We had fun during our stay in Opelika, Alabama but it was time to move on. About 100 miles later we landed in Montgomery Alabama, or just outside of it, at Gunter Hill campground, a Corps of Engineers Park on the Alabama River.
We have stayed there before and even though we knew there just isn't a lot to do in the area, it's still a good place to stay a few days. The sites at this park are huge, have 50-amp power and are not typical of COE parks in that this one had sewer in many of the concrete padded sites.
We did play a couple of disc golf courses in the greater Montgomery Alabama area. One was at the Lagoon Park where we played alongside a typical Southern swamp and the other was on the campus of University of Auburn-Montgomery. It was a longer course with 23 total pins. Both were fun to play and challenging enough to enjoy them.
We took a day trip one day to Prattville Alabama where we stumbled upon the Parade of Pumpkins Festival. Man, this town goes all out for Halloween with pumpkins all over the town. Prattville is a neat little town about 20 minutes away from our park.
Another cool little find was the Wlderness Park/ Bamboo Forest in Prattville. There's only a half mile trail, but it's quite interesting in that the person who originally owned the land planted bamboo of all kinds on the property. As a result, there are many species of bamboo upwards to 40 ft. tall creating an eerie and mysterious forest. It was quite a unique find we really enjoyed.
Lastly, I'd be remiss to not mention one of the places we found for a happy hour called Leroy's. It's a bit of a speakeasy/dive bar but had quite a variety of craft beers and a pretty reasonable happy hour. If in the area, check it out...
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