Allatoona Lake

Cartersville, Georgia

Weather: low 52 degrees in Brookfield, Georgia, high 82 degrees in Cartersville, Georgia

We left the Tifton, Georgia area this morning, headed north. Instead of going directly to I-75 and driving north from there, we decided to take US 129 north. We like the countryside around Tifton, and wanted to see what was up the road. beyond Fitzgerald.

I had a little trepidation about going that way because of all the farm harvesting that was going on. Luckily, we got an early start, so we didn't get held up at all. Everything north of Fitzgerald was new country, and we were not disappointed. The scenery continued to be nice, well-kept homes, neat farms, pecan orchards, and nice little towns.

The first town that really drew our attention was Abbeville, a town of about 2300 people and the county seat of Wilcox County. Here's a picture of the courthouse, which came from Wikipedia. I wasn't able to stop.



There's really not much to say about Abbeville, other than it's probably a quiet place to live.

The next town of any size was Hawkinsville, the county seat of Pulaski County with a population of about 3300 people. It seems to be a larger town than Abbeville, and the traffic was a little heavier. The city runs a harness horse training facility in the winter months. An interesting fact is that the Pulaski County area was the capital of the Creek Indian Nation.

We turned to the west in Hawkinsville, once we realized that we were going to have to get busy if we wanted to make it to our selected camp ground today. We picked up I-75 near Perry, and stayed on it all the way to Cartersville, where we found a campsite at the Army Corps of Engineers McKinney Campground. This campground is located on Allatoona Lake, a reservoir of about 12,000 acres. This campground has about 150 sites, and is popular with folks from the Atlanta area. We got one of the few remaining empty sites, which is amazing to us with the summer being over and school in session.

After setting up at our site, we decided it was time for some rest and meditation. Carolyn's morning in the kitchen yesterday paid off for us today, as we had stuffed peppers for supper. It was very good, and to top it off, we didn't have to go out for it.

We haven't decided yet whether we will stay here more than one day. We like the area, but rain is forecast later in the week, and we would like to be settled in in Tennessee before the rain starts. It will depend on the weather forecast tomorrow.

More later, be safe.

Today's Town - Abbeville, Georgia: Home Of The Ocmulgee Wild Hog Festival

Not all who wander are lost.