North Georgia Trail Ride

A chilly start to the morning......burrrrrr. Monday I went out for a trail ride and a little backcountry exploring with some folks here in North GA. I put the word out on one of the Off Road Fourms I frequent, that we were here in North GA, till the end of the month, and these guys came through with a great day out.

We met at a Waffle House along I-575, I forgot how good southern grits and hash browns were!!! Here's the line up in the parking lot.

After a good hearty breakfast, we headed into the Chattahoochee National Forest for some exploring.

Short river crossing.

Most of this trail is in a deep washout with lots of woop dee dos, sure made for an interesting drive.

Another shot of the trail.

We then headed out for a mountain trail which was to lead to another interesting trail. Along the way the North GA, scenery was just beautiful, especially with the snow.

We made our way up the mountain via a shelf road. When we arrived at the top, the trail was too snowed in to go any further, so back down it was.

At the bottom, we stopped at this little Church's parking lot to decide on what was next. This was the most pristine white paint job on a church I have ever seen. The church and it's accompanying building were just beautiful. Well the consensus was, dinner and then head back home as it was getting on in time.

Dinner was BBQ at this little local BBQ joint, well into the back roads and had a all the southern charm you could imagine. I had the BBQ Beef and Fried Okra, however I should have listened when everyone else was ordering the BBQ pork. The beef was good but the pork looked really really good, guess being out west for so long, it's hard to find good pulled pork. Ok, I learned my lesson, so from now on it's the BBQ pork here in the south!!!

It was a great day out with new found friends, thanks again to you who put this trip together and for the Expedition Portal Fourm, to allow me to meet such great folks around the country.

Tuckered Little One and Moving Day

It's been great visiting with our little grand baby, we had so much fun the other day she was just plum wore out. According to mom, she doesn't take naps, well I showed her.........lol, she was out for hours!!! It's been great seeing Chris and Kaileigh, and we'll be heading over to their place to cook Christmas dinner for them and of course all the other Christmas festivities.

Moving day again, thankfully not to far this time, just up the hill. The site we had was reserved starting tomorrow, so we moved to a nice site up the hill from the old one. From here, as you can see, we still have a nice view of Lake Altoona from our windows. The sites here are nicely wooded and quiet, not having sewer hook ups is kinda a pain, but hasn't been to bad. It has actually given us a bit of practice in water conservation, for when we really start boondocking.

Not much in the way of sight seeing so far, just enjoying our time with family, we may try and get out next week after Christmas for some exploring. That's it for now and we'll see you next time, thanks for dropping by.

Georgia Finally!!!

Wow, we finally arrived here in Georgia and are staying at the Navy Lake Site at Allatoona. This is located just north of Atlanta. We just arrived and the are in site #1, and as you can tell, not a bad view out our window. We'll only be at this site for 5 days (due to other reservations) and will move to another site within the park. During our travels from Vicksburg we stayed in Meridian, MS. and Birmingham, AL. Both of the parks were pretty nice and both accepted Passport America RV Club discounts. Speaking of Passport America, we Joined the discount Club Last month and they offer 1/2 price at several campground across the U.S. Just staying at these two campground, we have paid for 1/2 the membership already, so not a bad deal, you may want to check them out.
Just a quick update, we'll be here for at least 2 weeks, before heading down to Florida. We'll be posting more as we get out and explore the area, and of course our daughter and grand baby, so stay tuned..................................