Winter Excursion 10, Day 142

Our first of four days off and we hung at camp most of the day. We got the site all cleaned up from the recent storms, rinsed off the camper (pollen), cleaned off the awnings (pollen), rinsed off the truck (pollen), and washed the our Host Cart (pollen). Can you tell we just love pine pollen!

We did run into Gray to the Tractor Supply for propane, bird seed, and new work gloves.

We sat outside in the afternoon and worked on our tans. It was in the 80s today!

Take out pizza for dinner and we got to enjoy a nice sunset. 

It was a nice day off.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 141

Our last day "ON" and it was an easy one compared to yesterday. A few campers out and a few in. The Airstream folks are doing fine and like the campground.

The weather has been perfect and we are keeping our fingers crossed that the storms, heavy rains, and high winds have kept the pine pollen down this year. Time will tell.

The find of the day was this gold ring.

I think it's from the Viking Era. You can tell by the runes. It's probably worth at least a half million!
  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 140

The Airstream caravan arrived today. I spent the morning cleaning and raking all 19 sites they are going to occupy. They started arriving around 1100 and by 1400 they were all here. Almost every site in the campground has an Airstream on it! They will be all leaving Tuesday.

The find of the day was this catfish.

The little guy caught it at one of the pavilions on the point. It was dan near as big as him!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 139

Another easy day, so I took the time to blow off debris from the boat ramp parking lot and roads with the backpack blower.

Spring has sprung here and the campground is starting to turn green, but the pine pollen is still bad and getting worse.

The find of the day was bike helmet light.

It still works, but the strap is missing. I'll figure a way to attach it to our host cart.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 138

For our first day "ON" we woke up to freezing temps! I took this pic at 0830, but it was 28 when we got up at 0700!

Duties today were easy, only had 3 campers leaving and 1 arriving. I spent the afternoon blowing debris off the campground roads from the last storm.

Duties will pick up on Friday, the Airstreamers are coming again. We will have at least 19 of them arriving Friday! They were here last year and are a great group of campers.

The find of the day was this candle.

It would have been nice if they had left one that wasn't burnt out!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 137

We woke up to the NOAA Weather Radio going off again this morning at 0500. A line of thunderstorms rolled through around 0600 and again at 0800. It was a rainy morning. We got 3/4 inch of rain. We had a tornado watch most of the morning, but they never materialized. In the afternoon the wind kicked up with gust up to 20 mph and temps plummeted into the high 30s. We are forecasted for freezing temps tonight.

We did a quick shopping in the afternoon. We are "ON" for the next four days.

I helped the new Co-host drip all the faucets. We thought we were done with that. 

The good news is we were approved today for hosting here in 2028! We really like this campground and the duties are easy as it is small.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 136

We were going to sleep in a little this morning, but the phone rang just before 0800. It was our Co-Host with news that my Cat Wrangling days were over. I caught the last of the two cats this morning.

So we packed up the cat, still in the trap (I'm taking no chances) and took her to High Falls where our past Co-Host is hosting. He was happy to get the cat back and I was happy to quit Cat Wrangling!

Back at camp we had a late breakfast and then took a drive to see the Georgia Sasquatch. 

This giant (chain sawed) Sasquatch was created by Abby Peterson and Chap Nelson for Georgia's annual Chaptacular woodcarving festival. It was only 25 miles from our campground.

We put all our outside stuff away (again!) due to the forecast of severe thunderstorms and possible tornados early tomorrow morning. Time will tell!