Well, we got to Georgia’s Red Top Mountain State park after 6hrs driving and went to the registration office and then the campground to find our campsite.  Well, The road curves around some from the office, and we went right past the little sign that said “Campground”.  But there were places to turn around and we made it back.  Now to navigate through the campground.

It wasn’t any easier than the main rd.  It had a fork in the road right off the main rd., and you had to have a gate code to get in.  It took us a few minutes to figure out where they hide the gate code on all the paperwork.  But we found it and we got the gate to open.  Thankfully no one was behind me until the last few seconds.  So we drove through the gate and the first thing in front of us is a nice big bathroom, a slight right into the dump station, and a bunch of huge Class A RVs.  The person behind me zipped into the dump station and zoomed past me.  Good for him!

We decided we could wait for the next bathroom or use the Wolf Pup if need be.  So we continued on, and turned on the dash cam. Well, the campground roads were narrow and curvy (Like a girlfriend I used to have).  Checking the map we got from the office, we took the first left.  Wrong turn!  But it eventually goes around. And it took us past the Yurts and some cute little sites near the water.  We did go past another bathroom that looked brand new and had lots of parking area in front.  So we stopped.  After 65, you don’t pass up bathrooms without giving it a lot of thought! 

The bathroom definitely looked pristine, though the host living next to it said it was several years old.  Nice Job Georgia!  We continued on around the base of the hill and came out on the 2 lane road that goes through the campground.  Studying the map we decided to go left and hope we would come past the correct turn we missed(?)  or turned to early for.  We passed a road coming out that said “one-way, exit only”.  Then we came to the “One-way, Enter only”.  This was our road.   We could not see the little board with the site numbers on it at the entrance because we were going the wrong way (I guess).  But we on now on another very narrow, curvy road reading site numbers on little sticks on the end of the driveways. 

Well, we drove by our site because we didn’t see the little stick with our site number.  But when we got to the next site, we saw we must have past it.  So around the loop we went and came back to where our site should be in the progression of site numbers.  YUP!  Unfortunately, it was a short narrow driveway with boulders on either side, and it came out to the curve in the road almost perfectly straight.  Perpendicular that is.  No angle to back into it like most campsites. 

I do like to think I’m an excellent backer-upper, but this looked pretty challenging.  We surveyed the site carefully. Nothing was across from the driveway entrance except a steep slope going between the other campsites on the opposite side of the road. So we decided that was our plan.  We pulled forward, Got Close to the boulders guarding our drive, and turned hard left sending the trailer into the drive and the 4Runner onto the slope.  We were tilted about 30 degrees.  Akela went “ahhhh” asking if I knew what I was doing? I threw it  into drive and spun the steering wheel around to the right and drove 12 ft down the steep slope between the campsites.

The Wolf Pup was now fairly well lined up to go into the driveway. Blocking totally the road into our loop of the campground.  And the 4runner was down the steep slope lined up with the Wolf Pup.  We threw in into reverse and gave it a little gas. The car moved about 8inches, then the wheels started to spin. Baby don’t fail me now!  We put in into 4WD, turned off  the “stability control, anti skid”,  and rolled forward just a little.  Then we gave it a little more gas and Akela went “Arrrr” and we popped back up on the road and the Wolf Pup was in our site.

We jockeyed it around just a little and added a board to one side for leveling. Plugged in the Power Analyzer and got ready to unhook.  Our site was a beautiful site on the peak of the hill the campground was on.  We had a great view of the bathroom right below us.  We could see the lake and a lot of other campers.  We had a great site. The Power analyzer Ok’d the electricity and so we plugged in, unhooked and got settled. 

The wind was blowing about 30mph, and temp had fallen to around 45deg F.  So we decided to drive around and see what the rest of the campground was like.  It was a lot like a roller coaster! The road just went all over, up curve, Down curve, full circle, dead end.  Lots of different sites of all kinds just interspersed. There were Full Hookups around the Bathhouses. And A few hundred feet away from the bathhouse was primitive sites with no hookups for tents only.  They had thought this campground through to get as many site in as possible and still not have them cramped.

In the video I did a site listing of my “Best picks”.  But you can probably just look at the hookup, length, and Rv or Tent designation and tell which are the best sites.  Like all state parks it is a little on the high side, but not as high as a private “Resort” campground.  Also it has so much with the lake (boating, swimming, fishing, etc) and hiking, biking, and just camping. I will say there were a lot of “locals” the weekend I was there.  But they have some interesting events. Like they had a 3mile “Run with Your Dog” race March 3rd.  And a ton of people were on the trails “training” with their dogs.

The wind was bad the next day, the temps were still dropping, and we didn’t have anything we wanted to do there.  We had visited with 4 different people walking around the campground, one was a viewer (always nice). But we decided to sneak out early.  The second day was actually a free day as we had used our “Georgia Parks Points” to get a free night, so we weren’t loosing any money.  And Akela was homesick.  Packing up we left about 2pm for the 6hr ride home and got into the Wolf Pup parking place just as the sun hit the horizon. 

This trip to go check out a “weird Mardi Gras” was a last minute idea.  And we had a fantastic time.  We learned a ton about Cajun Culture and Louisiana.  We are planning to go back next year.  The trip out and back was great.  Everything worked great.  We are so glad we made this last minute decision to go!  Life just sends good things my way and I’m blessed with the best of life! 

Yes, it seems we lost a bunch of video shot at Red Top State Park, Hiking, talking to another camper, and a host.  A stop we made on the way at a “truck stop”.  It wasn’t a Buc-ee’s.   But it was still a great trip with no regrets or bad memories or feelings.  But I’m blaming Akela for erasing the video!

Check out the rest of the website.  There is lots of camping ideas, Aliner Information, a map or were we’ve been, and even a link to drop me a $1 to buy a hot chocolate on the road. Let me know what else you might want on the webpage?! And as always, don’t forget about the Playlist on my YouTube channel.

Thanks for Stopping By! We hope to see you on the road!

Rick & Akela
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