Atmore, AL
This stop was uneventful and after our last stop, that is probably a good thing. We are on a 2 week leg of travel from Andersonville, GA to Spring Branch, TX, where we will be having solar power installed on the RV. We have 4 stops planned along the way with this one being the first. The park is very quiet with less than a half dozen RVers camped with a capacity of over 50. Our site is a pull through that is very wide and extremely long. We could probably fit 2 of our trucks in front of the RV with room to spare. Normally, we can’t park the truck in front of the RV without sticking into the road.
The grounds here are very nice with lots of small ponds and long leaf pines everywhere. I bet in the summer this place is very popular because they have lots of outdoor activities that are closed for the season. Among them is tubing down a local stream, fishing, and zip lining at various locations. However, at the end of November, things are pretty dead. We spent a lot of our time walking around the grounds carrying the large birding lens and not getting many shots of birds. There is a species of bird that I think likes to be around water that is very shy and I have not been able to photograph it. I have not even had a good enough opportunity to identify it.
This is the 10th location that we have stayed at since leaving Rochester so in some ways, this is a milestone stop. Given that we have so little to talk about, maybe we should look at some data for our travels so far. We have been tracking how much we are spending per night as well as keeping a running average. At this time, we are averaging just over $30.00 per day with our week in Andersonville, GA being the cheapest at just $12.50 per day (good thing since we spent money on repairs) and our most expensive was the KOA at Harpers Ferry a $49.29 per day (no surprise that this was the most expensive but wait until our 2 weeks at a resort near Phoenix, AZ in late January!). In addition to the housing costs, we have spent $863 on diesel so far for with 2,770 miles on the truck or roughly 31 cents per mile. Ouch!
Oh!!! I love the cost graph and the documentation of cost of gas per mile. I may have to adopt some of these data tracking displays. Do you have a already formatted spreadsheet you want to share?
The cost per night will drop once you hit BLM land in the Southwest. The cost per night at the resort near Phoenix will be TOTALLY worth it!
We are looking forward to hearing about your solar install. Safe travels.
Your picture of the long leaf pine sapling reminds me of Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree.
31 cents per mile? Makes me appreciate my Prius C’s 6 cents per mile. Of course, I’m not hauling my house behind me!