We left Sun & Fun in Sarasota on Monday morning and camped in Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park outside Cordele, GA that night. We camped there several years ago. They have a nice display of military planes, tanks and artillery. We had a nice lakeside campsite where we roasted some sausages over the campfire for dinner.
We weren't in any hurry to leave on Tuesday morning because we planned to camp at Doll Mountain Campground at Carters Lake, GA that night. It was only about 230 miles, so it was a nice leisurely day. We arrived at Doll Mountain around 4:30 after having stopped at a rest area for lunch, but this time, we ate in the camper because it was cool, windy and threatening rain.
The last time we camped at Doll Mountain was in June of 2009 when we had campsite #44. Back then, there were leaves on the trees and everything was green. No leaves or greenery this time, but site #44 was still a great site as you can see from the pictures. The reason for the caption about the sewer dump is that the last time we were there, I dumped my "night bottle" in there, thinking it was for sewer, even though it's uphill from the camper. Turns out, it's the water shut-off valve!
We left Doll Mountain early on Wednesday morning, planning to get to Ramsey Lake State Park in Illinois that evening. We made it after a 500 mile drive, pulling into the campground at about 4:30. There were only a couple of campers there when we arrived, and a total of 7 for the weekend. I think there were about 16 who planned to be there, but most of those missing wimped out because of the weather.
We had a good time at Ramsey sitting around the fire and going to various restaurants to eat because it was too cold to cook out or have a potluck. Luckily, the park had cut up a lot of trees that blew down in a storm a couple of years ago, so we had all the free firewood we could burn - and we burned a lot of it!
Marsha and I made it home about noon on Sunday after being gone for 2 1/2 months. It was a great trip, but it's always nice to get home!
