We left our friends in Jefferson, Georgia, yesterday afternoon, hoping to get ahead of the storm that was crossing the country coming from California all the way east. We decided to head south to Macon since our next planned stop is Montgomery, Alabama, and Macon is due east of Montgomery. We pulled into Macon after dark and decided to stay at the same Cabela’s that we had stayed at last weekend. Our plan was to head west to Montgomery today, but we looked at the radar map and saw that we would have to pass through the band of heavy thunderstorms heading across the country. So, we decided to sit it out for a day, and looked at iOverlander and found a free campground in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. We did some shopping we had to do and then found this easily accessible campground. There’s nobody here but us. Before the rain started, we took the dogs for a nice 3 mile hike and were then safely in the camper before the big band of storms hit us. We plan to take another hike tomorrow when it’s nicer, spend tomorrow night here, and then head for Montgomery on Saturday.
Where we are, and what we didn’t want to drive through.
This sign at the entrance to the campground is the extent of civilization, although we can hear the occasional train and plane.
Our camper, all alone in the trees.
A walk in the park.