Time with friends

As we headed for Atlanta GA we called ahead to Stone Mountain Campground and RV park for reservations.  Our called was made just in time as there was only one site left that would accommodate a MH of our size.  We were not in the shade but were surrounded by trees and as a result we could not get any satellite service and for some reason our over-the-air antenna was not bringing in any signals either.  We had no TV for that week in Atlanta.  Not a real problem since we were there to visit our best friends, Nita and Paul Crowder.  As it turned out Nita and Paul surprised us with a short 2 day trip to north Georgia and a mountain cabin for a couple of days (their treat, that's really good friends).  We had a wonderful idea as the pictures below will show.  We took short day hikes to visit waterfalls and hanging bridges.  The weather was nice and the exercise did us good.  We had been couped up in the MH for too long. We needed the fresh air and sunshine.  We have been friends for over 40 years and our children are all the same age.  Nita and Paul moved to Atlanta to be close to their grandchild and two daughters.  We really missed them back in Texas.

Sherree relaxing and enjoying the morning view.  The evening view was even more stunning .

Best Friends forever.  The hanging bridge.  Sherree overcame her fear of heights.  Keeping a man down & on the trail.

A long walk up

At the end of the day, it is all about relaxing.

We left Atlanta and headed up to Bald Ridge Campground on Lake Sidney Lanier.  It is a Corp of Engineer Park and is the nicest park we have visited since we started our journey.  We were surrounded by trees and near the water.  School had already started in Georgia so there were very few campers.  We almost had the whole park to ourselves.  We spent some time with the camp hosts and they gave us some information that will help us if we decided to pursue a camp host position at some of the Corp of Engineer Parks.  It involves a bidding process that requires some preparation so we are just discussing the opportunity at the moment.  One more week without TV.  Still too many trees.

We left Bald Ridge and headed for Gaffney to have the computer replaced in the MH and to have the annual service done.  While there we visited Cowpens National Battleground.  We have seen the signs for Cowpens along the interstate for several years and just assumed it was a Civil War battlefield.  Not true.  It is a Revolutionary War battlefield.  It occurred on January 17th, 1791 in the latter part of the southern campaign and became known as the turning point of the revolution in the south.  We were fortunate to meet up with a volunteer that conducted guided tours but since no one else was visiting at the moment, Sherree and I received our own personal lecture on the battle and its combatants.  He was very interesting and if he had been my high school history teacher I probably would have enjoyed that class much.  Sherree and I were both struck with the realization that very little is ever said about the Revolutionary War in the South, and as it turns out without the victory at Cowpens the outcome of the revolution could have been much different.