Our good friends Sam & Joy drove three hours from Summerville, GA to visit. We saw them in March when they were traveling with their RV in Florida. Sam was John's Tac Officer during his six months of training at Ft Benning’s Infantry Officer Candidate School.
Sam likes good southern cooking like I do so we had lunch at Hawg Wild.
On the way to lunch we all visited the Stoval Mill Covered Bridge built in 1895 by Will Pardue. It is 36.8 feet long with queen-post truss that crosses the Chickamauga Creek. It was also known as Sautee-Nacoochee, Helen Bridge and Chickamauga. An earlier covered bridge stood here but was washed away in the early 1890's. The bridge retains the name of the miller, Fred Stovall, Sr.; who operated the mill complex from 1917 for many years. It is said that this bridge is haunted. They say standing on the bridge at night, you may hear the sounds of horse-drawn carriages.
We also walked around the town of Helen and stopped of at Fred's Famous Peanuts for a little fozzen lemon-aid. Great friends, great day!
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