Georgia on my…Magnus? Day 7

Tuesday, February 17

I got up early in the morning and took Molly on a long walk, back to the little one-duck pond. Our lonely blue-winged teal was still there.

So the drive for the day was to go from Little Tallapoosa to Little Ocmulgee. Georgia names, huh? That’s typical.

We bypassed Atlanta on some big interstate highway loop but the traffic was still horrid. It was a nice, sunny and cool day otherwise.

 Little Ocmulgee State Park was actually pretty large. The lake was low, though. I saw Greater Yellowlegs. Red shouldered hawk (I think.)  Killdeer. The sign said there were gators in the water. I noted that I had never seen so many little gray squirrels in my life. It was teeming with the cute little vermin.

As far as vegetation around the campsites goes, the place reminded me much of Garner State Park in central Texas, with the little evergreen oaks and a lot of dry gravel. Kind of bare and dry. Strange.

 

REVIEW: Little Ocmulgee SP

Not as fancy as expected but not bad, either

The web page was all about the lodge and golf course, so I didn’t even know where to check in for RV camping or where to get my tags. It turned out I was worried for nothing—if you already have paid reservations, you just proceed to your site and your tag is on the post, waiting for you. A host stopped by, too.

If you need to make reservations, I think you do that at the lodge office. We stopped there on the way in, and the guy seemed ready to make them if I’d needed.

The sites were really nice and big. Mostly all gravel; there may have been a paved site or two. We had site 40, a pull-thru site near the restroom. The utilities were all fine. We only stayed for one night, in February, so I can’t say much about how crowded it gets during the summer or how noisy it might be. When we were there, the few other campers were quiet and friendly. The traffic noise from outside the park was pretty bad, though.

We had a fire ring and a very old a decrepit picnic bench. The site right behind me was situated so that if we’d had neighbors there, we’d pretty much have heard every word they said. Very close, in other words. In fact, all of the sites were awfully close and the whole place very open. If you’re into privacy, try to get one of the back-in sites on the edge of the camping loop.

The lake was really low but there were a few Yellowlegs and other water birds around. I didn’t see any alligators. Sigh.

The facilities for kids seemed nice. Playgrounds and maybe a pool?? But of course that would be closed in February, so I’m not sure.