Category: Harvest Host

Clayton, GA

Weekend getaway to upstate Georgia. We traveled to Clayton for a weekend of hiking and drinks! We left Friday morning and stopped in a Walmart parking lot to work for the morning. At lunch time, we continued on to Clayton and arrived at our first stop, Currahee Brewing Company, to finish up work. Side note, we had to drive around a bit to get a Verizon signal strong enough. It is fun working from the parking lot of a brewery though. Closing the laptop and stepping into your weekend in a matter of seconds can be addictive. The brewery is in the middle of the city which is very walkable. We made our way to main street, ordered a pizza for the night, and enjoyed an ice cream while we waited at a local creamery.

Our final destination for the evening was a Harvest Host – RM Rose Distilling Company – located just North of Clayton in Dillard, GA. We did a tasting of their finest spirits and discovered a new favorite cinnamon whiskey (Fire on the Mountain). The distillery is located on the outskirts of a popular restaurant/retreat called the Dillard House. They had some horses and goats. We had a nice mountain sunset to finish off the day.

Day 2 – Saturday, time for a hike before we begin our day of vineyard hopping. We drove to the nearest park – Black Rock Mountain State Park. What a view. The pictures do not do it justice. The park has several trails, a lake, waterfalls, and a campground.

Time for some wine! Our first stop, 12 Spies Vineyard, a small vineyard tucked into Rabun gap just South of Dillard. We had the place to ourselves. Very nice wine and people. It would be a great place for a wedding or social event. We then traveled on to Tiger Mountain Vineyards and then finally Stonewall Creek Vineyards (our Harvest Host) for the night. Our host let us park in a field along a creek with a view of their vineyard. There was one other RV family that shared the field and they were very nice (up from Florida). It was a very peaceful night.

Day 3 – Sunday, we woke up early, packed up and headed home. Another great weekend getaway in the books.

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Lake Lanier & Gainesville

Continuing the trend of sticking close to home, we traveled to Lake Lanier, about an hour from where we live, to enjoy the weekend. Before we went to the lake we stopped in downtown Gainesville at a Harvest Host – Remedy Distillery. Located right near downtown it was a great spot to stay the night.

After our night in Gainesville, we made our way to Lake Lanier. We stopped at Point Royale marina for lunch at Pelican Pete’s and then made our way to the Bald Ridge Creek campground. The campground was cozy, right on the water and easy to walk around. We enjoyed some cheese and tomato soup for dinner and watched the beautiful sunset! Our neighbor brought us some wood for the campfire (I guess our looked sad) so we finished up the night by the fire.

A storm was brewing so we headed out early the next morning to begin our new work week. Overall, a nice weekend getaway!

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Our first trip

So where do you go now that you have the RV? We have many ideas for long trips, but we still have to work. First things first, we need internet. There are so many options now. We looked at Starlink, cellular hot spots and other satellite options. We finally settled for a Verizon hotspot that works with the van. The van comes equipped with a WineGard Connect system. All we needed was the cellular sim card and we were good to go.

During our research we discovered Harvest Hosts. We wanted to find places to stay that would not break the bank (yea, we still have a mortgage, for now!!) and get an experience of some kind. Harvest Hosts fits right in nicely. They have farms where you can camp and get fresh eggs in the morning. There are breweries where you can park, enjoy their beers and are located near a downtown area for exploring. We found some wineries, distilleries, tea makers, drive-in movie theatres, and animal rescue and recovery farms.

Back to our first trip. We want to do each state and being new to the RV, did not want to go far from home on our first few trips. And so we chose to visit Albertville and Gadsden Alabama. We visited Noccalula Falls Park. The first Harvest Host we visited was a winery that offered wood fired pizzas. The wine was good, the pizza excellent and a cheesecake flight for dessert. We rolled back into the RV after. It was just outside Albertville and was a quiet spot to camp surrounded by wine (err… grape) vines and a quaint tree.

This trip broke us in. The month of March. It was 40 degrees outside. The wind was blowing quite a bit. We learned all about the propane system – hot water, furnace and gas stove. We learned not to store gallons of water on a high shelf. Kelly made us our first meal – breakfast eggs and sausage.

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