McKinney Campground, Lake Allatoona

August 6-9, 2012 McKinney Campground, Lake Allatoona

We arrived early afternoon at McKinney Campground on Lake Allatoona. McKinney is another US Army Corps of Engineers location and as usual, beautiful. Our site was right on the lake where we enjoyed a beautiful view of the water and surrounding forest. Here, we had water and electric hookup, which was welcome.  Ducks (Mottled Ducks, I believe) provided a good deal of entertainment and the deer were plentiful throughout the campground.

Our first full day saw us at the Smithsonian Civil War and Locomotive History Museum in Kennesaw, GA, where we closed the place down! There is a tremendous amount to see at the museum and it boasts a big section just for kids with interactive exhibits. Charley and Lizzie went there three different times during the day! There was a wonderful short movie about the locomotive chase (there is also a full-lenght Disney movie with Fess Parker entitled “The Great Locomotive Chase” which was made in 1956 about this incident).  We interrupted our exploration of the museum to have lunch at a very good Mexican restaurant nearby – El Taco Azteca. Their chimichanga and eggs with sausage were both spectacular and their salsa the best we’ve ever had. I loved their green sauce as well.

The next day we went into Cartersville to see if we could find a replacement for our LP/CO detector in the RV, since the LP alarm had gone off several times during the night even after Rich turned the gas off and bled out the lines.

After our unsuccessful attempt to replace the detector, we headed out to the Etowah Indian Mounds where we spent the afternoon. It was a very interesting time, with steps up to the top of the three mounds, a museum, many photos of the excavation of the mounds, and an interesting movie about the area.

Once we arrived back at camp, we got things packed up for the trip home.  The kids are asking to go for longer next summer as well as a full week at Christmas. We hope they can join us for both!

This was a great trip – we saw no accidents, had few traffic problems, the kids were great, and the museums were wonderful.  We can’t wait to get back out on the road!