Victoria Bryant State Park

This past weekend the 3 of us took off on our first camping trip in our newly purchased camper.  I was beyond excited!  We chose to visit Victoria Bryant State Park in Royston, GA.  We had driven through the park beforehand and had an idea of what was there, the site(s) that we hoped to get as well as the activities that we wanted to do while on our stay.

We drove up Thursday evening after work and got straight to work setting up camp.  It only took about 30 minutes and we were ready to RELAX!

Next up...supper!

Marinated Hotdogs
Recipe from plainchicken.com
http://www.plainchicken.com/2011/07/foodbuzz-24x24-hot-diggity-dog.html

The forecast called for rain and storms throughout the night and unfortunately the meteorologist was correct.  Drizzly rain began around 9 and the storms moved in after midnight.  Luckily they didn't get to terribly bad.

 (Mind you that is my opinion, I slept through it all.  Z says he was up all hours keeping a watchful eye to make sure we were safe.)

Friday brought about some wind and clouds~but no rain~so it was full steam ahead.  We decided that we would hike to the Beaver Pond via the Broad River Loop Trail.

Beaver Dam

Beaver Pond

Looks more like a swamp than a pond...

After 2 hours and 4.7 miles of uphill/downhill we were ready for some lunch.  The remainder of the afternoon was spent relaxing by the fire.

Saturday brought the sun but also brought the wind.  Once again we weren't going to let the weather dampen our spirits so we set out on yet another hike.  We hiked the Perimeter Trail along with Victoria's Path which ran alongside Rice Creek.

As the completion of the Perimeter Trail was Fish Pond #2...

Rice Creek

The remainder of Saturday was spent by the fire, roasting marshmallows and dodging smoke and ash due to the excessive wind gusts that plagued us all afternoon.  

Best marshmallow roaster in Georgia!

Sunday night I was awakened by a sick little girl.  Sunday morning, as you can see, she wasn't feeling any better.

Bless her sweet little heart


I think that she just played so hard all weekend long that she was just slap worn out.  After lounging around all day Sunday, coupled with a good nights sleep, she was back to herself come Monday morning.

So we packed it all up on Sunday and came home.  It was a GREAT weekend aside from the not so great weather.  We have already planned out next trip and I CANT WAIT!

Until next time,

    Heather