Recalculating...

Departed:  Hiawassee, GA  11:00 a.m.

Arrived:  Pine Mountain, GA 5:30 p.m.

216 miles

Hey Friends,

What a difference 216 miles makes? Left this morning it was 38 degrees, drizzling, windy, freezing. Arrived to 65 degrees and sunny!! Needless to say we changed our plans and came south a day early. After having breakfast at the Georgia Mountain Restaurant with the local yocals, we decided we weren’t real keen on hiking in the rain or boating in the rain, or golfing in the rain so packed up and hit the road.  Wise move.

So next question is how to get to Pine Mountain without going through Atlanta? RVs and Atl, not a good combo. We really put the Garmin through a workout today. Of course the Garmin kept wanting to send us through Atlanta, and we didn't want to go that way, so we heard a lot of "recalculating" today from the "bitch in a box" as a certain unnamed friend likes to call her Garmin. But ours is a man, so we need to give him a good name.  Anyway, we went west on a very scenic drive on some road that said APD …. Never could figure out what that meant, but a nice 4 lane road through little towns like Young Harris, Blue Ridge, Blairsville, Ellajay(I’m thinking Zell Miller may have had something to do with the building of that parkway) that eventually sent us south to Cartersville then on US 27 through Carrollton, Lagrange and finally Pine Mountain.  Many days we call the rv park that is our destination and ask for two places side by side, etc. Didn’t call today because we’ve been here a couple of times and it is usually half full at the most.  Well, naturally we pull in today and there is a line out the door to check in. We look over at the sites and see a bajillion long bluebird rv’s (that’s the real expensive kind). They are having a rally and have pretty much taken over the park. But no need to fear we got two places in the older section of the park, where there is NO cable tv… how dare they… what’s camping without cable tv!! But there’s wireless, so can’t complain.

I almost forgot… yesterday afternoon Bill says our propane is running low, and we should try to get some tomorrow down the road at a place that will fill rvs.  For you non rv’ers propane is what the heat runs on and the refrigerator when you are rolling and not hooked up runs on.  So it could be a little critical that we fill up before nightfall, as this box of tin does not have a whole lot of insulation! We stop at a place on the way out of Hiawassee and the guy tries to fill our tank and his nozzle won’t fit in our tank. So no worries we’ll stop along the way. We continue on our lovely drive… see a couple of places, but are already  past the place before we realize it. (one doesn’t slam on brakes in a 32 ft. rig!) Bill says I think the campground has some… o.k…. we’ll take a chance…. We get the kind gent at the Pine Mountain RV Resort to fill us up… He takes a look…. Hmmm… I’ve never seen a tank like this with this kind of opening. He plays with it and just takes a part off and thankfully is able to fill us up with propane. We’ll be warm tonight!! Bill is off the hook! 

Random pics below are around Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee.

Happy Camping!

Carla