Our First Camping Trip - Little Ocmulgee (11/27/20 - 11/29/20)

We purchased our camper (Flagstaff 25BDS) in July 2020 and spent the next few months 'outfitting' it. New tires, shelf paper, sheets, towels, dishes, utensils, hanging racks, etc. It's approx. 26' with Murphy Bed, dinette, decent sized kitchen & decent size bathroom & couch when Murphy Bed up. Lots of storage in general, but no overhead in kitchen. Just going to take some getting used to. 

We decided on Little Ocmulgee SP for our first trip. It was sort of a halfway point from FL --> GA, where we want to store it.

Arrived on Friday, after Thanksgiving. Back-in site #6, FHU. It was a bit unlevel & was our first time setting up. But, we got it done. Went for a short walk around the campground w/Nelly.

After dark, we walked around looking at the Christmas display they had set up just a short walk away.

There were a few others doing the same.

There were many families & lots of kids. Since we were near the entrance there was lots of traffic ... vehicles, foot & bike. It quieted down later in the evening.

They had cable hookup so we watched a little TV & called it a night. Woke up the next morning to rain. Went to turn on TV to see weather & coulnd't find the remote ANYWHERE. Finally decided it had fallen down a crevice when we put Murphy Bed up. Put bed back down & still couldn't find it. Had to empty an outside storage compartment & remove a couple of panels to get it. Note to self, always know where the remote is before making bed.

It cleared up fairly early on Sat. so we went for a hike on the nature trail. Beautiful, wore a flannel shirt over my tee-shirt but had to take it off about 1/2 way during the 2 mile hike. Also walked down to take a look at the dam & passed by 8 or 10 cabins right on the lake. All looked well kept & nice & large.

Later in the afternoon, took Nelly out for a more thorough walk around campground, to scope out any future sites.

We had not brought any firewood with us but a nice gentleman we met while checking in offered what they had leftover since they were leaving that day. We hadn't brought any kindling or fat lighter either & the wood was wet so Greg chopped one of the logs into smaller pieces but was still having a hard time lighting it. He had some 2 in 1 oil (I think that's what it's called), that helped a little bit. Then he had the idea to get the bacon grease we had leftover from breakfast. Wiped out the container with a paper towel & viola ... fire! 

We didn't burn all the wood we had been given so we 'gave it forward' to one of the other campers.

We left on Sunday morning to yet more drizzle. Got everything packed up to head to the farm. Since we had full hookup we were able to dump before we left. Got to the farm, got it situated & left to go back home to FL.

Overall, it was a great first trip but realized 2 nights is probably not enough to fully enjoy.

Additional notes ... Maverick across the way, lots of traffic that didn't seem to belong to the campgound & Cheech & Chong somewhere in the park.