Hello Georgia and Tennessee!

We drove a LONG day from Florida to our state park, High Falls SP in Georgia.  It was a gorgeous park that we drove into late that night.  A very narrow, "gorrillas in the mist" experience pulling our big rig into the unknown.  However, we grabbed a site easily and put the kids to bed.  However, Matt quickly got them back up to see the gorgeous show outside our door.  Lights flashing all around us.  Fireflies.  It was beautiful.  In the morning, Matt took off on to explore world class mountain biking trails at Dauset Trails Nature Center.  He came back refreshed and glowing from the rides.  The kids had their own adventure.  They discovered two abandoned kittens living in a tunnel.  Sweetest, most beautiful white kittens.  Uh oh.

 

I made the kids leave the kittens while we continued on our exploration of the "high falls".  Great rocks with lots of tadpoles and tiny frogs to catch. When we returned from the hike, the kittens had been snatched up by another family with two teen girls.  I was glad they had a new home, so we didn't have to make that decision. Can you imagine two kittens trailing along this adventure.  I had started to..... 

We went on to the nature center to discover a animal reserve.  Felt bad for this eagle trapped in a cage for the rest of his life.  He should be soaring in Montana.

My handsome boy, Alex showing off the Georgia vines and forest.

 On to Tennessee.  These southern states are simply gorgeous.  This was a rest stop near two huge rivers on the Tennessee border. 

Into our next state park, Old Fort Stone SP.  Tanner and Alex had picked up some army guys and were busy setting them up a the picnic table.

Elise showing off her oreos in the Tennessee forest

The trees changed from the dense vines of Georgia to these skinnier wispy trees of Tennessee.  Each beautiful in their own right.

The next day, we were on to a very popular state park, Montgomery Bell SP.  We had a 200 mile day planned through the back roads to the park which could not be reserved.  It was a busy beginning to the Memorial Day weekend, so we were nervous to get a spot.  Instead, we got lost.  It's no fun trying to figure out where you are at, turning around a 37 foot RV and car in an unknown city.  After finally figuring out where we were going, we pulled into the desired park only to find NO sites left.  It had 20 miles of famous  biking trails that we sadly left behind.  Unfortunately, the RV park we had to chose was a dumpy old park right by the interstate.  Not a great end to a stressful day.  However, Pizza Hut does deliver to the pool area of RV parks.  On to brighter pastures today.....hopefully.  Kentucky, here we come.