Our first excursion to Scaly Mountain for snow tubing started off with a wonderful drive up to Dillard, Georgia, and a really enjoyable lunch at the famed Dillard House.  If you've never eaten there, I highly recommend you take the time to stop by.  It is roughly a 40 minute drive there, but the views from the restaurant are stunning and the food was PLENTIFUL and deliciously prepared.  This restaurant has won several awards from Southern Living Magazine, so they're no joke!  After a meal fit for a king (aka Doc, who joined us), we headed about 8 miles further to Scaly.  Two hours of fun filled snow tubing down the mountain - no we weren't allowed to be without clothes, not that you would have wanted to be - it was around 30 degrees that day!  They have a "ride" up the mountain while you lay in your tube and get pulled up the hill to arrive at the top of the man made snow covered hills.  A quick and exciting ride down the two humps hill and then a mud splashed halt at the end!  It was a great time and everyone had a blast - AND no major injuries!  :-)