Never in my wildest hopes did I expect to find a vacancy like this one!
This Army Corp of Engineers park on the GA/AL border had a waterfront site available for Tuesday and Wednesday only, just the two days I was looking for, with water/electic hookups and the best thing is the price, just $17 a night, thanks to my Lifetime Senior Pass.
The campground is located on West Point Lake, which was created in 1974 when the West Point Dam across the Chattahoochee River was completed.
I didn't have any trouble talking Tricia into packing up early and heading out.
One other noteworthy item about today was the fact that two of our three cameras on THE POD quit working. We had these upgraded cameras installed just over 2-years ago and they have worked flawlessly ever since. That was until today!
I did a little preliminary troubleshooting on the side of the road, like making sure they were getting power and that we hadn't damaged them by hitting any low hanging tree branches.
Without the cameras it sure made backing down the long driveway into our current campsite more of a challenge than it needed to be.
It turns out they had both lost their bluetooth connection to the monitor in the truck cab. By simply scrolling through the monitor's menu to the bluetooth pairing section, then pressing a button on the bottom of each camera, all was back to normal in no time.
Thankfully it wasn't anything that would require replacement of the cameras, that would have been expensive.
The first person to receive a surprise today is Ronnie Dennis, owner and operator of Airstream Nuts & Bolts in Dadeville, AL some 45-miles west of here.
Some of you may remember this time last year we asked Ronnie to install a new Norcold 12VDC refrigerator into THE POD. I ordered the 10 cu.ft. model and it didn't fit in the space we had available, so we had to order the 8 cu. ft. model and wait until the Monday after Thanksgiving to have it delivered and installed.
Ronnie was kind enough to store the oversized refrigerator in his shop until he could sell it to one of his customers who could use it. Thanks Ronnie!
With a "screw up like that" of course he recognized us immediately when we uninvitedly walked into his shop today. He even remembered our names!
Now it was Tricia's turn for a surprise!
Last year when we were in this area I remembered there was a brand new Buc-ee's just down the road from Auburn University on I-85.
Just in case you were wondering, that's what a line of 120 gas pumps looks like.
There are thirty extra wide bays with four pumps in each bay.
Plenty wide enough to negotiate with a truck and trailer combo, but no 18-wheelers allowed.
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