On Thanksgiving morning we made it to Augusta, GA Savannah Rapids Park at 12 noon. This park has large parking lots and trails to view the river locks and canal.
The gravel/dirt Towpath Trail starts here. Because of last nights rain there were some puddles and soft surface but it was fine.
It’s a scenic trail with walkers and bikers with the river on one side and the canal on the other side. They rent bikes and kayaks here for those who want to paddle canal.
We picked up the paved River Levee Trail and made a 12 mile round trip. It turned out to be a partially cloudy a 75oF day.
So we were two turkeys on a tandem
When we finished we went to a Super Walmart about 7 miles away. Everything in the area was closed for the holiday, the parking lot was totally empty but we still parked on the side away from all traffic noise.
We had some leftover Eggplant Parmigiana for dinner and Peggy read her Kindle while I planned our next day bike trip and route south on Saturday.
On Friday, we started at the same place but added the Lake Olmstead and Mill Village Trail.
It was clear and sunny and it got close to 80o, we haven’t been this warm for a while.
We peddled about 15 1/2 miles, there were a lot more walkers, bikers and kayakers today.
We stopped at Sam’s club on the way back to our quiet campsite and bought a Rotisserie chicken so we could have our Thanksgiving dinner a day late.
They are forecasting a big cool down coming and we expect it will rain overnight and early tomorrow morning.
Our plan is to drive 250 miles to near I-10 in Florida and again overnight at a Walmart. We will leave there on Sunday morning and try to get a campsite at Ocean Pond National Forest Campground which has a limited number of campsites with power, so when a weekend camper leaves we will snag their campsite.
Have fun! Sounds like a good start.
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ReplyDeletehaha, I thought mom was praying until I read she was actually reading. Pam
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