Summer Road Trip-2014-Continued

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Today we said good-bye to Tom and Sandy, they started home, and we continued on with our trip.

Our trip was uneventful, until we got within a few miles of our destination, because, as it turns out, our destination doesn't exist anymore. When planning our trip, I as usual, used my Trailer Life Software to pick out the campgrounds. TL showed a Military campground, Army Rec Area, on Lake Allatoona, just NW of Atlanta. Didn’t give a physical address, so I used the GPS coordinates and that took us to some real pretty black gates with YMCA plastered all over them. So, we called the number Phil had written on the printout for the campground, the guy answers “Navy Lake Rec Area” so I ask him where he was after telling him where we were. He says go back to the main road, take a left and follow it till we got there. So, finally we get there, they have our reservations, but whoever took our reservation put us in a site to narrow and to short, but it’s Saturday on Memorial Day Weekend, so we don’t have a lot of choice. The Assistant Camp Hosts take Phil down to the site so he can figure out if he wants to try to get into it. To further complicate things, we thought we were reserving a site with full hookups for 8 days, turns out…no sewer.

Phil finally comes back and he says he is going to try to get into the site. They had six guys down there trying to guide Phil in, but none of them knew how. So, I’m trying to keep in out of the ditch and from hitting the tree with the back end. Not surprising, he got it in the site, but then we had to pull forward to fit the tree between the two slides, which meant the front end was nearly on the road, we had 20 feet behind us free and clear. The front steps dropped off on the steep downhill slope, made for real tricky walking. This campground was built in the 50’s when trailers weren't any longer than about 20’ and slides hadn't even been thought of yet.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

We laid low over the weekend and left the good times to the crazies.

Today we drove back down towards Atlanta to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield, which was one of the last major conflicts before the Confederacy fell back into Atlanta, and so began Sherman’s march to the sea.

We spent some time at the Visitor’s Center and watched a film about the battles in the area. We then went to lunch and did some shopping before heading back to camp.

View from the top of Kennesaw Mtn
Can you tell there is a little humidity in the air???

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

We decided we had had enough of the tight environs, so we went up to the office to see if we left in the morning we could get a refund. Turns out that the lady at the desk this morning is the one who took our reservation. She apologized profusely, stating that she had been new at the time. She gave us the refund and we are out of here tomorrow morning!

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Tonight we are in the Raccoon Mountain RV Park in Chattanooga, TN. This is a nice park, long pull thrus with full hookups. We are in an end site, so only have neighbors on one side. Will spend the next couple of days doing laundry after being in a site with no sewer for so long.