Another Lost Tooth

That tooth has been hanging for the last two weeks. And finally gave up it's hold during a tickle session this morning.

God willing, we will go to the Atlanta aquarium tomorrow. I daresay the Tooth Fairy will be generous tonight so he can buy his own souvenir.

Booboo's, Buddies, and Submersible Boats

Some random pictures from today.

I looked out the window of the RV today at just the same moment Elisabeth tripped and fell, seemingly, face first onto one of the large stones bordering our campsite. I ran out and was relieved to only find a scraped little nose and an even fainter scrape on her forehead. 

Checking out our surroundings and viewing nearby Stone Mountain.

In Jonah's continuing squid obsession, he recently watched Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and now also has a thing for submarines, especially the Nautilus. His dad found him an affordable version and he carries it everywhere.

Campsite Selection at Stone Mountain Park Campground

We made it to the Stone Mountain Park Campground just after their registration office closed yesterday evening. They have an after-hours checkin, so we proceeded to our reserved RV space and found it to be a bit small for our rig.

Lesson 1: When reserving a campsite, be sure to include the added length of the tow vehicle when asked the size of the RV.

We chose another site knowing we ran the risk of picking a spot that, although available for one night, may not be available the entire week. Turns out that indeed we selected a site that was reserved starting today. So, we had to move. We had set up all the outdoor gear (rugs, camp chairs, kids bikes, etc.) which meant we had a bit of take down and set up to do.  All told, it probably took us about an hour or so to select a new site and relocate to it. Not too terrible, but mildly annoying.

Lesson 2: When arriving late evening on a site that has not been reserved in a reservation only campground, don't unpack the the kitchen sink (literally & figuratively - we have a campsink) until availability is confirmed.

I had originally reserved a lakeside site which means right on the water and our second choice was also lakeside. By the time we were aware we needed to move however, all the lakeside sites were taken - rather there were no lakeside sites available for the period of time we intended to stay. Nevertheless, we are pretty happy with our final selection.

Stone Mountain as seen from my camp chair

The lakeview from my campchair

Our campsite with Stone Mountain in the background

Stone Mountain from the dock near our campsite

The Stone Mountain Park Campground has numorous and wide varieties of campsites from primative tent sites to RV sites with water, electric, sewer and cable hookups. Amenties include laundry and shower facilities in every loop, a pool (which doesn't open until April), playground, sand volleyball, boat rentals, wifi, a central indoor pavillion and more. Beach access for the lake is right next door and boat rentals are available at the general store.

So far we are fairly impressed - no doubt this place is packed in the summer months.

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