Lake Harmony RV Park in Townsend, Ga.

Well, we headed out for July 4th weekend at Lake Harmony RV Park. There are no photos of this trip due to the fact that Bill tossed the camera to me and the rest, as they say, is history. That was just one of the many unfortunate incidents of the holiday weekend!

We had been checking the weather every day and whereas I was concentrating on the forecast of daily thunderstorms, he kept reassuring me that the weather would be fine. Wednesday morning I am dodging raindrops as I carry food to the rv. The sun comes out and we head for the Georgia coast. Interstate or back roads? We're not in a hurry so we go for the scenic route. We cautiously watch the rain clouds...okay so far. Then, suddenly, the heavens opened up and the rains came! Thunder, lightening, pouring down rain. Can't see a thing! Glad we weren't on the interstate. Gullywashers! Frog stranglers! The 4 1/2 hour trip took 5 1/2 hours. Finally, we arrived.

The sun came out as we drove in the park. Just like in the pictures, the office is a boat on the edge of the lake. Bill checked in and then the girl hopped in her golf cart and told us to follow. There was a security gate to go thru and not too far from there we were directed to a pull thru site across the roadway from the lake. It was packed sand and full h/u with a picnic table. There was a permanent resident on one side of us and woods on the other. The lake was pretty and there were huge trees draped with Spanish moss. It was very quiet and peaceful.

And now, as they say...the rest of the story!

Some of you may not be concerned with internet service. We are, since we still have our business to run. As soon as everything was hooked up we connected the internet. One bar...sometimes...or no access. There goes the cost of our stay because now we have to activate Verizon. No cheap internet in this area. Why do parks advertise wi-fi when it's not really available? They also have cable tv with about 45 channels and yes it works perfectly.

Way around on the other side of the lake is the beach and the bath house. It's 90+ and the humidity is overwhelming. The beach could be on the other side of the world! We are turning on the AC. That's it...the AC and the laptop. And the breaker pops! The first of many trips to the breaker box. It got to where anytime the AC went off we both turned to look at the microwave clock to see if the power was out! It was kind of funny.

I step out the door and there are a gazillion ants crawling up the outside of the rv. Oh joy! I had read about this in an old review. It was the only bad review so I had  dismissed it. Sprayed them with Off as we didn't have bug spray (add to the list) and hoped for the best. The park manager drove up to let us know he was going to be doing target practice with someone so we wouldn't be startled by it. What??? We told him about the ant problem and he went and got a sprayer. He told us they will climb up anything that touches the ground. Great! And now they're inside and I am not a happy camper!!

We decided to take a walk over to the beach. It was still really hot and steamy. The other side of the park had really tall Southern Pines and hardwood trees with Spanish Moss hanging from them. It looked shady but was still hot, hot! It appears as though all the rv's back there are permanent residents. The area was well kept though. By this time Boozer was panting and we were panting and we headed back.

We never did eat outside as it would have been next to the neighbor's sewer outlet which smelled really bad. Add it to the list!

This was our first trip to a real rv park instead of a State Park. Needless to say, it was disappointing. There was a Good Sam discount. Since then, there have been more "ant" reviews and also that the owners are planning to expand. They are really nice people. Hope for improvements or this one goes on the "no return" list.

http://lakeharmonypark.com/

So now we have a new camera and a new tv on the way and reservations for Gatlinburg, TN for Labor Day. We will get to see friends we haven't seen for years so we are really looking forward to this trip.