Last Thursday, I drove down to Athens, Georgia, home of the University but, for me, more importantly, home of Jackson Street Books. My friend Tony operates this store. Tony and I met in 1993 at a booksellers' training course and have had a little email contact over the years. I wanted to renew our acquaintance and see his store. He operates a wonderful used book store, 50,000 volumes nestled on high shelves, spread throughout the building. I fear I talked his head off for two hours, but we had a good time together. Please visit Tony whenever you are in Athens.
Tony told me that if he could live anywhere in the state he could, he would chose Lake Rabun and that I should go see it. The Lake is just above Clarkesville, so back I went to the area I had just left. Tony has good taste, but beer budgets won't quite make it here. The Lake is densely surrounded by expensive homes. It very much reminded me of a summer community on the coast of Maine. There was a Forest Service campground there, so I was able to stay overnight. There are two other similar lakes in the region. The Lake Rabun Hotel is a national treasure with very high rankings. I wandered in, but a wedding luncheon was just ending, so it was a bit crazy. Pictured here is one of maybe two other commercial operations on this part of the lake and is for sale for the intrepid entrepenuer.
0 comments:
Post a Comment