Name: Camping at Hiwassee's Gee Creek Campground
Start: 2014-06-06T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2014-06-08T16:00:00-05:00

The Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic Rivers State Park's "Gee Creek" campground is a haven and a home-away-from-home to many river users. Campsites are more tent-friendly than most. We have a large open field that serves as overflow to the 43 campsites. Some of the campsites are close enough to the river to be lulled to sleep each night by the sound of rushing water. An easy walk will lead you along the river's edge for fishing, nature walks or a brisk dip in the cold waters.

Gee Creek primitive campground has 43 sites, each with a table, fire ring and a grill. Public water and a bathhouse containing sinks, commodes, and hot showers are located near the center of the campground. Campsites are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis, and there is a fee for their use.

In addition to camping and hiking, I thought those interested could do a float down the Hiwassee with tubes on Saturday, and then possibly a white water rafting trip down the Ocoee on Sunday. If there is interest in this trip, I will take a poll and then do a sign-up for what folks are wanting to do.

****Mary has let me know that we can now reserve our campsites. This is a very good thing and we should take advantage of that. I am going to ask that anyone who RSVPs for this trip do two things:

First ~ If you are adding guests when to your RSVP, please let me know how many tents you will be using for you and your guests. If you are RSVPing for only yourself, I will assume you will be using one tent. If you plan on sharing a tent with someone else who is coming that has also RSVPed please let me know that, also. This will help me to determine how many campsites we will need.

Second ~ I am going to need payment from all who RSVP in advance. I was going to get about 6 campsites myself and let people pay me back, but it totals $175 for the three nights for all six. I think it will be easiest for it to be priced per tent, so it will be a two night total of $9.75 for each tent. There will be 3 tents on each campsite. If you want one by yourself, let me know or go ahead and reserve your own. Just let me know if that's what you are going to do. I am going to go ahead and get one campsite so that I know mine is in place. I may need two tent spots out of the campsite I am getting, so that will leave 1 or 2 tent spots at my campsite. The earlier we reserve the campsites, the more likely we will be able to be near each other so that we can easily interact. I am getting campsite A10 (because I like hearing the water at night). For every $29.22 I receive, I can reserve one campsite for the weekend, so the faster the money gets to me, the better. Please note that if there are more than 4 ppl on a campsite, there will be a slightly higher charge enforced when we arrive. :) My Paypal account is linked to t.haviland@comcast.net but if anyone wants to send me a check, please message me and I will give you an address.****

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