We have embarked for a 7 week trip in the motor home with the intent to see Maine with lots of side trips on our way. And so I did what I always do, planned until I could not make another decision. I do tend to be a little OCD - I like to say I am organized but even I must admit I may have crossed the line this time. I made up bags for the meals with everything needed except those refrigerated or frozen items. Those I wrote on bright pink paper on the front so I would readily know what was needed.
But when I went to load the freezer and fridge, there was too much food. So we brought a cooler of food along. As my son said, "Mom, did you forget other places have grocery stores too?" And what a pain to keep an second cooler (first is the beer cooler) iced down. Lesson learned for next time.
We left on Friday for what normally would be a two day drive for us up to Dillard GA to see the Solar Eclipse and our dear friends Maggie and Fred, who just bought a house about 7 miles from our campground. We heard so much about the traffic that we took an extra day to be on the safe side.
Day 1 - Homosassa to Harira GA
We left around noon and got the Caines Creekside campground about 4:00. Lots of rain, some of it blinding, and some very nasty lightning, which slowed us down some. We took a lot of back roads and some of them ere two lane and narrow (thanks to the GPS - which is supposed to know what big we are and that we are towing) Gas mileage was 6 miles per gallon on Friday.
The campground was very nice. We had a pull through site overlooking the creek. It was nice not to have to drop the car for one night.
The hookups were perfect (plaecement on the site) and each site had a six foot fence camouflaging them from the neighbors.
We were sitting outside and I heard some grumbling and when I got up to look we had company.
But a little later they were screaming. The person who feeds them had arrived and they knew it.
Day 2 - Onward to Athens
We drove 4 hours to our next destination - Pinelake Campground, deep in Dawg country, just 14 miles form UGA's campus. We traveled 175 and got a text from our good friends, Tara, Tracy and Carlton that they were about 10 miles behind us and would have passed us if we had gone through Atlanta but we got off in Macon and took 441 to the campground. It was a nice drive. We got in about 2:00 and got set up. This is our favorite type of site -in the woods. We had lots of time to unwind and even grilled up a steak for dinner.
The campground had a nice little "catch and release " lake
No matter where we go, Big Bob always attracts. This is not a good picture, he was taken through the window because his two new friends kept trying to come inside.
Day 3 - Dillard GA
We had really good traveling from Athens on129/441. Gas stations even that we could get in (my biggest concern on this trip.) We never need encounter the traffic that was predicted.
We are staying here at RV Mountain Campground for 4 days. It is packed for the eclipse and quite the campground. Lots of amenities, which we have not taken advantage of since our forever friends, Maggie and Fred, are just a few miles away. The park is easy to get in and out. We have a pull through again, which is always nice with the car.
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