Whitetail Ridge COE (Mar 24-31)

Monday - We had a good trip here and are in and settled. It is sunny with a high in the mid 60s. After supper, we walked over to the boat ramp and fished from shore. John caught a nice spotted bass on a chartreuse Clouser, which we brought back and filleted. We will have that tomorrow. We are hoping that we can get some crappie this week like we did last year. The water is down compared to last year.

Tuesday - We had breakfast at Cracker Barrel, followed by a Walmart run. It is  very windy and quite cool here, so we are mostly staying inside, except for a long walk around the campground. We really enjoyed the bass with mashed potatoes and coleslaw. 

Wednesday - We set the furnace to 55 deg and slept warm even though the temp got down to 32. Thankfully, nothing froze. We fished around the boat launch, but nothing biting, so we came back over to the bay by our site and caught several small fish including bream, bass, shad, pumpkinseed, and pickerel. 

Thursday - It was not as cold last night, getting down to 41 deg. It is windy, but now out of the south, so without the bite. We met a couple (Barb & Dave) who are in the next loop and had happy hour at their place. They are leaving for Cloudland Canyon in the AM.  

Friday - We woke up to rain this morning. It looks like an all day event.

Saturday - It is still rainy, but is letting up. We are glad we have a lot of recorded programs.

Sunday - We attended Ayers Memorial UMC this AM and were treated to a gospel group called One Achord, who sang. The senior member had an awesome voice and a deep love for The Lord and gave a word of her personal testimony and encouragement. Following the service, we were treated to soup, sandwiches, and desserts. The people there were very welcoming and made us feel loved and right at home. 

Monday - What a beautiful day today. We have been busy getting ready to leave tomorrow. The fishing here should pick up with the weather stabilizing, but sadly we won't be here to take advantage. 

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Cottonhill COE (Mar 19-23)

Wednesday - Having problems with the converter not keeping the house battery charged. We stopped at Camping World, but they didn't have time to replace it. We weren't sure if the RV motor would charge it and were concerned about our food in the fridge. Thankfully, when we got to Cottonhill the battery was fully charged was fine. Anyway, we got in and settled by about 5:30 PM. John fished from shore for about 30 minutes, but nothing. 

Thursday - We got up fairly early and took a nice long walk over to the beach area. We saw several deer on the way plus an immature bald eagle, a great blue heron, a yellow rumped warbler and a flock of downy woodpeckers. It is really spring here with dogwood and redbud in bloom, plus very active birds. What a beautiful day! It got in the 70s with clear skies and a nice breeze. 

Friday - Another bright sunny morning, but too cool to kayak and fish, so we walked again. In the PM we drove over to the visitors center and fished along the shoreline, but caught nothing. 

Saturday - We took our morning coffee walk over to the beach area and met some nice folks who spend the winter together at Salt Springs. Later, we took our Tenkara and pan fish poles over to the boat launch area and managed to catch a couple bream and a small bass. The fishing is not happening here yet. 

Sunday - Two men from Ft. Gaines Baptist Church have conducted a worship service here in the campground for several years. It was good to see them again and here I am very good message. We also met some nice folks from LaGrange and south of Atlanta.

O'Leno SP (Mar 16-18)

Sunday - Heavy rain was forecast for Monday, so we decided to leave a day early and miss driving in the rain. It was quite windy on the way up, but we took back roads instead of I-75, so it was not too bad. Looks like we are in need of a new battery in the Envoy. The Break Buddy drained it on the way up and it would not start when we got here and disconnected from the motorhome. John had noticed that it has not been starting with the same zip it usually does. We have to change sites tomorrow, so after we get that accomplished, we will head to Walmart to pick up the new battery.

Monday - We got a break in the rain mid morning, so we were able to move from site 18 over to site seven.
Tuesday - The rain finally ended so we were able to take a nice walk along the river to the point where it disappears into the ground. We really expected to see a large turbulence, but all we saw was the water moving around in a large circle, like a hugh drain. There were turtles riding along on logs making the trip around every 10 minutes, seemingly enjoying the ride. Our Trackrock friends, the Mast family, life in this area, so we met them for dinner at Alice's Restaurant. It was great to see them and get caught up. 

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