CAMPGROUND

Sunday we moved to a campground for the last time. The campground is in Lake Park, GA. The town of Lake Park has a population of about 600 and is a few miles form the Florida border. We are 12 miles from Valdosta which is a city of about 40,000. I like the smaller town. Lake Park has a Winn Dixie grocery store, a small mall, several restaurants, a couple of gas stations, an Ace hardware store, and other stores and a golf course for Vern. Everything we need.



The campground isn't Ledges with trees and a lot of grass, but it's not bad. The pads and roads are paved and each site has a grassy area. The sites are a little closer than we like, but we picked a site close to the end of the row. (the one on the end was not long enough for us) The site looks out over a pond. The pond has geese, ducks, and a crane. It has such a long neck when it stretches. It is neat to watch.



There are a lot of pine trees, some palm trees, and some kind of oak tree covered in spanish moss. The campground is just off the interstate (75), so we get a lot of overnight campers. Vern and I call them "in and out" campers. I've counted 6 so far this morning and Vern said he saw 4 leave before I got up.



We are about an hour drive from Tallahasse and plan to go there sometime before we leave. There is a town in Georgia called Thomasville about an hour away from us. Vern read that the town is big on decorating for Christmas with a lot of light displays. I think we are going to go and look at some of the displays. Lake Park has a Christmas festival and parade on Dec. 12th. I read about it and it sounds like it will be fun. (for me anyway) :-) We're going to check it out.



Vern went for a bike ride yesterday and rode to Florida and back and was only gone an hour. That will give you and idea how close we are to Florida. He went for a wog this morning in the housing area next to the campground and said he only met 1 car. A good place to walk/jog.