November 15
We camped at the Corps of Engineer Park south west of Bainbridge, Georgia—Hale’s Landing. The sites were well kept, but there were no hookups. We were boondocking!
The first night, temperatures dropped to 30 degrees. We used all our blankets and set the heat to come on at 55 degrees. We were nice and toasty in the morning until we got out from under the blankets.
November 16
We decided to geocache today. We found 6 geocaches—including one with a red Jeep travel bug!!! We also drove around Lake Seminole to familiarize us with the area. We stopped at Wingate’s Lodge. I know that Daddy took me there when I was a teenager, but the lodge was too new to have been the one I saw before.
When we returned to the campground, we collected fire wood for our evening fire. This night was to be colder than the one before—only 29 degrees at most. We made it through with the propane heater set to come on at 60 degrees and many blankets on our bed.
We had a campfire and enjoyed the fire until it was after dark. Then we watched the first dvd of “24.” We hope to watch the next dvd at our next camp.
November 17, 2007
On this day we packed up and hoped to camp at another Army Corps of Engineer site on the Alabama, Mississippi border. No such luck! The campground was full. We kept driving. We ended up sleeping at the Louisiana welcome center across the river from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The day as a whole sucked! We had electrical difficulties from the get go. The passenger side running light did not work when we hooked up. We stopped and bought a new light, but it did not work either. We found that the brights worked, but were not really bright, so we kept driving. The roads were a little better around Jackson, Mississippi, but they were still under construction. We could not find a good campground, so we stayed in the welcome center at the Louisiana-Mississippi border. When we get to Siloam Springs, we will do a check of all electrical systems.
November 18
After a “semi” restful night with the big rigs at the Louisiana Welcome Center, we proceeded to Cane Creek State Park in southeast Arkansas. We had trouble with our aircard for internet access along the way. Bob talked to tech support when we reached the campground and they said we didn’t have an account!!!!! We had already paid our first bill and used the card for over a month—the first person we talked to couldn’t find a record of our account. Jennifer to the rescue (we called her to access our account number since we couldn’t connect to the internet). We called tech support again and lo and behold they had our account info without us telling them anything. We were in a fringe area and would have difficulty connecting even with our high powered antenna. Maybe we will be able to connect later in the week.
The campground is great! We have a campsite near the water. There is a kayak trail around the lake with many sites marked to see. We hope to do that on Monday. The weather in Arkansas is mild for this time of year. The high on Monday is supposed to be in the mid-70’s. Tuesday is to be even warmer. Lows are expected to be in the upper 50’s.
We camped at the Corps of Engineer Park south west of Bainbridge, Georgia—Hale’s Landing. The sites were well kept, but there were no hookups. We were boondocking!
The first night, temperatures dropped to 30 degrees. We used all our blankets and set the heat to come on at 55 degrees. We were nice and toasty in the morning until we got out from under the blankets.
November 16
We decided to geocache today. We found 6 geocaches—including one with a red Jeep travel bug!!! We also drove around Lake Seminole to familiarize us with the area. We stopped at Wingate’s Lodge. I know that Daddy took me there when I was a teenager, but the lodge was too new to have been the one I saw before.
When we returned to the campground, we collected fire wood for our evening fire. This night was to be colder than the one before—only 29 degrees at most. We made it through with the propane heater set to come on at 60 degrees and many blankets on our bed.We had a campfire and enjoyed the fire until it was after dark. Then we watched the first dvd of “24.” We hope to watch the next dvd at our next camp.
November 17, 2007
On this day we packed up and hoped to camp at another Army Corps of Engineer site on the Alabama, Mississippi border. No such luck! The campground was full. We kept driving. We ended up sleeping at the Louisiana welcome center across the river from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The day as a whole sucked! We had electrical difficulties from the get go. The passenger side running light did not work when we hooked up. We stopped and bought a new light, but it did not work either. We found that the brights worked, but were not really bright, so we kept driving. The roads were a little better around Jackson, Mississippi, but they were still under construction. We could not find a good campground, so we stayed in the welcome center at the Louisiana-Mississippi border. When we get to Siloam Springs, we will do a check of all electrical systems.
November 18
After a “semi” restful night with the big rigs at the Louisiana Welcome Center, we proceeded to Cane Creek State Park in southeast Arkansas. We had trouble with our aircard for internet access along the way. Bob talked to tech support when we reached the campground and they said we didn’t have an account!!!!! We had already paid our first bill and used the card for over a month—the first person we talked to couldn’t find a record of our account. Jennifer to the rescue (we called her to access our account number since we couldn’t connect to the internet). We called tech support again and lo and behold they had our account info without us telling them anything. We were in a fringe area and would have difficulty connecting even with our high powered antenna. Maybe we will be able to connect later in the week.
The campground is great! We have a campsite near the water. There is a kayak trail around the lake with many sites marked to see. We hope to do that on Monday. The weather in Arkansas is mild for this time of year. The high on Monday is supposed to be in the mid-70’s. Tuesday is to be even warmer. Lows are expected to be in the upper 50’s.
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