As we entered the month of July, we moved sites one more time at our current campground in Dillard, GA. We are finally in the home stretch of our self-imposed semi-isolation with plans to head to head to North Carolina in August. We’ve really enjoyed having a steady place to call home, still close enough to get back to Atlanta to visit family and doctors as needed but will be happy to be moving again.
We moved out from beneath the trees to a more open site that backed up to a small pond at the park. This is a popular place for kids to come and fish (catch and release) on the deck behind our site (see pic) and is also home to MANY large, loud frogs, as we discovered on nights when we left our windows open!
July started with July 4th celebrations here at the campground. This included a lot of activities for adults and kids over the long holiday weekend. Events included:
- Watermelon eating contest
- Snowball dance
- Snowball fight
- Tie Dye Shirts
- Parade
We watched the snowball fight (involves making snowballs out cornstarch and shaving cream), both made t-shirts (with commemorative Christmas in July shirts!), and were front and center to watch the parade go by.
July is our birthday month (Dan on the 8th and Jill on the 18th) so we gave ourselves a new camp sign for our combined birthday. Our original sign had faded badly after 18 months in the sun and weather and needed to be retired. Hoping this one will last for years and thru many more adventures!
We made one visit back to Atlanta for a doctor appointment and of course, since we were in town, we also had to visit our girls, Savannah and Skylar! They grow bigger every time we visit! We were there just as they turned 7 months and now they are starting to crawl so things are really getting interesting!
Skylar posing while Savannah works on her crawling technique
Savannah 
Skylar
July has been our warmest month but we’ve been lucky not to be feeling the heat that many folks are feeling in Atlanta and other areas of the south. We stuck close to camp most of the time, reading, doing some minor maintenance, hanging out at the pool, and just relaxing. Adele and Brandy have been enjoying time outside but even they aren’t interested in doing a lot when it gets hot. As they say, “The dog days of summer”.
Adele snoozing in the sun
Brandy snoozing under Dan 
Zzzzzzz
As we write this edition of our blog we are wrapping up July, getting ready for Lola to make her first move to another campground since we arrived on April 1st. Amazing how the world has changed since we got here just 4 months ago. Our plans have adjusted and will remain flexible as needed but luckily our lifestyle allows for natural social distancing and there are many, many campgrounds out in the country, away from large suburban areas and that will be where we’ll be hanging out for the near future, at least.
Saturday, August 1st, we will cross the state line into North Carolina, just about 30 minutes up the road to Franklin, NC and The Great Ourdoors Campground. We’ll stay there for a week and then move to a campground in Maggie Valley, NC where we’ll stay until mid-September. Updates shall start to be more frequent now that we are getting moving again. Until then, we wish you all the best, stay safe and healthy, and hope your find what you are looking for at the end of your rainbow!
Jill and Dan, enjoy Maggie Valley. My parents spent May to November there full time in a campground to escape the Florida Heat the last 12 years of their lives. Hope you guys are doing well.
Hey Willard. Sorry for delay in responding. It is so nice and cool up here. What campground did they stay at?