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| New Visitor Center |
On Monday, we got to the CG a little later than we anticipated (5 hour drive). As usual we missed a couple of roads (GA road signs are notorious for being non-existent in the direction you are headed, or hidden behind something, or only a couple of feet from the turn). On the plus side GA roads are also notorious for having 5 different routes available to get to the intended road. After exiting I75 there were only 3 roads to take but little did we know that each of them turned in several different directions themselves. Thank goodness for paper maps because GPS kept disconnecting. Oh well, we made it before dark. Didn't get to do a CG walkabout on arrival day, which is our custom. No bother, it was cocktail & dinner time right after getting set up.
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| Site #7 |
There are 40 RV sites (5-12 on the water), 12 primitive sites, 6 Yurts (all on the water) & 16 cabins. We were in #7, a pull through (W/E only) on the water. Not too far of a walk to the bath house. Had a very friendly couple from LaGrange in site 6. A nice man from Ocala came in to tent camp for one night on site 8. He was on his way to Pigeon Forge. Site 9 had a young mother & her sweet 4 yo daughter (Rachel & Lilly) from Cumming, Ga. They were also tent camping.
Since it's so hot here in the South, we were a bit worried that it would be miserable in early Sept. To our surprise it was almost perfect weather. We did lose Tuesday to rain all day (from hurricane Ida leftover bands). However, we awoke to 65 degrees on Wednesday morning!!!! The highest high was 85 one day.
After breakfast we decided to explore a few other CGs on Lake Lanier, only about 30 miles away & each CG was only about 5 - 10 miles apart.
Shoal Creek (former COE) was dismal, tight bumpy roads, cracked asphalt. It was more suited to very small RVs & pop-ups or tent camping. River Forks (County) was a small clean CG w/about 45 sites. Old Federal(83 sites), Duckett Mill (111 sites) & Bolding Mill (94 sites) were all COE & we would stay at any of them, but Old Federal was our favorite. Almost a resort like feel. Clean with lots of grass & almost all sites right on the water. It seemed there was also swimming allowed at we saw a lady sunbathing by her camper & had a huge plastic duck floatie & several other floating devices nearby.
On Thursday we decided to hang at the campground. After breakfast, we took Nelly for a walk around the CG. It was quite hilly. Decided to go ahead & hike the walking trail before lunch. Greg's knees were bothering him so he decided to turn around after a mile or so. I kept going & took the road back. Altogether about 3 miles.
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| Greg resting before walking back to site |
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| Brand new creek bridge |
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| Gazebo in the woods |
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| One of several benches along the route |
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| Very calm deer. Took this & kept walking. |
Greg had lunch waiting when I got back. Kind of negates the calories I burned ....
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| Nachos! |
On Thursday, on our way to dinner, we stopped by the blockhouse on the park grounds. It was built in 1793 & very well preserved.
One of my many cousins (Pam) lives just down the road in Monroe & met us for dinner at a restaurant in Winder Bistro off Broad. Very good, would definitely recommend if in the area. Thursday nights are 'Date Nights' & they have a special menu at a good price.
Overall, we had a very nice trip. I'll leave with a few pics of the waterfowl we viewed from our site & of course, the obligitory pic of Nelly.
2 comments:
A campground with yurts? That's pretty neat! Actually, it looks like a really nice place to camp.
Leigh, It was. Georgia has some amazing State Parks.
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