Pre-Labor Day

We camped at RCRV this weekend and just chilled out for the most part. We are looking forward to having a huge holiday weekend on Labor Day! We had some new customers this weekend that were really nice and they loved our campground. One is staying for a month and the other is comign back the weekend after Labor Day. I fished the river on Friday and Saturday and caught good numbers of smallmouth bass, not too many big ones though. We did see a bald eagle soaring along the river on Saturday. Rex and I took some time on Sunday morning to install a coax. into the basement of the 5th wheel so we can watch TV outside on the upcoming cool fall nights. I hope everyone will get a chance to camp this Labor Day! I hope a lot of campers will also join us this fall for some great fall camping.

Finally! the new sites are open

Its been a long month of construction but we opened the new 8 sites this weekend and two campers already moved in. We have some dressing up to do, weedeating and mulching etc. but they should be great for Labor Day. We are almost booked for the holiday weekend so I suspect that even the new sites will be full for the holiday. I hope some of them will take us up on some fall camping. It really is a great time to be out by a campfire. We stayed on one of the new sites this weekend and the weather was great all weekend. I spent a lot of time at the river this weekend. Sunday afternoon we floated from Leesville Dam to what we call the sand pit. We must have caught 20 smallmouth, and a lot of red-eye perch. We dont have river access at the campground yet, but there are several fun floats within a 15 min drive of Running Cedar. The Staunton River offers something for everyone. Leesville Dam to Alatavista is a whole day trip, probably 8-9 hours if you stop much. It can be broken down into more manageable stretches. Leesville Dam to Goose Creek, Goose Creek to Rt, 43, and Rt. 43 to Altavista. The river has really good small mouth fishing along with Class I and II rapids that are fun for novice to expert. The park at Altavista offers a great take out boat ramp. Bring your canoes and kayaks to Running Cedar and ask us to help you plan a float down the river it will be a great time for the family.