After a couple of weeks we’ve gotten well snuggled into our private CG on the Cumberland Plateau; today we snagged the only relatively level spot (apparently for miles around) completely with electric that actually works. Memorial Day Weekend was interesting. RVers jammed in, turned on their ACs and the power immediately went out. And kept [...]
Archive for May, 2010
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The Florida west coast between Crystal River and Port St. Joe is often referred to as the “Forgotten Coast” because there’s not a whole lot out there. I don’t think it’s forgotten so much as most of it is National Wildlife Refuge and National Forest land and there’s no large city to create sprawl. Heading [...]
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Sloppy Floyd State Park is a nice hilly little park centered on Sloppy Floyd Lake. James H. “Sloppy” Floyd was a long-serving state congressman. The park straddles Sloppy Floyd Lake road, which is fairly narrow, but the road’s really narrow near the lake. A turn into the office area can be made but large units [...]
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F.D. Roosevelt State Park is a very large park centered on Pine Mountain in west central Georgia on US 27. It has 140 developed level campsites, two lakes, cabins and lots of trails. We arrived on a Thursday in early May and it was virtually empty, but when we left on Saturday it was packed. [...]
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Kolomoki Mounds State Park in southwest Georgia surrounds an ancient Indian mound complex and has two lakes and 24 RV sites. The sites are level and shaded, and most offer a great view of Kolomoki Lake. The park office/museum houses an excavated burial mound and you can climb to the top of the 57-foot-tall temple [...]
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Wednesday May 12, 2010 through May 17! Wow, we’re on central time and there’s some adjusting there to another time zone. We just went through that in Florida not so long ago when we switched to eastern time, and now back to central in only a few weeks. Lol’s The weather is great today! In [...]
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Tuesday May 11, 2010 What a beautiful cold morning it is! After a very hot weather in Florida, this is really a nice change. I have a lot of miles of hiking ahead of me but not till it warms up a bit! It’s 7:15 am and 59 degree’s outside! Think I’ll have a cup [...]
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Monday May 10, 2010 Up at 6:45am! That is sooo not me. But, I’m excited about today to say the least. We’ll be unhooking everything and getting Miss Lueffie ready for the road. It’s off to Tennessee and leaving the great state of Georgia. But, first things first! Coffee…. Well, fat cat made us laugh [...]
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Sunday May 09,2010 We discovered that it’s cold in the mountains in May for northern Georgia! It was a chilling 53 degree’s this morning in the motorhome. Last night we left all the windows open to enjoy the mountain fresh air. We didn’t have Internet access so we had no idea about the weather. We [...]
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Saturday May 08, 2010 We pulled out of FDR State Park this morning and headed for James H. Floyd State Park in northern Georgia just 3 miles southeast of Summerville. It’s our last stop before reaching the great mountains of Tennessee! Once there, we’ll disappear in the mountains for a much needed summer camping trip, [...]
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Newport Park Campground is a super little park on US 98 between Nowheresville and BFE. It’s a 15-site CG on the St. Marks river at, you guessed it, Newport. The St. Marks NWR and lighthouse is right across the street, Shell Point Beach and the Spring Creek Restaurant are a few miles west and Crawordville’s [...]
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It’s a great day in the morning at FDR. We slept with all windows open and listened to the creek flowing over the rocks, taking in mountain fresh air and sounds of wildlife, it was great! Fat cat was on the prowl all night with a face plant to the windows, he was on the [...]