This past weekend we took the first of what we hope will be many trips to GA State Parks. And, best of all, we did it in our new pop-up camper! Along with Grammy, we traveled to Little Ocmulgee State Park in Helena, GA, near McRae. The entire weekend was a blast! We arrived at dusk on Friday evening, got the camper set up and familiarized ourselves with the camp ground area…playground nearby and bathhouse up the hill. On Saturday we went to the Trading Post, met some native snakes, turtles and frogs, walked out onto the boardwalk over the lake, played on the playgrounds, found the Splash Pad and the Nature Trail. Then we had lunch and a little rest time before heading to the Splash Pad for some water fun! Brian took a 2.6 mile hike on the Oak Ridge Nature Trail then we all joined up at the pool. We grilled hotdogs for supper, visited with the Jackson family (our campground neighbors who ironically enough were from Macon!), watched for shooting stars and just enjoyed the outdoors and being together. On Sunday morning we ALL went on the 2.6 mile hike. Towards the end Brice got tired and begged to be held. He also grabbed a cactus, which didn’t help his attitude. We never saw a (much hoped for) alligator but we still had fun. Straight from the hike we went to the lodge where we all thoroughly enjoyed a delicious buffet lunch…fried chicken, pot roast, ham, mashed potatoes, green beans, fried okra, corn, rolls, salad and desserts of all kinds. It was wonderful to have such a great meal cap off our terrific weekend! After the big meal we went back to the camper to rest then we started packing up to head home. As we made our way back to Macon we began flipping through the State Park guide to plan our next get-a-way. And, for the record, here is everyone’s favorite thing…Brian: sitting outside the camper at night enjoying the outdoors, Grammy: the hike, Sam: the Splash Pad, Brice: “be dark” (which is most ironic because all he could talked about before the trip was being scared of the camper because it’s dark), and I most enjoyed watching my boys experience camping for the first time and their freedom to roam the great outdoors. This was awesome and I'd highly recommend at least giving it a try!
Our campsite.
Breakfast outside!
Splash Pad
3 comments:
I loved reading about this / seeing your pics, and I can't wait to show Bret! We plan on spending many weekends exactly the same way when both boys are a little older.
Love the camper - looks like so much fun!! And I can't wait to show Rob that tortoise pic - we have those in GH and he always makes fun of me for calling them gophers - he thinks they're just big turtles!!
What a great weekend vacation!
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