Highly recommend this for an overnight, or more. Beautiful campsites along the lake, and in the “mountains”. If you come off-season (we’re here March 25-6) it’s very private and quiet. It’s been raining while we’re here – lovely enough- but the hiking looks like it would be wonderful. We did our nightly spin on paved [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Georgia trip’
Red Top Mountain State Park, Georgia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia State Parks, Georgia trip, Navion 24J, Red Top Mountain State Park, RV travel on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Indian Springs to Red Top Mountain State Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia trip, Indian Springs State Park, Navion 24J, Red Top Mountain State Park, RV travel on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two nights ago, we were at FD Roosevelt State Park and had a wonderful fire. (Yes, of course we went outside ) The next night we were at Indian Springs State Park, and laid a fire, but didn’t light it because we heard rain was coming. And tonight, we’re at Red Top Mountain State Park [...]
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Fried Green Tomatoes, Georgia trip, Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site, Juliette Georgia, Navion 24J, RV travel, Whistle Stop Cafe on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Yes, the Whistle Stop Cafe exists. And trains still pass close-by, every 20 minutes or so. If you’re not a film buff, the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes”, was filmed largely in Juliette, Georgia, a tiny town that was all but dead before filming began here. Now the Whistle Stop Cafe averages 600 people a day [...]
FDR’s Little White House, Warm Springs, Georgia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged FDR's Little White House, Georgia trip, Navion 24J, Presidential Sites, RV travel, Warm Springs Georgia on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’re staying in FD Roosevelt State Park, at this campsite. Perfect for visiting FDR’s Georgia “White House” in Warm Springs. This is where FDR was sitting, having his portrait painted, when he had his fatal stroke and died here in 1945. The unfinished portrait is haunting. So is his legacy. What struck me most about [...]
Inside tour of our Navion 24J – almost 3 weeks now!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia trip, Interior Navion 24J, RV travel on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just realized we hadn’t posted any interior shots (except of Taylor) so while Dick was building a fire tonight I took a few. Who had the harder job? Here’s where we spend most of our time. And make food for Taylor, and sometimes ourselves. The bed without the “snoring mechanism”. The spacious vanity – I’m [...]
Aw, do we HAVE to leave the RV and stay in a hotel?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Callaway Gardens Pine Mountain Georgia, Georgia trip, Navion 24J, RV travel, Taylor on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wow. A few weeks ago, I would have said, “yippee, give me the key!” Unlimited hot showers, no turning the water on and off while you suds up, big sinks and mirrors – and beds, big regular-shaped beds with duvets and lots of pillows, plenty of room to move around, no little RV chores/routines to [...]
Westville Village, Living History Museum, Lumpkin, GA
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia trip, living history museums, Navion 24J, RV travel, Westville Village on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s in an idyllic setting. A Georgia village set in 1850. And it looks like a real, working village, every street beckons you to explore, there are homes of many types, gardens, merchants, public buildings, livestock. I can feel time warp as we walk in. But the living history aspect is gone. The funds are [...]
Plains, Georgia and Jimmy Carter
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia trip, Jimmy Carter's Boyhood Home, Navion 24J, Plains Georgia, Presidential Sites, RV travel on March 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Who would think that Dick and I would be alone in the boyhood home of one of the presidents of the United States, wandering through all the rooms of his house, standing in his bedroom, the living room, listening to his voice (okay, on tape). There was a group of school kids in the yard [...]
Andersonville National Historic Site, Georgia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andersonville National Historic Site, Civil War Sites, Georgia trip, Navion 24J, RV travel, trip plans on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, it’s a peaceful place, a green rolling hill dotted with a few monuments and markers. But knowing what happened here in 1864-5, imagining what those human beings endured, the hellish conditions, will haunt me for a very long time. 45,000 Union soldiers were confined in a 26-acre stockade during the fourteen months this Civil [...]
Georgia Veteran’s State Park, near Cordele, GA.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Georgia trip, Georgia Veteran's State Park, Navion 24J, RV travel on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We pull into the Office/Museum parking lot next to outdoor exhibits of real planes, tanks and artillery guns. Dick is pretty excited about wandering around, looking them over, but it’s raining when we check in. We do the usual campground tour and pick a site close to the river. And there’s a sign that says, [...]
