Georgia Apple Festival

It’s time to get outside and enjoy some of the beautiful fall weather! The leaves are beginning to change colors  and the Georgia hot weather is slowly moving out. There are definitely reasons to enjoy all the family activities  outdoors that you just can’t beat.

The 38th Annual Georgia Apple Festival continues through this weekend. It’s an hour drive north from our beautiful neighborhoods, Brandon Hall and Parkstone, both in Cumming. The Ellijay Lions Club, the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce, the cities of Ellijay and East Ellijay, and Gilmer County have been doing this for as long as I have been here in Georgia and it is one of my fall traditions to put that on my calendar.There are over 300 vendors with handmade, hand-crafted items, as well as many on-site demonstrations of how selected types of crafts are made. There are many new crafts as well as favorites from past festivals. There is a parade on Saturday, October 17th  at 10 A.M. and an antique car show each year. The antique car show is held at the Civic Center. For your more information, visit georgiaapplefestival.org.

I look forward to this festival every year. The drive to the mountains is an adventure starting with a good old fashioned country breakfast, the spectacular array of colors from the leaves changing, ( I like to count how many shades of red there really is along the way), going through a corn maze, sampling and buying a bushel or two of delicious homegrown apples, and wandering in a pumpkin patch looking for a few pumpkins to take home to bake and also carve for Halloween.

On your way back from the festival, stop by Brandon Hall and enjoy the beautiful architecture and streestcape of our Sharp Residential homes. There is alot of activity here and you will definitely fall in love with one of our homes. There are a few that can close by the end of the year.  Our decorated model/sales office is open daily. For more information, please visit http://sharpresidential.com