Staying At ACOE - Army Corp Of Engineers

After leaving the National Forest in Eastern Tennessee I decided that based on my driving and overnight stops I would stay at Army Corp Of Engineers Campgrounds before I arrive at my oldest son’s in Maryland

My first night was in Pendleton, SC at the Twin Lakes Army Corp Of Engineers as seen below.

Here is my camping spot for the night.

For all my ACOE camping I paid $14/night as I pay half with my Senior National Park Pass.of regular $28/night.

The next moring I drove east to a friend I had not seen in over 23 years.  We talked and went out to lunch.  It was great seeing him as we used to commute to work for years

. After lunch I drove to Bandits Roost ACOE in Wilksboro, North Carolina.  Picture above 

Above is my campsite at Bandits Roost ACOE where I spent 2 nights.  There I met a woman camping in her plug-in RAV4.  I enjoyed the conversation we had both days.  It’s always fun to meet other like minded people..

On my 2 night stay at Bandits Roost, I looked for a disc golf course to get some disc throwing in.and to my surprise on the opposite side of the lake is Fort Hambly ACOE Park with disc golf.  I couldn’t ask for anything more convienient.

It turned out that this 18 hole course would be one of the most difficult I have ever played.  There are severe elevation changes.  My disc got sone bad rolls down hills.  Sone baskets were on the edge of steep drop offs.  

The above picture shows my second throw lay with the top of the basket dead center over the the crest

 My next throw went in the basket for a pat 3😁

Above in the picture is the tee off location where you throw the disk off the Topo DCS wooded hill with a basket near the lake at the bottom.  I guess I was lucky to hit a tree to stop my disk possibly hitting sone fishermen before taking a swim.

This was the steepest grade to hike on the course and the leaves were dry and slippery.  I could have used spikes.

My next night stay before heading to son’s house in Md was Salthouse Beach ACOE in Henry, Virginia, above.  This wasn’t the most convenient to stay as it left me with a six hour drive the next day.  It turned out ok

As seen out my back door I was close to other campers.  I spend most of my travels with significant distance to others in the desert, but campgrounds such as this brings me closer to others and it’s ok but not my preference.

I hope you get to try ACOE campgrounds, especially if you are like me and get them half price.  It was very nice having cold nights and using my electric heater to keep it warm inside.  You can’t beat the hot shower and electricity for $14/night

Brent

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