On Saturday, we met at the school parking lot and loaded up. We had two cargo trailers, my camper and about 5 other vehicles.
From there, we took the Troop to the train depot in Anniston, AL where they got to experience riding the Amtrak to Atlanta. The folks driving the vehicles headed on to Atlanta to drop trailers, check into the hotel, and meet the Troop at the train station. I headed over to Stone Mountain Campground to stay the night. I had site 441 which was water and electric pull through, and had a beautiful view of the water and the backside of Stone Mountain. I did minimal setup since I was leaving again the next morning.
I did get to try out my wheel leveler for the first time!
After getting unhitched, I went into Atlanta to the train station to pick up the troop.
After getting them dropped off at the hotel, it was back to the campground to get some sleep. The next morning when I got up it was DARK, DARK, DARK, still at 7am. This early DST is rough on the Eastern Time Zone folks.
We headed to the trailhead and unloaded bikes and got the folks their lunch ready and got a group pictures before they headed off.
After they got going, the drivers headed for their stop for the night which was The Rock campground in Rockmart Georgia. The first leg for the cyclers was 37 miles.
I was in site A4 which was 30 Amp electric and water. Back in site, and a pretty area. http://www.rockmartfestivals.com/
The troop was in the group camping area, just on the other side of this bridge.
The next morning they all get ready to go again for a 50 mile stretch to Piedmont, AL
After the cyclers got going, the drivers headed on to our next stop, which was the Piedmont SportsPlex. We got permission to camp there from the Piedmont Parks and Recreation department. I wasn't expecting to have electric, but we did find a light pole that had a 20 Amp GFI plug on it and got permission to use it.
After setting up, I decided to try a little cycling, so I borrowed an extra bike and went down the trail to meet the group. I ended up riding about 9.5 miles. This is some scenery along the trail.
This is the kitchen setup for the troop.
This is right near the SportsPlex and the trail.
The next morning, the cyclers headed out again for 15 more miles and we met them at the trail ending at Weaver, AL. We loaded up the bikes and came on home.
It was a fun trip, made much more enjoyable with the T@B. I had vowed off a long time ago on traveling trips with a tent. Setting up and breaking down each day, especially with the chance of having to put stuff up wet is something I won't do anymore, but the T@B made it easy. Open the door, put out the step, and I'm ready to go!!
As everybody also knows, abundant energy is wasted on the young. These boys bicyled every day, set up camp every evening and broke it down each morning. They cooked dinner every evening, and breakfast every morning, and cleaned up, and also still had the energy to play some frisbee, tag football, and soccer every evening. All I did was drive 600 miles round trip and park the camper each day, and I'm beat!!
Thanks for reading!!
Coming next. A weekend with the Georgia Tearjerkers at Florence Marina State Park in Georgia.
(600 miles)
Carol
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