The four photos that are shown below where taken from our recent trip to Georgia's Veteran's Memorial State Park Near Cordele, GA. Another beautiful Georgia State Park, so far they are batting a thousand with me. Clean,well maintained by friendly staff, with a nice veterans museum to boot. We undertook this camp out with some friends of ours Curtand Audry, who were testing out there new Crossroads Travel Trailer. We did try some fishing, but did not get a bite from anything worth keeping. That's OK with me I'm not that good with a pole and worm.
I do like to take pictures of the natural beauty of places and Lake Blackshear offers some really great views. Though a popular recreation lake with lot's of power boaters and jet skiiers, we found it not to crowded to get some quality paddle time.
While at the park we enjoyed some fine dining at "The Olde Inn" located across the road and a little west from the entrance to the park. I had a wonderful Mexican Grouper dish that was both spicy and tasty.
Some of the other highlights of the trip was a quick jaunt to Plains, GA, and the home of the 39th President, Mr. Jimmy Carter. I was pretty impressed by the humble roots of the man. A quiet unsupposing little town, Plains still has the look of a little farming community surrounded by fields of cotton, peanuts, corn and pecan groves. We visited a couple of the shops in town, finding friendly folks and some chocolate peanut brittle. Man, that could get addictive.
Another highlight on this trip was the Veteran's Museum located behind the main checkin to the State Park. Very well done with donations from many Georgia Veterans. A facinating display of military memorabilia, personal histories, and pictures. Not a big museum, but nicely done and free though they do accept contributions to help with the maintenance.
If you are into the high side of life they have a nice little resort called "The Retreat" which looked like they could cater to someone looking to really relax.
On our trip home we encountered many folks headed north to escape Hurricane Francis. Most were headed to North Georgia or further. As for ourselves we needed to go ahead and get back as we hadn't strapped anything down in preparation for the big blow.
All in all a very good trip with a high recommendation to make this state park a stop on your travels or as a complete destination in itself. Until next time, happy trails.
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