Following the instructions from the phone, we made several wrong turns in Fort Gaines that led us out into acres of farm land. Early on it was obvious that we needed to turn around, but that is not always so easy when you're pulling a trailer. We continued to follow the phone's instructions until eventually we ended up on a paved road that abruptly turned into a clay road. AND there was no where to turn around. We had to continue bumping along on that clay road. (If it hadn't been so stressful, I would have taken pictures.) We went miles down the middle of vast peanut fields. Finally, we saw a farmer on a tractor chugging to the end of his rows and Bubba got out and flagged him down. He assured Bubba that the clay road would end up soon at a paved road, but he had never heard of the Cotton Hill Campground.
We turned west onto a paved road and Bubba kept telling me to call Joe so I did. So immediately Joe was able to tell us that we needed to be going east. Again there is no where to turn around. Finally after several calls back and forth to Joe and with the old GPS and the phone, we made our way back to downtown Fort Gaines and pulled into a busy gas station. No one in the middle of downtown Fort Gaines had ever heard of the Cotton Hill Campground. Now if you were in a big city you would not be surprised to find people who haven't heard of a place you want to go, but (really) Fort Gaines?? Finally we saw a sign for George T. Bagby State Park and I remembered that Cotton Hill was on the same road.....and it was! There were no signs for Cotton Hill until we were actually at the place to turn in. Now does that sound like a place where visitors are welcome? I think not.
Note to self: Next time enter George T. Bagby State Park in the GPS and you will be on the right road. Also, there should be a lot of peanuts in Georgia pretty soon.
Cotton Hill Campground is a nice place to camp. Most of the sites are on the water, some closer than others. A lot of sites have a steep incline that would make backing in a little more difficult. Every site has a sewer hook up and that is great. That means that you can take nice long showers without worrying about filling up your holding tank. Another good thing about the park is that it is in the middle of nowhere; that is also a bad thing. We went into Eufaula twice while we were there. Once we ate lunch and shopped a little and on Friday night we went to the seafood buffet that Joe had recommended.
One day we went to the Kolomoki Mounds State Park to see the Indian Mounds.
This park also has a campground but it is really in the boonies. I don't think I would ever want to camp there. We watched a short video on the mounds and looked through their museum. It was interesting, but sort of on a PBS level. I had no idea that Indians lived in this area 350 to 750 AD. One of the things I learned was that when the chief died, his two wives and five young men were killed to be buried with him. No wonder the Indians are responsible for discovering so many of the flowers and herbs that can be used for medicinal purposes. Those women probably wanted to make sure that their man lived as long as possible. They definitely had incentive.
We spent a lot of time reading because it was so hot and raining part of the time. We did two walks around the campground that kept us from feeling too useless. We kept the air conditioner turned low and stayed covered up. It was comfortable and relaxing.
We came home after four nights and were able to unload quickly. We are getting better with the loading and unloading. Our next trip will be to Rocky Bayou State Park in Niceville, FL. Joe and Judy are supposed to meet us there if their garden doesn't interfere. It's going to be dark nights and it looks like there might be some floundering going on.
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