When I used to come up here for weekends, there is a certain curve in the road when I got close to Blue Ridge, once you go around that curve and the mountains greets you, the stress just leaves your shoulders. I decided then that I needed a change in my life.

    At the same time my sister and brother-in-law decided to leave California and move closer to Florida and where our parents live. They decided Blue Ridge was great and the three of us bought a small building in historic downtown Blue Ridge. We started an antique shop which later became a clothing and gift shop (made sense since my sister and I both like to buy clothes). A couple of years later I decided to try my hand at real estate and now I am a full time agent.

    When I moved to Blue Ridge, within 2 weeks of moving here I met my other half - Floyd Smith who also had made the decision to move up here full time from Atlanta, we now have a house on the Toccoa River with our 4 dogs, we both enjoy fishing and taking our 4 dogs out on our boat so they can run and swim from on of the many islands in Lake Blue Ridge.