2024-25 Trip to the Southeast, Day 18

Day 18, Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - Little Ocmulgee State Park, McRae, GA - 168.1 Miles, 1,249 Miles for the Trip

A warm night, again no heat needed and 63°F by 8:30. I did my walk around the campground loop twice, then had breakfast. After that I read for a bit, then packed up the trailer & site. It definitely reminded me how much I hate camping on sand, particularly wet sand. Not only does it get tracked into the trailer, but it sticks to the electric cord & water hose. I use "Leggo" stacked pads under the stabilizers to spread the load, and sand packed the holes in the bottom Leggo. I finally got rid of most of it, wiped the cords & hose, and headed out. On the way I took a photo of some of the tree damage on the Picnic Road:

Tree Damage

I saw this type of damage (uprooted trees, topped trees & piles of branches) all along the drive to Little Ocmulgee State Park. All but 20 miles of the drive was on secondary roads, although some of them were 4 lane. I arrived at the park around 2:00. The gate guard suggested I set up first, then head to the lodge desk to get registered & pay the remainder of my bill. The original bill for the site was $56.00 per night, however when I paid I was given a senior discount bringing the nightly charge to $40.00. Site 53 is a pull through with water & electric on gravel. Needed 1 1/2" side to side leveling, and a 1" rise for the tongue. The site has a picnic table & fire ring. There is a restaurant that serves breakfast & lunch at the lodge, a short drive from the campsite. 

Site 53

There is an off & on light rain here at the campground; during the drive it went from sunshine to rain so heavy I had to slow down from 55MPG even with the wipers on their fastest speed. 75°F outside for most of the trip & here at the campground, and very humid. I'm running the AC.

During the drive I finished listening to Edna Buchanan's Act of Betrayal, and since I didn't have another audio book downloaded to my phone, looked for & found a Georgia Public Radio NPR station. 

As to Kindle books, I finished reading I Think We've Been Here Before by Suzy Krause, and started Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. 

Around 4:00 the power went out in the park, at least for me & the near by sites. It came back on around 4:25. With the trailer set up to run on batteries, I only noticed because the AC stopped working.

Dinner was a Night Hawk Fiesta Enchilada bowl.

More Tomorrow -