Acworth, GA

Wow what a drive today was!

Ashburn, GA  - Acworth, GA
3/Apr/24

Miles Traveled      198
Trip Total               439
Travel Time          4:15

Fl, Georgia

Today's trip is why we plan to keep our travel days around 4 hours.  What should have been a 3 hour trip turned into almost a 6 hour trip. 

To start with Interstate 75, north of Macon GA is in horrible condition.  I am surprised nothing came apart in the RV.   Between the road conditions and the wind blowing us around, you spend the entire time fighting the steering wheel.  If the road conditions were not bad enough once we reached Macon the traffic was even worse than the roads.  The further north we got the more traffic there was, by the time we got to Atlanta we spent as much time standing still as we did moving forward.

The one highlight of the trip was our first ever stop at Buc ee's.  I could not believe the number of gas pumps there, and there was enough room around the pumps that we had no problems pulling up to or leaving the them.   Pilot/Flying J use to be our favorite place to get fuel in the RV, if all Buc ee's are as good as this one that will quickly change.    Then going into the store was just crazy.  From food to clothing it seems like they have a little bit of everything.  The one thing they are lacking is RV parking, we ended up taking up about 10 parking spots.

After getting through Atlanta we arrived at Clark Creek South campground, a county campground on Altoona Lake.  The roads in the campground are narrow and winding, the sites are not very level but the view is spectacular.  Our site is directly on the lake and the site are very spread out.  I would recommend this campground to anyone in the area.

 

Tomorrow we head off to Dutton Al to meet up with several friends we met on our Great Loop trip.