Fort McAllister (SP) 6/8/21 - 6/12/21 (#6)

Another one under our belts. Fort McAllister is in Richmond Hill, just a few miles south of Savannah & about 2.5 house (via I95) from our house in Jax. It is steeped in history from the Civil War Era. The park itself sits on the Ogeechee River but the campground itself was not. 

Overall a nice campground, around 64 sites, many of them for tents. We were on a premium pull thru site (#15) by the marsh with Full Hookups which makes it nice for a quick showers before bed & not having to trek to the bath house. And boy did we need to rinse off before bed because it was quite warm, even hot (mid 90s) 2:00 - 4:00 in the afternoons. I'll admit if we weren't out & about, I went in the camper (AC) during those times. I couldn't imagine being in a tent this time of year.

Not a great view but kept the sun at bay after 4:00p

We arrived during the heat of the day on Tuesday & were pouring sweat by the time we got set up (only about 30 or 40 minutes this time). The breeze kicked up a bit the next day when we went walking the campground. And, it was even breezier the last couple of days. Mornings were very nice & after 4:00 the breeze made it quite tolerable to sit outside.

The mosquitoes weren't too bad but down here in the south, this is the season for yellow flies (aka deer flies) & summer is always the season for no-seeums. We kept a fan going at all times & used a Thermacell which seemed to keep everything at bay. The campsites were mostly cleared of vegetation so that helped. The trails were too hard to walk because of the bugs unless you drowned yourself in bug spray which we don't like to do.

We even ventured out on the bikes but even that was miserable because the roads were not shaded & did I mention .... it was Hot!

We had several visitors come very close to the campsite each day. You could tell they were very used to people because very little scared them. We didn't feed them but I think they would have come up to us if we had offered.

Mom

About 10' away

Calling for Mom?

Even had a visit from Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal each day.

We ate out twice on this trip both times late lunches --- Bubba's Bistro in Richmond Hill (decent) & Fish Tales, about a mile from the Fort (very good). Didn't venture into Savannah because we've been there many times.

Here's the obligitory pic of Nelly. I think she's getting tired of having her pic taken.

It was nice trip but we discovered, the hard way, that summer time camping isn't for us. If we ever go again in June we'll head north to much higher elevations. Our next trip isn't until early September just a little bit further north & west, just outside of Atlanta. Crossing fingers for the weather to be a bit cooler.

Extra notes: Popcorn for dinner. Naps. Visited Skidaway Island SP because we kept hearing such great things. Not impressed, sites were way to close together & very wooded (Ergo --- lots more bugs). Always try to stay on water. Texas biker family on one side & couple that hardly ever came out of their camper on the other side.