Traveling towards Swamp John's, we turned off and headed up a small road looking for the old Boot-Leggers moonshine property. What we found was the "Cypress Cove Farm". We strolled through the iron gates into a wooded, swamp like area that opened onto a pond. Overlooking this area was a gorgeous, huge estate. This wooded area originally was settled by the Cherokee Indians. After their departure, the boot-leggers used the area for their moonshine making. Now it has been "renovated" into a meditation place where various groups gather for meetings, ei: Garden Club, Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts. The estate is separate from this wooded area. It is owned by a State House of Representative member....he wasn't home on this day. Not as exciting as I thought it would but it killed an hour of our
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