January 23-25, 2009
This weekend we decided to stay closer to home and try out Oak Mountain. We had heard poor to average reviews about the quality of their campground and we agree with that. I went home at lunch and hooked up camper and pulled it out to the park so I could get her set up early 1) so that we would get a better site pick and 2) so we would not be stressed in having to pull at rush hour and set up everything at night. This turned out to be the best move of the weekend as I was able to get us one of the better looking sites (A6) in the campground. The site privacy was not too good (about same as Cheaha) in the A Loop of the campground and absolutely ghetto tight spaces in the B Loop. After a quick set up, and the afternoon at work, we headed out and finished setting up. We had a wonderful dinner (baked fish with lemon/garlic, cilantro lime rice, and salad) then went to bed early watching a movie from the Apple TV we brought along this time. We converted the dinette into a bed and the dogs slept up there and absolutely loved it!
It rained all night long and into the morning. We got up late and had breakfast (eggs, turkey sausage, biscuits, and oatmeal) and Amy G had her breast milk.
Later that day the clouds left and sun came out. Dave and Lori Cooper came out with their baby for the afternoon and we had lunch and then went on a hike/geochaching experience.
We hiked to Peavine Falls and it was flowing great after the rain event the night before. Wow, I discovered how out of shape I have gotten. It is about a 0.8 mile round trip walk to Peavine Falls and I had to stop a bit to rest coming back up the the trail! But, gotta start somewhere to get in shape and be more active!
On the way out (the batteries had died in camera) we found our first geocache with Dave's GPS. It had experienced some rain damage, but it was still fun to look for it. The Cooper's went home and we headed back down the mountain to camp. Right before dark, we started up a nice fire utilizing some kindling from the weekend and some wood chopping.
We had another good dinner (chicken tacos and mexican rice) and then we hung out by the fire. We had a few marshmellows and listened to the Ipod on random. Kuddos to random Ipod play (thanks Jessica). We went to bed shortly thereafter and fell asleep to another movie. The next morning we had breakfast (eggs, turkey sausage, and pancakes) and then broke down camp and left before noon and were home and unloaded by 2:00. We also installed the new levels as we were able to get the trailer completely level on the site Friday.
It rained all night long and into the morning. We got up late and had breakfast (eggs, turkey sausage, biscuits, and oatmeal) and Amy G had her breast milk.Later that day the clouds left and sun came out. Dave and Lori Cooper came out with their baby for the afternoon and we had lunch and then went on a hike/geochaching experience.We hiked to Peavine Falls and it was flowing great after the rain event the night before. Wow, I discovered how out of shape I have gotten. It is about a 0.8 mile round trip walk to Peavine Falls and I had to stop a bit to rest coming back up the the trail! But, gotta start somewhere to get in shape and be more active!On the way out (the batteries had died in camera) we found our first geocache with Dave's GPS. It had experienced some rain damage, but it was still fun to look for it. The Cooper's went home and we headed back down the mountain to camp. Right before dark, we started up a nice fire utilizing some kindling from the weekend and some wood chopping.We had another good dinner (chicken tacos and mexican rice) and then we hung out by the fire. We had a few marshmellows and listened to the Ipod on random. Kuddos to random Ipod play (thanks Jessica). We went to bed shortly thereafter and fell asleep to another movie. The next morning we had breakfast (eggs, turkey sausage, and pancakes) and then broke down camp and left before noon and were home and unloaded by 2:00. We also installed the new levels as we were able to get the trailer completely level on the site Friday. Weather: 45-60 degrees, windy, rain, overcast till lunch Saturday then sunny and pretty until we left Sunday
Campground notes: sites are tight, if we had not got the site we did or at least in the A loop then we would have been unpleasantly close to our neighbors; water and power
Lessons learned: we left our splitter and regulator at Cheaha and had to use the backup regulator
Things to buy: small step ladder, level blocks, short hose and splitter for connection to water, backup regulator
Until we set out again...
Campground notes: sites are tight, if we had not got the site we did or at least in the A loop then we would have been unpleasantly close to our neighbors; water and power
Lessons learned: we left our splitter and regulator at Cheaha and had to use the backup regulator
Things to buy: small step ladder, level blocks, short hose and splitter for connection to water, backup regulator
Until we set out again...
2 comments:
Is that Mayhaw Jelly I see?
Yes that is the famous Mayhaw Jelly from south Georgia...The World's finest jelly!!!!!!
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