East Bank COE, Bainbridge, GA June 4 to 6 2016
Saturday was a long day for us, 289 miles. It wasn’t by design, but we were traveling through a part of Georgia that had no campgrounds along our path. Walmart was always an option, but all day long the temperature had been hovering around 95 degrees. We figured that it would cost about 16 bucks to run the generator all night so why not find a campground for about the same price.
Towards the end of the day, we could tell we were getting tired as the navigator and driver started trying to put square pegs in round holes. Try that whe you”re driving! It was time to slow this circus down and land, somewhere!
The place we wanted to go, DevenCrest RV Park, was a Passport America member. That means 50% off the published rate. But they wouldn’t answer their phone. We finally decided to go for it, pull in unannounced and hope for the best. When we arrived the office was locked up but there was a different phone number posted. Long story shorter, we got the last site and settled in for the night.
That’s where we found this beauty. I’m sure if you made an offer they would accept it! Steve O’Bosky says it would make a great Alaska rig.
Our plan all along was to make a run to the Eastbank Corp of Engineers Campground in Bainbridge, GA. Our Geezer Pass works at COE campgrounds(half off!) and our experience so far has been that they are very nice and well maintained. Eastbank was no exception.
When we checked in here, the camp hosts warned us about Tropical Storm Colin. We hadn’t had access to a TV signal for the last few days so it kinda caught us by surprise. We quickly decided to do our running around on Sunday, and just lay low on Monday, the day Colin was to show up here in southwest Georgia.
While driving around we spotted this neat old Ford pickup.
The sunset from our campsite.
Colin didn’t disappoint. He showed up about 6am Monday with a light rain. EJ had gathered up some abandoned firewood for a potential fire. It’s only 90 degrees, right? But, the fire ring resembles a swimming pool.
Even the heron looks soggy.
What’s a person to do when it’s raining and you’re cooped up inside?
Wash the car! All you gotta do is put the suds on and let nature do the rinse.
Tuesday, if the weather clears, we continue west. And we gain an hour. That means we can sleep late! Now we just have to convince the cat….
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