail passable again. Look at the forest growing over it as if to take it back again. A slow and natural process of decay.

06/17/2020

If I was a snail this is where I’d hide from the rain. 🐌🍄🌱

06/13/2020

Queen Anne’s Lace season in the North Georgia Mountains. 🤍 @ Dahlonega, Georgia

06/12/2020

DERELICT LUMPKIN • Anderson Land
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This place has always intrigued me. I am told that this is the old Anderson homestead. Many of the family live on the land surrounding it. The land has been divided among Anderson family members along the way and some even sold off. Once, we were one of our evening walks and as we passed by we stopped at the fence to view it from a distance. An old woman stopped her car and hopped out to meet us. She had to have been over 90 years old. As we introduced ourselves she said “forgive me but I won’t remember you, my mind is not very sharp these days.” We asked her questions about the old house and she said that she lived there when she was in her teens when she married one of the sons of the family. There was no running water, plumbing or electricity. She could not recall what year it was built but said that it was old when she lived there some 75 years ago. She owns the land now with a few family members and lives just up the holler a ways.
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I love old abandoned places and want to know their history. When I am there I think about the family that must have lived there, when the house was built and what life was like then. Did kids play in the yard, did they share crop with the house the next property over, did they all gather there on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas? And ultimately my mind gets to what happened for this place to be derelict and abandoned? Did they pass and no one else in the family want to live there? So many questions. I find so much beauty in these places and so much thought.
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I share photos of “Derelict Lumpkin” because these places are fading and they are just too beautiful not to.
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@ Lumpkin County, Georgia

06/08/2020

Head to the North Georgia Mountains for some Rose!

The world looks better through rosé colored glasses! National Rosé Day is officially on Saturday but why not celebrate all week? Also...checkout that awesome reflection of our 1820s Cabin in the glass!
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Wear pink 💗 to Cavender Creek Vineyards & Winery this week and receive the 30% off your purchase of a case of our Rosé, Sweet Anna Bell! ́AllDay ́AllWeek ̀

05/31/2020

She cleans up nice! 🚲🌼
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Jeb pulled my bike of the shed and cleaned it up, put air in the tires and greased all the squeaks. He called me outside to surprise me with the job he had done so we took her for a ride on our road today. He’s at a wonderful stage right now where he genuinely loves to fix things up. It’s fun to see the rewards of working with your hands and improving something. I’m so glad he is starting to see how valuable that is. @ Dahlonega, Georgia