12-4-2023
Southern Trails RV Resort, Unadilla, Georgia
We had a day of adventure. We started by exploring the small town of Unadilla which seems like a very sleepy town. There were some cool things like the old jail and courthouse.
We went to Camp Sumter at Andersonville National Historic Site and the National Prisoner of War Museum. The museum was very eye opening and provided tidbits of information such as the POWs of the Japanese resorted to drinking the blood of the dying when they ran out of rations as they were being shipped to Japan.
Camp Sumter was a horrid place where nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died in a little over a year and, at its peak, it held 32,000 prisoners in a 26.5 acre field with only makeshift tents and dirty stream water for drinking.
Next we went to Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin, GA. The beautiful landscape is known as the “Little Grand Canyon” and is the result of tree clearing and farming in the early 1800s. It took only 25 years for rainwater to carve 5 foot deep gullies into the soft clay and sediment. Water has continued to erode the land resulting in the deep crevices we see today. It was beautiful and I loved that part of the trail was a stream bed. The smell of the red clay reminded me of high school ceramics class.
We ended today’s adventure with a stop at Richland Distilling Company in Richland, GA and tried a flight of rum. The rum was good (rated best American sipping rum according to Forbes Magazine) and the building was filled with antiques like a 250 year old dowry chest from India and a 17th century French distiller. We were told there also was a table older than our country but the owner of the distillery moved it to his house. I’m thinking he’s a man we need to befriend because I love antique furniture.
Stats
Expenses:
- Tow vehicle fuel: $0
- Campsite: $9.50 (RPI)
- Camping memberships: $3.73
- Food: $27
Miles driven: 67.19 (15.1 kWh)
Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 0
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