Zen, we rode through the park yesterday afternoon to see how it looked overall. With all the rain and storms lately I did not want us to have any surprises upon arrival.The park is clean, lakes are full, a bit murky though (wonder why?), restrooms are clean, (thank goodness)the camp area is good. The paddle boats could use a good cleaning.  Overall we would give the park a 8 on a scale of 10.  

While we were out we decided to check out Fort Mountain State Park close to Chatsworth.We had passed the entrance to this park on a motorcycle ride we did back a couple of months ago. We fell in love with this place. It is up in the National Forest area off Ga 52, East of Chatsworth. This place is AWESOME!!!  3,712 acres, new restroom facilities thru the park, the comfort stations with showers are spotless, 70 campsites, swimming beach, miniature golf, trails to the old rock tower, the 885 ft rock wall, horseback riding, paddle & fishing boat rentals. The roads are fantastics,( we are bringing our motorcycles when we come) the campsites are more secluded and shady than Sloppy Floyd. For those that like to do some hiking, there are some fantastic trails to explore.  The trails are well marked and color coded. We rated this place a 10.  :thumbs-up:  If the club decides on another camp out, this is definitely a place to come to. Not much farther from Chattanooga than Sloppy Floyd. Don't get it wrong, Sloppy Floyd is no dump, but this place is even better.  While Josh & I were taking the trail to the stone tower, we came upon a doe and her fawn about 20-30 feet away. We stopped and looked at them for a few minutes and walked on. Not a site you will see too often in your lifetime.  We plan on checking out various state parks and we will pass on the information to aid everyone in planning club and personal trips.

...Fort Mountain State Park...We rated this place a 10.  If the club decides on another camp out, this is definitely a place to come to.

I agree!  I like the place as well.  I can't believe I forgot about it when we were coming up with places to go. :cry:

I hope all of you have a great time. Due to the validation program on the plant that was started yesterday and goes through Oct 7th, vacation time to cover etc, I will not be able to attend. And to think I purchased all the goodies, new tent, stove,lanterns, etc. Oh well I did get to use it last weekend at Ft Mountain. Hopefully when the club does another camping trip we can attend. If I beg enough maybe I can get loose long enough to cruize up for a little while Sunday afternoon.  :?: Wonder if this would be a good time to use a "Sick Day"  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I can tell about the restrooms, they were very clean and hopefully the bath house is too. I wish I had stepped inside to check it out. Nothing "girlie" about wanting to know if it is clean in my book. I WILL NOT stay at a park that is not clean and kept up. It's my hard earned money I'm spending and a person can expect to shower and do other things without fighting off "creatures of the dark"!!

"Moe"

I think you also need a better one of Amanda and Brian.  I don't know what happened with the one I took of the standing together by their bus but it wasn't on my camera last night.  

We really enjoyed the campout too and it is a great campground.  We plan to go back there again.

 

I enjoyed myself as well.  I think that we will go back to that park again too.  It had been nearly 6 years since my family had been there.  I forgot how nice it was.  Thanks to the club for everything!

I will post my pictures as soon as they are uploaded to my computer.

I think you also need a better one of Amanda and Brian.  I don't know what happened with the one I took of the standing together by their bus but it wasn't on my camera last night.

I've got two pictures on my computer that came off of your camera that won't open.  The ones before them are your family pictures and the ones right after them are of the Campout.  This is right about where my laptop locked up downloading them.  I bet one of them is the one of Brian and Amanda that's missing.

Kyle had someone make a picture of him and Betty with their camera, and I think Kevin took pictures of everyone's campsites too.  Once we've gotten all of the pictures up on the web site, I'll re-do the pictures for the T-shirts if their are better ones posted.

Speaking of that . . . what does everyone think of the pictures for the shirts? (they are posted in the gallery in a sub-album of the Sloppy Floyd campout in the Events section).  They aren't printed, so it's not too late to change the design if you don't like it.  Our intention is to print the photo inside the club logo on the front, and have the page with everyone's signatures on the back.

If we had only had the correct software and a more modern computer, we could have done this Saturday afternoon.  Oh well . . . we gave it a valiant effort.  Maybe next time.