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We made a campfire, roasted hot dogs and melted marshmallows to make s'mores before winding it down for the evening. On Saturday, Gretchen suggested we rent a boat (OK... she was suggesting it all week). My cheap-skate mindset was getting the best of me until she reminded me how much I spend on my Canoes & Kayaks and then we headed over to Park Marina (they are located in the SP) where we rented an 18' Bayliner for half of the day. 
I'm so glad she was persistent on this as the area all around the SP is completely free of houses and there was only a few other boats out on the lake with us which offered us some awesome views.
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We found a secluded cover where we anchored and went swimming for a long while. As I mentioned at the top of this post, this whole trip is preparing us for the times ahead. Yep, we're staring down the whole "empty nest" path and while I'd do ANYTHING for my kids, I'm also excited for Gretchen and I to start focusing heavily on ourselves, too. Life is great my friends!!
Before our time ran out, we drove under the bridge that we drove in on and then went down to the cover cove where our yurt was sitting sits above.
What's that? You don't see our yurt in the picture above? Don't worry, we couldn't see it either, but I promise it is up there!
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Speaking of Canoes & Kayaks, I bought a copy of Canoeing & Kayaking Georgia when we had to go back to the check-in station after we realized we left the campground gate code back in the yurt for the campground. I noodled over the book for a bit while relaxing back at our campsite and found a number of trips that looked like a lot of fun.
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All in all, we had a great trip and I'm so glad we ducked out of town (, even if not too far out , of town ) for some time together connecting on a personal level and enjoying the beauty of nature. I'm so fired up, I'm going to go book reservations at the last two of the Yurts of Georgia State Parks that I have not visited!!