This morning instead of walking first we moved the RV's and will walk this afternoon. We moved from Lake Point State Park near Eufaula to Chewah Campground in Albany.
Just outside of Lake Point SP is a Texaco service station. Since I needed gas, Carol and I pulled in and started to gas up. I got into a conversation with a fellow there and asked him if there really were alligators in Lake Eufaula. He said, "There are "lots" of alligators in Lake Eufaula". "In fact, there is probably one right over there". He pointed to the back of the service station parking lot where an inlet of the lake borders the property. Carol and I walked over there and sure enough, there were two alligators basking in the sun. The man also said that many people don't swim in Lake Eufaula anymore because of the ever increasing gator population.
Gassed up, we headed for Chewah Campgrounds in Albany. After a quick lunch, it was back to mile marker 7, a 45 minute drive that we had just driven a few hours ago.
Before long, John and I were entering Cuthbert, GA., the home of Andrew College. The campus is dominated by a old, 5 story building. Founded in 1854, as a Methodist-Episcopalian college, it served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War from 1863 until 1865
One of the noted personalities from Cuthbert is Lena Baker. She was the first women from Georgia to be executed by electric chair. She was later pardoned by the state.
We are back in farm country. We haven't seen this much farmland since the Mississippi Delta. We have walked passed fields of cotton, soybeans, hay, peanuts, millet and corn. Also, there are many pecan trees.
John was right about the mile markers. The marker start over at 0 (zero) upon entering a new county. So, when figuring mileage, sometimes we will use the markers and sometime the car odometer.
Carol was waiting at marker 19. A cotton picker was at work as we load up for home. Today we found .01 cent. Stay tuned...
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