I love the beaches and I love the mountains.  Years ago, I went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee on my honeymoon.  I later returned with my small children and they enjoyed riding horses and running around Gatlinburg.  I just remember it being small and quaint and just loved the architecture of the buildings and the smell of logs burning in the fireplaces and beautiful log cabins.  I walked along side of the river that runs through the city and looked up almost as high as I could see and looked at the beautiful mountains that engulfed me on both sides.  Never did I think that my heart would allow me to leave beaches and tropical weather for four seasons.  I started thinking one day that I thought it might be time to just check things out and see where my heart would lead.

After being in real estate for years, I decided to call some of my friends in Tennessee and see what they thought was the on going thing there.  I tested many with questions and all came back to one little town called Tellico Plains. Tellico Plains sounds just like the old Gatlinburg that I remembered.   I thought for a minute and said to myself that Tellico Plains sound kinda interesting.  I would go look and see.

It seems that they have a lot of Floridians that have found out about Tellico Plains, too.  Everywhere you go there is a former residence of Florida.  I visited the famous Bakery a couple of years ago and found out that one of the owners was from Ft. Pierce, Florida.  It just goes on and on.  The nautural beauty of Tellico speaks for itself plus it has a wonderful friendly town.  I have since purchased some excellent properties in Tellico and in the process of acquiring my brokers license for Tennessee.  It is a great place to retire and work.  Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge are 45 minutes away, Knoxville is 35, and Chattanooga is an hour.