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Borrego Springs, CA

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Hello Allatoona Lake, GA

After a very busy and slightly hair raising drive through and around Atlanta, Emma and I reached our destination of the COE McKinney Campground in Acworth, GA.  My goodness there were a lot of truckers on the road this morning!  It was as crowded on the road as any other good sized city, and Jack-in-the-Box did an excellent job of getting me through the melee.

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As I drove the 110 miles, I made up my mind to go with site #64 that I had originally reserved.  I value privacy and quietness over the sardine packed ambiance of a lake front site I guess, and it would be hard for any of the first come first served sites to compare with the site I had at Holiday with my own private little beach.

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I did, however, begin to wonder about the quietness of this site as I arrived to pull in.  Tenters on my right had the most God awful music (?) deafeningly blaring from a large boom box.  Thankfully, their time was up today, so by the time I was set up, they had packed up and left. 

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Getting into this site was a bit of a challenge, but I took a deep breathe and jockeyed the rig in.  I was so proud of myself that I had to hit my EASY button! Disappointed smile  (That was Easy!!)  And I stopped just in time to miss crashing into a big pine tree at the back of the site.  Sometimes, things just go right.

I had to set up my trucker’s antenna and amplifier as the Sprint reception wasn’t the greatest.  Then I decided to give the DISH a try.  There was one little patch of blue sky to the left, and believe it or not I locked onto the signal in near record time.  What good omens for my six day stay here.

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I took a little walk around the area, and only found one wildflower blooming.  With 88* and high humidity, it’s more like summer than spring in this part of Georgia.

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Since I’ll only be here six days, I debated about setting up the Hard Rock Bird CafĂ©, but I heard some tufted titmice in the woods so I put up one feeder.

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It usually takes about a week for birds to find my feeders, but in two shakes of a lambs tale a titmouse arrived!  He must have spread the word because in a very short time several Carolina chickadees stopped by.  As Emma and I sat outside after all the set up was done, we had more than two dozen birds zipping in and out for a snack.  Amazing. 

I’ll be visiting Acworth tomorrow as I need to get some Iams dog food for Emma.  I may even visit an art museum while I’m there.  That would be a first.  I have to tell you that the other reason I like this site is that whenever I step outside the rig, the wonderful smell of pine greets me.

Thanks for stopping by… talk to you later,  Judy

24 comments:

  1. The Titmice are adorable. I could watch them all day. Thank you for showing them.
    Happy Tails, and Trails, Penny

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  2. That is a beautiful campsite! I can see the dachsies and I relaxing there.

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  3. Oh, I love the smell of the pine woods, especially early morning and evening. Inhale deeply my friend.

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  4. Nothing like the smell of pines. I am interested in your trucker's antennae and amplifier -- our service is very sporadic here and it's driving us nuts...LOL!

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  5. Hard to beat the smell of pines. That looks an absolutely heavenly spot, Judy. Yay for getting backed in so well! Really does look nice . . . Enjoy!

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  6. Gotta watch out for those evil trees! Glad you stopped in time.

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  7. Life is good! YOu sure found a great place to hang out for a few days.

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  8. Yup...Georgia in the Spring...is Summer...Glad you got there safe and sound..

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  9. Wow, you had a great day. Got a good site, the boomboxers left, you backed in beautifully and actually got a TV satellite signal! With all that good luck working for you, maybe now is the time to buy a lottery ticket. ;c)

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  10. Looks like a great site. Glad the noisy tenters left!

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  11. Looks like another beautiful site. You are really giving us all good reasons to visit the COE parks is Georgia.

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  12. you make it look so 'easy'
    good for you Judy!..enjoy..looks like a nice spot!!

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  13. Cozy little spot. And of course the birds always make it a delight.

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  14. Yep, that ride thru or around Atlanta is very hair-raising. Glad u got such a nice site and that the loud music players left...don't know why some folks have to ruin it for everyone else. I love music but don't play it for people to hear miles around. Enjoy ur beautiful site.

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  15. Great job navigating around Atlanta! Thats an amazing feat in itself but then you got into that campsite AND got a satellite signal and birds! You're making me miss Georgia!

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  16. Nothing better than getting set up with no hiccups! Looks like a beautiful site.

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  17. Jack in the Box? Must be your GPS? Great name!

    As the 'Bird Lady of Blogland' the birds probably text each other to let everyone know you're coming to their area.

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  18. Sure does look like everything is going your way. I love when that happens. I agree about the need for QUIET. I love water front but I'd trade for quiet if it were a choice.

    I'm curious about your amplifier and antenna too and how they work. Do you have them plugged into your laptop or use them for your phone??

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  19. Very Nice.
    That campground is minutes from our people in Marietta. We've water-skied on that lake! Well, I had-a-beer on that lake while the others water-skied. Busy, busy on the week-ends. You picked a great site. Please do some good snooping around ;)

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  20. We drove through Atlanta ONCE. That is enough to last a lifetime.

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  21. So cute how word must get around the bird community of a new feeder with good eats!

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