Petersburg Corp of Engineers Campground (Oct 19 - 26, 2009)

Monday, October 19 - It took some time to get packed up this morning, but finally got underway at about 10:44 AM with a temp of 41 deg. We drove 202.5 miles and arrived at the campground at 3:45 pm and 60 deg. This campground is on the J. Strom Thurmond Lake near the S. Carolina border and near Appling, Ga. It is really beautiful here as you can see from the pictures. There is not much development and the sites are very spacious and spread out. Our closest neighbor is about 100 yards away.

Tuesday, October 20 - We took two long walks, the first one with our coffee, and checked out most of the campground and noted sites we would want to camp on in the future. However, this site (#44), which Joan picked out just from the map is one of about a dozen we would choose to camp in again. It was cool last night, about 45 deg., but warmer than it was at Trackrock the night before we left. It dropped into the upper 20s there. With the help of a small electric heater and our microfiber blankets, we were quite warm and comfortable both nights.

Saturday, October 24 - We got rain in the night, but right now at about 1PM, it is beautiful, with a fairly strong breeze. We have given up on the lake fishing, but may try the small pond again, where Joan caught three bream. The campground is quite busy, but because the sites are so spread out, it is very peaceful here. We have had the bikes out and yesterday traveled out on nearly every loop. This place is huge, and even with 93 sites, they are mostly very private. We are sitting on our site looking out over the water and enjoying watching a flock of Canada Geese swim around our little bay. The Bartram Trail passes through here, and they allow bikes, but we will have to get orange blaze vests to wear before we can ride it. It is hunting season and anyone using the trail must wear vests.

Sunday, October 25- We went into Evans this morning to the Wesley UMC for their contemporary service which was very nice. It is a huge church with 4 services on Sunday mornings. After the service we went to breakfast then had to make a stop at Wal-Mart to get us blaze orange so we could do the Bartram Trail this afternoon. We were hoping to ride to the Spring Lake area which is about 5 1/2 miles but Joan pooped out after 3 so we did 6 miles total. The trail is pretty demanding so it is not like riding on pavement. Came back to camp and started preparing for departure in the morning. Shhh-------John is watching the BEARS get their butts beaten, not a happy camper!!

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