Our Summer Trip Begins

We got an early start (unusual for us) on Tuesday, June 25th.  We couldn't have asked for a better drive!  The traffic was light and we arrived at GA Veterans State Park in the early afternoon.

This is the second year we have stopped here on our way to Dillard.  Our site was a pull thru just off the lake.

The black gnats were not quite as bad as last year, but still too bad too sit out or get out and enjoy the park.  We will be coming back here sometime in either the fall or spring to spend a few weeks - so much to do at the park - boating, golf, museum, just plan relaxing and there is a ton of history in the area. 

After we got set up in our site, we got the call that changed our trip.  Big Bob had a Dr appointment scheduled once we returned in October, but his doctor called and said no - he could not wait that long to address the problem. We needed to return in 30 days.

We left early again on Wednesday for Dillard.  Most of the way was great. We did have one aggravating hour or so when we were stuck behind a very wide load on a 2 lane road. In circumstances like that, I would think they would pull over somewhere and let the traffic pass or move the load at night.  But we were able to finally get around it when the road widened for a short time. 

Our site  at River Vista RV park is the best one we have had here yet (we have been here several times). This time our site backs up to a creek and we have a cabin on one side and the site next to us has been empty for several days, giving us lots of privacy.

 

  

And the views of the mountains are awesome here.

We did something very different for us this time - not much of anything! We are usually on the go every day when we camp but not this time. We have mainly just chilled out!  Big Bob was able to play golf twice with Fred while Maggie and I played/shopped.  We had a great dinner with them on Saturday evening - nothing better than hanging out with your besties and taking in the views from

their porch, high in the mountains

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And of course, no visit here is complete without a visit to the Dillard House for Big Bob's pig out.

 

While here, I cancelled all our upcoming reservations for the "trip that was".  We decided to continue to travel for July and then head home for the rescheduled appointment in August. I have managed to book a few places, which has not been easy trying to stay in the mountains since everyone else has the same idea (cool weather) and they have made their reservations. I could never ever travel without campground reservation based on this experience as I have spent hours trying to find places only to find they are full.

We also have spent some time looking at property up here for our summer home (can't do the heat in FL anymore!)  The only problem is we don't know what we want - an RV lot in a park or land with a hook up or hook ups, a small house or a big house, maybe  investment property. So many questions and options to consider and remembering that we aren't spring chicks anymore.  What we do know is that this is most likely the area we want to spend our summers in when we can no longer drive all over the country.

We will be heading out on Tuesday to meet up with Bryan and his family for the annual Fourth of July celebration in Faith NC.  I look forward to seeing them and our NC family.  Details to follow next time.

Next Destination:  Rowan County, NC