FD Roosevelt (SP) 10/12/23 - 10/16/23 (#20) Part 3

We left Fall Creek Falls on Thursday morning headed to FD Roosevelt park in Pine Mountain, GA. 

We have stayed at this park a couple of other times. This time we had site 110 which is a FHU site at the beginning of the CG on the middle upper portion. I was worried that it would be too open for Coco but it wound up being a good site with good neighbors who were not too close. 

We were able to set up the fence in the 'living area'. I liked it but Greg, not so much.

We went to a small festival in Warm Springs & Coco did really well. Got lots of attention which she seems to thrive on. I also took her on a couple hikes & once again she did great. I'm glad she likes the woods.

Here are a few random pics.

We have two more short trips planned for November & December which I'll document as they happen.

Notes: 

Drive through/around Chattanooga was horrible. 

Took I75 back to GA & there was a wide trailer being towed that was taking up 2 lanes.

Fall Creek Falls (SP) 10/10/23 - 10/12/23 (#20) Part 2

 We left Newnan on Tuesday, headed to Fall Creek Falls in Spencer, TN.

We were starving as we came through Rome, GA & had plans to grab a burger at Wendy's but there wasn't any parking so we headed on up the road. We came across this restaurant - Sam's Burger Deli which wound up being the highlight of this leg of our journey. It's owned by a Purple Heart recipient & had a lot of Veteran customers. As we parked, we saw signs that this was also a Harvest Host stop (we aren't members).

We got to the campground and I thought I had reserved a FHU site (#B77) but it was the only one NOT FHU in that loop. It was narrow & neighbors were too close to our liking. It also had a bad slope front to back & we couldn't lower the hitch enough to make it level. We had to set up the fence at the back end of the camper. The picnic table was at the back end, quite a bit away from the pad & fire pit was at least 25 yards away.

Steps extended as far as possible.

We were supposed to stay for 3 nights but I googled the next stop & our site was available for a day early so we decided to leave. Went to the park office & they agreed to refund our last night's stay. Since we were leaving the next day we decided to ride the scenic loop to see waterfalls.

1/4 mile down, extremely steep. Those are people at the bottom.

Hike down to the Falls.

There was a Mennonite community just down from the CG. We stopped at the Brockdell Produce stand, Oak Ridge Market & Country Fabrics (quilt store). We bought some hand pies, eggs & a couple yards of fabric. When coming out of the Market we saw a bunch of horse & buggies & it was obvious that the school day had just ended.

When we got back, we packed up so we could get an early start the next day.

I had high hopes for this CG but because of our bad site & close proximity to neighbors it was just not the CG for us.

Part 3 coming up.

Notes: 

Locals park their campers & come & go to work, school, etc. & come back to spend the night. 

Severe storm damage (April 2023) in the park itself. Logs felled by the road which the local Mennonite sawmill was picking up.

Chattahoochee Bend (SP) 10/7/23 - 10/10/23 (#20) Part 1

We took Coco on her first camping trip. Our first stop was at Chattahoochee Bend SP in Newnan, GA (about 4 hours from the Farm). It's a small CG on/near the Chatahoochee River.

We stayed on site 111 which was very private, at the end of the first loop. 

We arrived on a Saturday which is unusual for us (mostly weekday campers) so the campground was full of families camping & lots of kids playing. We took Coco for a walk around the CG once we got set up & all the kids wanted to pet her. She did great & loved all the attention.

It was the first time using a pet fence which worked very well keeping Coco on site without having to tether her.

The weather was quite cold when we woke up Sunday morning. Turns out in our haste to leave the farm, I had forgotten to close the vent above the bed. It's a wonder it didn't blow off on the way.

We went for another walk in the CG on Sunday morning & the kids we had met the day before all called out to say "Hey Coco!!".

Coco liked to keep warm by either laying in the sun or snuggling in the 'cooler' of my camp chair.

We went on a hike to the river the next day while dinner cooked (Boston Butt) in a small 2 qt. crockpot I got from my friend. It worked very well for cooking a the butt & then warming up soup the next day.

p.s. Coco did great on the hike!

We went into Newnan one day to buy diesel & take Coco to her first dog friendly restaurant Meat N Greet. Newnan is best known as the home of Alan Jackson (country music star) & there was a cool murel just down from the restaurant.

Overall, the trip was a great success & we think once Coco grows out of the puppy stage she'll be a great camping companion. A few more pics.

A small taste of fall.

Russian Wolfhound / Daisy. Didn't care for Coco.

Met lot of people & other dogs

Part 2 coming up.