My great grandaddy was Sheriff Abernathy for the town of Helen, GA. My family has visited there since I was a child (64 now). My mom was born there! On Friday nights the men would come in from work & get plastered....Some would fall asleep in the ditches & grandaddy was known to say a time or two he had to go rustle up some boys in the ditches & send them on home......lol
My uncle Keith Yates has lived. in Helen since the mid 70's and still lives just outside of town. His wife owns a Bed and Breakfast there. I still love visiting there.
There use to be a Bass Outlet store & wine tasting. I think it was Cupcakes Wine that I enjoyed a bottle of. Going out of town there is a raised gazebo in a cow pasture (going toward Toccoia). It's an Indian Romeo & Juliet story of love in innocence. If you do get by there pull off at the marker & enjoy the sweetness of their story.