10/28/14 Georgia Veterans State Park, Cordele, GA

I did much better this morning by sleeping in till 7:45 without waking up once.  I did my normal thing and got on my laptop and did yesterdays journal entry.  Jemma got up before Jami did so i took Jemma on a walk around our campground loop.  Jami was up at 9:00 so we sat outside for her morning coffee.  We were in no rush to pack up for today's 160 mile trip to Georgia Veterans State Park, but somehow pulled out of our campsite at 10:00 to head to the dump station.  Once that was done we were on the road around 10:15.  The good thing about pulling out earlier than normal today is that we cross into the Eastern Time Zone so we will loose and hour during our trip.

It was a great travel day with very little traffic on mostly non-highway roads.  Highways may get you there fast, but it's not very enjoyable.  We arrived at Veterans State Park at 3:00 so today's drive took almost 4 hours.  We paid for 1 night and then went and selected a site.  The only sites that would allow us to get satellite with our roof top satellite was the lake front ones so we selected site #14  Once we got the camper parked we took Jemma for a nice walk around the camp ground.

Our campsite

 Returning from a walk, Jemma going straight to the water to cool down

Once Jemma was cooled down we jumped back in the Toyota and drove back to the office.  This is a large campground so walking to the office was out of the question today.  First thing i wanted to do is question the $31.70 price we were charged for 1 night of camping.  We though the camping rates were $24-28 per night, plus we have a Georgia State park pass that we purchased earlier in the year that gives us 10% off camping.  When i first walked into the office there was no one inside, so i continued into the small museum they have in the same building with many military items from years past displayed.

Once i walked out of the museum the lady that was running the office was back.  Well, after speaking to the lady we did receive our discount cause the normal price for 1 night of camping is $35.  WOW!!  That's very high for electric & water only even with it being water front.  We were originally debating on staying 2 nights, but not anymore.  

After that we walked over to the many military items they have on display outside.

 Amazing the above amphibious transport floats.  That's a lot of steel 

 Jemma was getting bored of us looking at stuff, so Jami went running around in the field with her.

Jemma did however find this small mini tank interesting

We drove back to our campsite and sat outside debating on if we wanted to make the 6 hour drive home tomorrow or make one more stop along the way.  With no decision made we went inside for some dinner.  After dinner Jami jumped in the shower while i prepared tonight's campfire, then when she was done and back outside i left her to tend the fire while i took my shower.

We sat out by the fire till almost 11:30 chatting it up.  We did decide that we would attempt the long drive home tomorrow, but we always had the option of stopping for one more night if either one of us gets tired.  Plus Jami said she wanted to drive the dually pulling the camper on a portion of the trip.  I think its important that she is able to drive and maneuver the dually and camper just in case i was unable too for whatever reason so i'm glad she is wanting to practice some more.

Once in bed we really couldn't get to sleep rite away.  It was just after 11:30, but to us it was only 10:30 due to the time change.  So we probably laid there till close to 1AM watching TV before falling asleep.