Throwback Thursday #10 – October 24, 2014

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We’re not traveling as much in our fifth wheel anymore so I thought it would be fun to relive some of our most memorable days from previous RV trips.

Five years ago, on October 24, 2014, we were camped at Deerlick Creek Campground, a Corps of Engineers park near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. We were returning home after a fall RV trip to Missouri and Arkansas to attend University of Georgia away football games.

We always enjoy staying in Corps of Engineers parks so we went out of our way to stay at Deerlick Creek near Tuscaloosa. The park is located on Holt Lake on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway in the rolling hills northeast of Tuscaloosa. What I didn’t know when I made the reservations was the campground is very hilly and some of the sites are difficult to get in and out of for a 35 foot fifth wheel.

This campground was like no other COE campground we had ever been to. Instead of being at lake level, the lake was way down at the bottom of the hill. Even the waterfront sites were located above the lake.

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Holt Lake

Our site was one of those that was difficult to get in and almost impossible to get out of. The road was narrow and our site was a back in site near the top of a hill. To back into the site took great skill on Henry’s part avoiding ditches and other obstacles. The good news is, it was a beautiful site with a few steps up to our picnic table behind the camper. When we finally got set up and had a chance to look around, we realized it would be almost impossible to get out of.

Overall, we still enjoyed our stay. Behind our campsite was a private area with picnic table and fire pit surrounded by trees.

There was not enough room for us to make a left turn out of the campsite so when it was time to leave our only option was to make a right turn down the hill, navigate a narrow hairpin turn with campers and cars right on the edge of the road, go to the bottom of the hill and turn around. Many thanks to the nice campers who helped us negotiate the tight turn at the bottom of the hill!

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A hairpin turn down the hill was in our future

Although we had a worrisome night wondering how we were going to get out, we survived to tell the tale. I would return to this park but not to site 28!

Find out more about our stay at Two COE Campgrounds in Alabama.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 thoughts on “Throwback Thursday #10 – October 24, 2014”

    1. I’m sorry you have skipped COE parks because of size. We have stayed in many sites that are over 50’ long and very wide with plenty of space between you and your neighbor. When making reservations at recreation.gov I put our length as 35’ feet and I will get a list of sites that are at least that long. I try to reserve one at least 45 feet long. Some sites are wide enough to park the truck next to the camper. Also some of the back ins we can back our wheels all the way to be back of the pad. In the southeast most of the parks are water and electric only but some have full hookups. Gunter Hill in Montgomery is a really nice one with paved pads and full hookups. When in doubt I call the camp host and ask for recommendations. All this also applies to many state parks in Georgia and Florida.

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