George L. Smith State Park, GA
Beth Ann and I decided to go camping at George L. Smith State Park. We arrived at the State Park around 6:30pm Friday evening.
Our name was posted on the #12 site. It was a decent site overlooking the blackwater through cypress trees.
We set up the camper, ate dinner, and watched a little TV. Around 9pm, we took a walk around the campground. While walking, we noticed numerous fire flies using their bioluminescence to dot the night with light.
Saturday morning, Beth Ann and I ate breakfast and then watched the Glennville Onion Festival parade on TV. Around noon we drove to Glennville and attended the Onion Festival. There was a respectable crowd at the event. We ate a late lunch, walked around the venue and left about an hour later. We began the trip back to the campground, ocassionaly detouring to check out any points of interest.
Later that evening, we ate supper, played cards and watched TV. Before going to sleep we watched the WTOC weather which forcast that there was a good chance of heavy rains and favorable conditions for the formation of tornadoes for much of WTOC viewing area.
We were awakened early Sunday morning to the sound of thunder and flashes of lightning. "Folks" that were in tents, pop-ups, and even large campers sought shelter at the cement block "comfort station." We tuned-in to WTOC-DT weather channel and WTOC-TV to see warnings and news flashes of severe weather all around us.
Our campground was spared the ravages of violent weather, but many areas near us and further south were not so lucky as we saw on news reports as the morning wore on.
Around noon, we left the campground and headed home. We made it home safely around 2:30pm. We backed the camper in the driveway and unpacked. This is nice State Park, and we will definitely try to visit this State Park again in the future.
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