We arrived at Crooked River State Park outside of St. Marys, GA at about 4:15. They updated and enlarged the check-in office since we were here last. Looks real nice.
After setting up and relaxing a bit (only one beer), we headed for Seagles Saloon in St. Marys to see our old friend, "Cindy Dean, the Porno "Queen." Unfortunately, upon our arrival, we learned that Cindy was sick with an upper respiratory infection and hadn't been in for several days. We didn't let that bother us. Marty was there subbing for Cindy and the rest of the folks in the saloon provided us with an entertaining evening.
We left Seagles at about 9:30 and got back to the camper in time for me to get about 12 hours of sleep!
Adi, there are some bad words in some of these pictures. Don't look!
When we got up this morning, it was 71 degrees inside the camper and 22 degrees outside. The heater worked really well! We packed up and hit the road, stopping at the first McDonald's we saw. We got oatmeal to mix our bran buds with and went on down the road.
We drove 542 miles and made it to Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park, recommended by my friend, Mark. As you'll see, the park is pretty neat - over 900 acres with plenty of amenities, including condos, a lodge, golf course, and restaurant.
It was almost dark by the time we got camped, but because we had such a short distance to drive the next day to get to Crooked River State Park, we took some time in the morning to check things out.
We met two camp hosts there. One was from Taylorville, IL and the other was from Springfield, IL. They both retired from Caterpillar in Decatur. Small world!
We towed the camper to the YMCA in Mattoon to attend Adi's birthday swim party. I don't know how many kids were there, but they were all having fun. As you can see, the cake was really cool.
Poor Chad and Faith had 10 girls in the house for a sleep-over that night. I haven't heard the results yet, but it's probably a good thing there was no school or work the next day.
The party was over and we left the parking lot about 7:15PM. We pulled into a Pilot truck stop at the first exit across the Ohio River in Paducah. It was 10:15 and the attendant said we could sleep in the camper, so we did. It was 30 degrees outside, but with the heater running and our heavy comforter, we were snug as a bug.
We left for Edwardsville on Saturday morning. Adi competed in trampoline at 11:00 and double mini at 3:00. Then we went to the hotel for an enjoyable evening which included beer and pizza around the pool with Chad, the kids, and some mothers of other gymnastics competitors from Mattoon.
Then Sunday at 1:00 we watch the floor tumbling events. Adi got 1st in trampoline, 2nd in double-mini, and first in floor tumbling. Not bad!
We enjoyed the weekend.
P.S. I tried to upload some nice videos of Adi's double-mini and floor tumbling passes, but as has happened in the past, Google would not cooperate.
