Friday May 4, 2012 found us heading to Clayton Georgia. We stopped at one of our favorite BBQ restaurants.
Oinkers has great BBQ. Glenn had a large BBQ sandwich & brunswick stew - and Denise had an OINKER TATER (a baked potato stuffed with cheese, sour cream and of course - BBQ meat). Yummy! 2 drinks and the bill was around $15.00.
441 North past Clayton to Mountain City-turn left past the church-Blackrock Pkway & make the climb to Georgia's highest state park and campground. Two nights at Blackrock Mtn state park are about $50 total. You can reserve online (recommended) but you can't pick your spot until you get there.
Our camper is a 1987 Coleman Columbia that we paid $800 cash for, and have gotten about 16 camping trips out of it and still going! Its still in wonderful shape.
This is a great time of year to camp at blackrock because these wild rhododendron bushes were in full bloom all over the park and between and around each campsite.
The view of Clayton from the blackrock overlook.
This is the landscape on top of the blackrock overlook (opposite side of the campgrounds - follow signs to cabins for the overlook).
Glenn is pretending to liquidate the Eastern Continental divide so that one part flows to the pacific ocean and the other to the Atlantic. That silly goof!
Saturday May 5th - heading down the mountain to go fishing!
Take highway 76 out of Clayton to Persimmon Road and turn right. Go several miles past farmlands until you see a sign for Nichols Campground, Sandy Bottoms Campground and other campgrounds on the US Forest service Road to the left.
2 years ago was our first time trout fishing here and we didn't catch anything. This time around, Glenn caught one fish. So that is an improvement! LOL We learn a little more with each trip ; maybe next time we go, we'll catch two!
Trout fishing the Tallulah River requires climbing up and down very steep banks and crawling over rocks to get to the water. Only for the most adventurous! All you need is a GA fishing license with a trout stamp + lightweight pole, sinkers, fluorocarbon fishing line.
Glenn's fish was caught on a live earthworm. Denise was fishing with corn.
Cast your line upriver from where you're standing, at the tail end of the rapid and let it the river take your bait downstream so that it appears (to the fish) that their food is coming toward them.
Set the hook when you feel the vibration of the fish tugging on the line but don't set it too hard; their mouth is very tender.
The moon this weekend was fantastic. 13,000 miles closer to earth than normal. The view from atop the blackrock overlook was stunning!
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