Camp Hosting at High Falls State Park May through October 2022

“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.”

-Benjamin Disraeli

This is Magic, writing my last RV travel blog entry for my humans. Even though we didn’t know at the time, we ended our RV adventure after this stay as camp hosts and handsome traveling canine. Since I am finishing these words in March of 2024, I guess I experienced writer’s block! This is a long post covering almost seven months, so enjoy. And except for my Happy Howlidays letter, my days of writing are coming to end, as I will be celebrating my 12th birthday in July 2024.

We arrived at High Falls State Park on May 1, 2022 and left in early October.

My humans were loaned a golf cart, tools and given a quick orientation and they started their volunteer gig in exchange for a “free”campsite the very next morning. Their duties included cleaning campsites, maintaining one bathroom building, checking in late arriving campers, yurt cleaning, and reminding other humans about the rules.

High Falls State Park is a beautiful setting about 45 minutes south of Atlanta, Georgia along I-75.

One of the first projects for our site was a garden planted in a felt-type garden structure that could be folded up. We watched our beautiful plants grow and develop and then be invaded by many Carolina Sphynx moths that ate our garden!

Our first human visitors arrived a week after we arrived and I was glad Winston and Bob, my canine friends came along.

There was also a flower garden next to our site that had something continually blooming, so we watered and weeded and enjoyed.

My humans also saw some lovely Georgia sunsets over High Falls Lake.

We kept busy as camp hosts, and enjoyed our “job.” It was frustrating at times when camping humans did not follow the rules and created unnecessary messes.

Father’s Day weekend was our weekend off so we went to Atlanta, to celebrate.

There was so much beauty all in our “front yard.” We enjoyed hiking throughout the park and many strolls through the campground.

One of the best parts of this gig was our direct supervisor, Ranger Sami. She was a ray of sunshine!

During June we were able to leave High Falls State Park and attend a family reunion in Garden City, Kansas.

After returning to High Falls State Park, we visited The Whistle Stop Cafe in Juliet, Georgia where the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed. And yes, my humans had a large plate of fried green tomatoes.

We also made a visit to Don Carter State Park to see friends we had met in Florida while volunteering. They were also being state park camp hosts-so we swapped stories.

Another day trip was to Dauset Trails Nature Center, a wildlife sanctuary for animals native to Georgia. On our drive there, we saw a “circle of life” moment.

We learned about the mushroom season as well as different insects appearing at different times throughout the seasons.

Jennie, Steve and Annie visited for July 4, and we went swimming in the High Falls Pool.

Another day trip was to Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park.

And then it was October and we left High Falls. We enjoyed the office staff and rangers. We worked hard and enjoyed our visits to see our family throughout our five months of volunteering.

As we left the park our motorhome bumped a gate and caused damage to us and the gate. Since we were heading for some maintenance on the motorhome we had the bumps fixed and decided to sell our home on wheels. This was not an easy decision but we all felt it was time for a change due to health issues, anxiety and our desire to be near our family.

By the end of November 2022 and the 40th wedding anniversary of my humans, we moved into a 55+ community in Duluth, Georgia.

Thanks for reading my blog entries over the last 3 1/2 years of RV travel. We have made so many great memories, met so many fascinating people and dogs, seen many interesting places, learned much about full-time RV life, and do not regret this once in a lifetime experience. It has been an adventure!

Woof woof!

Magic