Welcome to Fake German Town!

[smooth]

My parents dragged me down to Helen a few times as a kid. Later I rode down there with my dad on the bikes. Neat little place, but pretty dull when I was a teenager. On the plus side, I tried bratwurst for the first time there! From your pics, it doesn't look like it's changed much in 15 years or so.

[LA]

Helen's about 50 mi. from my house and over some great roads.  N. Ga. has some of the very, very best roads in the US.

I live in a "fake" German town too.  (V)Walhalla, SC. My teachers in grammar school were, (V)Waltz, Shoemaker, Kaufman, Timmerman, Stoudemaye, Snyder, and Broome and Brandt.    

German was still being spoken when I was a kid, although it became somewhat less popular during WWI.

We do Oktoberfest in October too.  

Nice pics JM.

LA

[Scotzman]

I've never been there, but...I believe there's a German city/town in texas. I think there was something on the travel channel about it. There's where all my knowledge of outside CA comes from.

[krolik]

Leavenworth WA.

Barvarian themed town.

[teddy037.2]

heh, that kinda reminds me of solvang....

[duccarlos]

My parents dragged me down to Helen a few times as a kid. Later I rode down there with my dad on the bikes. Neat little place, but pretty dull when I was a teenager. On the plus side, I tried bratwurst for the first time there! From your pics, it doesn't look like it's changed much in 15 years or so.

It's still pretty dull. Good food, but expensive. If you're riding up there then it's a good place to stop for a rest and some grub. Good place for Oktoberfest and x-mas light watching.

[Scotzman]

heh, that kinda reminds me of solvang....

Sovang's kind of cool. They have a motorcycle museum.

[Stella]

JM:  GREAT pictures!  Thanks for sharing!  Love little towns like that!

[teddy037.2]

Sovang's kind of cool. They have a motorcycle museum.

we went there! like a candy store! 

[Nitewaif]

heh, that kinda reminds me of solvang....

Solvang is supposed to be Dutch, though. 

Leavenworth, WA is the first place I thought of.

[Scotzman]

Solvang is supposed to be Dutch, though. 

Leavenworth, WA is the first place I thought of.

Danish...just saying.

[teddy037.2]

Solvang is supposed to be Dutch, though. 

Leavenworth, WA is the first place I thought of.

I know it wasn't german  just the feel of it reminded me of the town

[the_Journeyman]

pretty dull when I was a teenager.

Much more interesting once you're reached 21 

I live in a "fake" German town too.  (V)Walhalla, SC.

I passed through Valhalla last year on a long day ride.  I swooped down into SC and wound my way back to Clayton, GA and then into Hiawasee, GA.  Headed home via US64, Wayah Rd (where I put a dent in my tank with my knee saving a slide) and picked up US19 to finish my ride home.

JM

[mdriver]

We live in Waynesville,
JM

I was just in Waynesville on Oct 6th. It was getting dark when it started raining as we descended from the BRP on 276 westbound, we had no rain gear so we stopped at the exxon on the corner of  23 & 276 to wait out the storm. The rain didn't really stop so we just bit the bullet and rode all the way back to Fontana village. One of the most tiring days of riding I've ever done.

[the_Journeyman]

It's a long ride to Fontana Village from Waynesville in the rain.  I had to ride back from Deal's Gap in a pouring rain.  I was nearly hypothermic by the time I got home.

JM