A couple of weeks after Gwen and Ellen's visit, we decided to take a boating/camping trip at one of the local Army Corps of Engineer parks on Lake Hartwell: Twin Lakes. This Corps park is about 20 miles from us, so it was convenient to make one trip to drop off the travel trailer, come back to the house, and then tow up the boat. We were really looking forward to being able to moor the boat at the campsite, jump in the boat and take off fishing. But, when we put the boat in the water, it wouldn't start. Bob and I had to get waist deep into the lake and literally push the boat back onto the trailer. Two fishermen were just bringing their boat back to the ramp, but neither offered to help in any way...not even ask if they should call the park ranger. All one guy said was, "Not a good way to start the day." Yeah, tell us about it, buddy. We stayed the night, but decided to head back home the next day since the main intent of the outing was to go boating/fishing. Back home, Bob found the problem was that a short in the trolling motor had drained the batteries.
The Corps sites are quite spacious and clean, and at $12/night with our senior discount, you can't beat the price!
Undaunted, Bob tried his luck fishing from the shore. Even though the trip didn't pan out as we hoped it might, it was still great to be on the lake.
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