Summer of 19 - #29 - Moving, McKinney Campground, Crappy Capriotti's & Family

Monday October 7th, 2019
I got up early as Andy was playing in Shanghai, he managed to win.  Yay!!  made getting up early worthwhile.
It was moving day today.  Neither of us were looking forward to it, as it involved some hills, and me driving Tilly until we could find somewhere to hook up. We emptied our tanks at the dump station on the way out, where we had a nice conversation with a fellow Georgetown owner, and then we were on our way.
I led the way and it wasn't too bad.  I stayed far enough ahead of Bryan, so that he could accelerate up the hills when necessary, and not hit me on the downhill parts!!!!  I lost sight of him in my rear view mirror a few times, due to the curves in the road.
Eventually we made it to the place we had decided to use to hook up Tilly to Lily, and there was no one parked there so we were ok.  We got everything hooked up, checked lights, brakes etc. were working, and proceeded on our way.  Phew!!!!  I think we were both relieved to have that campground in our rear view mirror, and I doubt very much that we will ever return there.

We arrived at McKinney Campground, Allatoona Lake on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia.  We stayed here last year on our way back to Jacksonville.  It is a nice campground, and we wanted to return as we have family close to here.

Entrance to McKinney

We tried a different campsite this time, as our previous site was booked, and there are so many good sites here we knew it would be ok.

I took these pictures of Site 35.  I think I like this one better than our last one, site 43, but they are both good.

I took these pictures of our site from inside Lily.

View from front window

View from side window

You can walk to the water with just a step down here, which is nice.  Site 43 is higher above the water level.

View at back and side.  

After getting everything setup, we decided to go and find Capriottis, a favorite sandwich shop of ours from back in Vegas.  There aren't many in this part of the States.  In fact, I think this is the only one in the south-east!!!!

It was very modern and upscale inside.  We ordered our "regular" sandwiches and waited.  All the while we were looking at "Fresh Turkey Roasted Daily" posters on the walls.  This is one of their marketing slogans.  We found out that this store is letting them down, big time, in that. 

It was quite a wait, but eventually we got them and headed home.

Once home, we couldn't wait to eat our food, "Steak N Cheese Classic" for Bryan and a "Bobbie" for me.  Oh boy, what a disappointment.  The vegetables, peppers, onions etc. looked and tasted as though they were frozen.  There was no taste!!!!  My "Bobbie" should have been Turkey, Stuffing, Cranberry Sauce & Mayo, but it had peppers and onions in it as well.  Now, I don't mind either of those things, but it changed the taste of the sandwich completely, especially as they seemed to be frozen, and there wasn't much turkey. The turkey was shredded thinly, and dried out as though it had been sitting too long, and then reheated.  You had to search for it.  

We had intentions of going back and getting more sandwiches to put in our freezer, but we obviously decided not to as they were so bad. Especially as they cost $30 for 2 10" subs, a drink and a packet of chips!!! Such a shame!!!!  We will try them again, just not this location.

Tuesday October 8th, 2019

I got up early again as Andy was playing Fognini in the second round at Shanghai.  Unfortunately he lost in 3 sets.  Two went to tiebreaks.
We stayed in today, relaxed and had visitors!!!!  Our niece Nikki, her husband Craig & their son Alan came to visit.  We saw them last year and were so happy we got to see them again.  They are a lovely family and Alan is adorable.  We sat and chatted, played with Alan and just caught up with everything that's been going on.  

We realized when they left that we didn't get any pictures of all of us.  I did take a couple of Alan while he was "driving" the motorhome, ha!! ha!!  Unfortunately the picture is not that great as he was moving a lot, and I'm not the best photographer but I guess it's better than nothing.

Thanks for taking time out of your busy lives and coming to visit us, we really appreciate it.

Oh, and we did laundry.   Not having full hookups means that we have to do laundry in the campground machines.  We were going to do it at the last campground, but although the website said they had machines when we got there they had taken them out and not replaced them. Another mark against that campground.  We were so happy to find the machines here working.  We now have all clean clothes.


Wednesday October 9th, 2019
We went out today, watch out for a separate blog about our day, but I also took these pictures of our campsite when we returned and later as the sun was setting.  It's a really pretty site.

The people next door moved out, giving us an even better view!!

The sun setting.

I loved the reflection on the side of Lily.

Sunset reflecting on the trees in front of us.

Another reflection on Lily

Boaters on the lake

That brings an end to our stay here this time, we will return though.  A wonderful site and fabulous family to visit.  Next blog will tell you what an interesting day out, we had here.  Stay tuned!!!!