West Point Lake

We have now settled into a beautiful site at R. Shaefer Heard Campground at West Point Lake. The attached pictures were taken literally out of the front door of the RV. Gorgeous. It was nice and warm yesterday (Wednesday) - in the mid-60's. We finally got to do some "outdoor" things - Dave got in a nice bike ride and we both got into the kayaks for a while. We scrounged a BUNCH of firewood that had been left at other sites - one of our VERY favorite activities!

Today was a little cooler - in fact, the next three days are supposed to be below average temps - we're catching the very southern tip of that monstrous blizzard that's moving through home as we speak. We did some chores - I did laundry for the first time on the trip. Then we took a ride over to the dam - West Point Lake, like most of the Corps of Engineers areas, is a reservoir behind one of the Corps' dams. They always have such a nice layout - lots of campgrounds, day use areas, boat ramps, trails and everything else you could ask for outside. Plus a nice visitors' center with a FILM! After a drive around the whole area, we went into LaGrange, which is a really pretty little city here in Western Georgia. It's about 30 thousand in population and has a pretty, brick college in town that reminds us of Hope. We did a little shopping and stopped at Ruby Tuesdays for drink and spent about an hour with our new friend Christopher, the bartender - a nice 26 year old kid with "a minor in Georgia history". So he was happy to tell us everything to see over the next few days. When we got home I called my mother and got the update on the Michigan weather - WHEW - according to her, this is already being compared to the blizzard of 1978. She says 800 schools and businesses were closed yesterday. Unreal. Once again, we feel SO very fortunate to be able to be down here, enjoying the outdoors and the mild temps. As I told her - stay WARM and stay SAFE!