On Monday we moved from Savannah to Mistletoe State Park which is about 30 miles north of Augusta, Georgia. It's a great location (pictures coming soon) and we are located right on the banks of Clarks Hill Lake, a 72,000 acre lake. Supposedly one of the top bass fishing lakes in the country. I broke down and bought a fishing rod and fishing license last night. Will have to try my hand at drowning bait.
Mistletoe is another State Park without Wi-Fi. In fact, it lacks TV reception (analog or digital) and has pretty poor cell phone coverage. All-in-all, just about perfect!
Seriously, not a big deal to lack TV since we rarely use it except to catch the weather forecast. And poor cell phone coverage is usually not an issue. However, MLA and I have been going through withdrawal without wi-fi; we use it for our news, weather forecasts, e-mail, paying bills, etc. None last week and none this week.
Next week we'll be in Charleston SC at a campground that has free wi-fi. In the meantime we'll take an occasional foray into the town about 15 minutes away and utilize one of the hot spots located there. In fact, since the coffee shop had closed early, we are at Taco Bell using their hot spot. It looks like we've moved in with two laptops, bills to be paid, and various notes/to do lists we've been making while waiting for our next 'fix'.
Not a lot to do in this area, especially at this time of year. The lake season doesn't really get started for another 4-5 weeks.
We're planning to drive into Augusta to see the sights and there are a couple of Georgia State Historical Sites within and hour's drive or so.
The nights are pretty cool (low 40's) and last night the stars were bursting from the sky -- nice and bright since we are petty far from any major population centers. Not quite western state bright but pretty bright. I made MLA go out last night around midnight to do a little star gazing -- she wasn't happy but the dog had to go out anyway, so she agreed. It was a beautiful night.
The lake is down about ten feet in depth so the water is quite a ways from the bank. Normally the water would be lapping at our doorstep -- well twenty feet from our doorstep. Instead it's about 100 feet out from the 'normal' lake bank. We walked down to the lake's edge last night and its was incredibly peaceful. Campground is about 20% full and will stay that way until Friday when most sites will fill up before emptying out again Sunday.
Well, until the next time we 'feel the need for (wi-fi) speed': See Ya!
Mistletoe is another State Park without Wi-Fi. In fact, it lacks TV reception (analog or digital) and has pretty poor cell phone coverage. All-in-all, just about perfect!
Seriously, not a big deal to lack TV since we rarely use it except to catch the weather forecast. And poor cell phone coverage is usually not an issue. However, MLA and I have been going through withdrawal without wi-fi; we use it for our news, weather forecasts, e-mail, paying bills, etc. None last week and none this week.
Next week we'll be in Charleston SC at a campground that has free wi-fi. In the meantime we'll take an occasional foray into the town about 15 minutes away and utilize one of the hot spots located there. In fact, since the coffee shop had closed early, we are at Taco Bell using their hot spot. It looks like we've moved in with two laptops, bills to be paid, and various notes/to do lists we've been making while waiting for our next 'fix'.
Not a lot to do in this area, especially at this time of year. The lake season doesn't really get started for another 4-5 weeks.
We're planning to drive into Augusta to see the sights and there are a couple of Georgia State Historical Sites within and hour's drive or so.
The nights are pretty cool (low 40's) and last night the stars were bursting from the sky -- nice and bright since we are petty far from any major population centers. Not quite western state bright but pretty bright. I made MLA go out last night around midnight to do a little star gazing -- she wasn't happy but the dog had to go out anyway, so she agreed. It was a beautiful night.
The lake is down about ten feet in depth so the water is quite a ways from the bank. Normally the water would be lapping at our doorstep -- well twenty feet from our doorstep. Instead it's about 100 feet out from the 'normal' lake bank. We walked down to the lake's edge last night and its was incredibly peaceful. Campground is about 20% full and will stay that way until Friday when most sites will fill up before emptying out again Sunday.
Well, until the next time we 'feel the need for (wi-fi) speed': See Ya!
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Wish you luck fishing and thanks for "checking in"
Love,
Richard, Debbie and Chance
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