I grew up in the area (Anniston) and spent many enjoyable days hunting, fishing, hiking and camping in and around the State Park. (Talladega National Forest, and Chocoloca WMA, Lake Chinnabee). My wife and my favorite Sunday “cheap” date was to ride my motorcycle to Tallasse for a buffet lunch and then ride to Cheaha Mountain and enjoy the summer mountain breeze. Followed by a sunset ride back to Auburn University and back to the grind. We still occasionally get a box of fried chicken and fixings for an afternoon picnic. Your video has prompted us to take our RV up for a week now that we’re both retired.
John, that's awesome!! Yall have fun!! I wish we lived close to the the areas up there, Angel and I would go a lot more often. Thanks John, again, for watching our videos. Happy Trails & Happy Camping Mike and Angel
Thanks for the informative video. We are in site 9 upper campground this weekend. This campground was renovated right before covid. Much more level now and newer bathrooms. Oak Mountain State Park campground renovated this year. 2024. We toured it this weekend. Very nice. Also in Alabama. And Alabama’s largest park, almost 12,000 acres just 20 minutes south of Birmingham.
Hey Clay. You're welcome, Clay! We sure enjoyed Cheaha, they did a very nice good with the renovations. Angel and I have talked about Oak Mountain, maybe 2025 we'll make a trip there especially since its a little closer to us.🙂 Thanks, Clay, for watching our video and reminding us about Oak Mountain Happy Trails & Happy Camping! Mike and Angel
Yay, another Retro Owner! :) This place is so awesome, we had to show as much as possible. There is so much to see, we will definitely make another trip. You're welcome and thank you for watching.
This is in my backyard. Broke in my Retro RV there 5 years ago. Love it there. My grandson was amazed at the number of deer - who, by the way, were unfazed by our presence.
Awesome, another Retro owner!😃 Lucky you for being so close, we really enjoyed it there. We hope to visit again in the warmer months. We saw a few deer along the drive to the waterfall but not the park.☺ Thank you so much Kathy for watching our video.
Excellent! We're so glad we stayed there. You are really going to enjoy those sites. It felt a lot like we were way out in the wilderness with that view of the woods. Thanks for watching! Enjoy your Mardi Gras get-a-way. :)
Great video of the park. ....But I miss the old upper rv Campground before they modernized all the site's. You mentioned how you liked the big rocks placed at some site's. Well, that's exactly what I miss because almost all the sites had a very secluded feel with big rocks that looked natural. Like you were camping in an area in a forest. The bath house was old stone building like the tower and lodge. As a Alabama boy just 1-1/2 hours away it was and still our mtn. get away. The old shot gun house across the road from the store was the store and check in for the park. I believe it's now and still a laundry house now.
Hey Jeff. I agree, we like the campgrounds that have that natural feel to them. It was so cold during our stay we weren't able to enjoy it as much as we would have liked to. The good think is, we can go back :) Lucky you, to be able to access such a nice campground (and hiking) within an hour and a half. Thanks for your comment Jeff! And, thanks for watching our vide too. Happy Trails and Happy Camping! Mike and Angel
Hey guys! Great video! This is the guy from the museum. I've been waiting for this video to come out. We look forward to having yall back and don't forget those other places i told you about! If you need any more, feel free to get in touch
Hey!! Thanks. We have the list in the truck, I think tomorrow is a good day to reserve another Alabama Campground. Thanks for the history lesson, Angel and I really enjoy learning about the places we stay.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!! Like you said, the videos before you did great showing the campgrounds but you guys did fabulous! I am now so excited to get there.
Hey Jessica Wow, thank you so much!☺ We'd love to go back at peak season for Fall foliage. We hope yall have a great time! Thanks for watching our video, Jessica! 😀 Happy Trails & Happy Camping! Mike and Angel
Enjoy following you as you travel around,I've been going to Cheaha all my life,l live below the Mountain,if you come back try the lower Campground, that's our favorite,the upper is nice too no doubt,we like walking to the lake to swim ,sit at the lake different times of the day,fishing is fun there also.The wind is not bad at the bottom like it is up on top.
Hey Robert We plan to go to the lower loop soon. Can we assume fall is as nice as we think?? We were thinking about a fall trip for the changing of the leaves. There are a lot of trails around the area we would like to hike, doing that in fall seems like a good idea. (I'll bring my fishing pole for dem sac-a-lait 😁) Thanks Robert for following along with us and thanks for the input on the lower campground.😃 Mike and Angel
@@RetroRVRecon The fall is a great time,the Mountain is beautiful in the fall,October will be very busy so you need to book early like in a few months, the sooner the better,I know first hand in waiting to late!Sites 63 through 73 you can see the restaurant,and at night it stands out with the lights,we like going up to the pool and swim before dark and watch the Sun set,you can set on the rocks or behind the restaurant and watch the sun go down,beautiful sun sets!
We'll make another trip in the fall for sure, maybe the lower loop thou, I want to fish that pond. Sites 63-73, thanks for the heads up. On our last trip we couldn't drive through the lower loop at all so I would have never known. Its a nice campground with a lot to do. Thanks again Robert for your info on the sites, we're looking forward to checking them out.😀 Mike and Angel
I live just over an hour away, which made an easy daytrip for me to take my paddleboard out on this lake for a few hours..was pracically empty of people; no problem. It's cool to SUP at the highest lake in the state; Alabama has awesome rivers that flow to the Gulf. And yes, that hotel pool is fabulous at night. We were there on *honeymoon* in 1988.. The Restaurant there is *wonderful!*
Cheaha Falls was exactly as you said it was, beautiful! We'll consider you our personal consultant, lol. We'll be back. Thanks again Skool for all of the information your shared and thank you for watching. Happy Tails & Happy Camping Mike and Angel
Hey @burley We went in January of 2022. The folks that work there say late October is awesome for the Autumn foliage. We plan to go back in the future just for that.😃 Thanks for watching our video and we hope yall have a great time when you go.🙂 Mike and Angel
Hey Metro, thanks. No, we stopped at Cheaha Falls. We were trying to sqeeze in a lot for that wekend. We would like to return and spend more time hiking the trials in that area, they're beautiful. Maybe our next hiking trip there will be a little drier than yours. We'll let you know when we do.😃 Thanks for watching!! Mike and Angel
Hey SBD We were just talking about that, being Spring and all. Yup, we were out on a trail this weekend, all “laced up” 😁 Thanks for the reminder and thanks for watching our video 🙂 Happy Trails and Happy Camping
I just found your channel I’m a new subscriber. Have y’all ever camp at Toledo Bend lake in Sabine parish Louisiana? Thankyou for all the awesome video’s
Hey David, thanks so much for subscribing!!😃 In 2020 we had plans to camp in the Toledo Band area but because of hurricane Laura we weren't able to. It's still on our list, would you recommend a campground? We'd love to add that part of Louisiana to our list of campgrounds we've stayed in. Thanks for watching our videos David! 🙂
Thanks David, we just booked a site for late summer. We would have booked earlier but they are booked up in the spring. (It must be all those bull sac-a-lait! lol) We're gonna check out Curtis Groceries too. Thanks again David.
@@RetroRVRecon Thankyou for answering. Y’all going to love it up there and trust me y’all won’t regret going to Curtis grocery store. You are very welcome.
Well... we went, we enjoyed and we plan to go back!! Curtis Grocery was delicious!!!! It was so good we went a couple of times! Thanks again David that was a great idea! Mike and Angel
Thanks for sharing. We will be staying on site 23 in a couple weeks. Hopefully it doesn't rain and we will be riding our ebikes their. What camera did yall use if you don't mind? New subscriber here.
Hey Ted and Tina If you haven't been, you're going to enjoy Cheaha State Park. Its one of our favorites. Site 23 is a nice sight too. I would strongly suggest the water fall we mention in the video, it is so worth the short hike. Cameras... We use an OSMO Pocket / OSMO Action for video and sometimes just our cell phones for still photos. Sometimes I set up my Canon 6D on a tripod for scenic shots. Thank yall so much for watching and subscribing. Enjoy your trip. Oh... If you go to the tower and Jeremy is the ranger there, he has a wealth of knowledge he would love to share about Alabama. Safe travels.
No, not yet 😁 After we read your post we did a little research. We're going to plan something around there soon, maybe in the fall. Thanks for the information, we're always open to visit new campgrounds, especailly ones with awesome hiking trails. And... thanks for watching our video. 😀
@@RetroRVRecon No problem, I'm actually planning an impulse trip to Cheaha and Little River Canyon this or next weekend because of your video, thanks! I haven't been to either yet but have heard great things.
@@PomelloRBLX That is so cool to hear. Angel and I are always hopeful that our videos inspire folks to take a trip. Just like your comment inspired us to reseach Little River Canyon. Thanks again, you made our evening.😀 You're gonna enjoy Cheaha!
Hey Thomas Our line is being able to "safely" travel and camp. We've enjoyed camping in freezing cold as well as hot and humid. We prefer camping in the cooler months. Just being cold outside isn't a big deal, its about being able to get there and back safely. Of course we will cancel a trip if we know the weather is going to be bad. I guess if it was -10 degrees with a 20mph wind we might stay home. Maybe😄😁 Thanks for the question and thanks for continuing to watch our videos Thomas, we really appreciate it. Mike and Angel
@@RetroRVRecon I have reserv for Pine Mountain RV Resort in Pine Mountain ,Ga. in Oct for Halloween was planning taking a day trip from there to Telledega and thinking about stoping into this State Park on the way back to Pine Mountain - Curious about a maybe March camp trip Cheaha
Hi whatcha up to hope all is well prayers 4 yall and bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys travels and happy camping and prayers 4 healing and unspoken 4 everyone in the name of the Creator God and Jesus and the Holy Ghost Amen keep walking tall yall also gotta chk out guntersville state park at guntersville al it's beautiful too yall have fun 4 us too many blessings much honor and respect 🚌⛺🌅🌌🌄🏞 👍👍💪🙂👍👍
Hey Thunder Rode, Guntersville is on our list of campgrounds to visit. I think this year we'll make the trip. We'll have fun for everyone!😃😃😃 Thanks for watching and God Bless yall too!!!🙏
@@RetroRVRecon thank u much and keep praying and walking tall know the Creator God and Jesus and the Holy Ghost and our Ancestors walk with yall everyday cool u will have fun 4 us too and bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys travels and happy camping and know yall r prayed 4 with much honor and respect 🚌⛺🌅🌌🌄🏞 👍👍💪🙂👍👍
nothing more annoying than a drive through, that doesn't point the camera to the site.... You're just looking at the road, and we can't see the sites as you're naming them off.
Hey Joleen, I can think of one thing more annoying than " a drive through, that doesn't point the camera to the site....". Thanks for watching our video! Happy Trails and Happy Camping! Mike and Angel
I grew up in the area (Anniston) and spent many enjoyable days hunting, fishing, hiking and camping in and around the State Park. (Talladega National Forest, and Chocoloca WMA, Lake Chinnabee). My wife and my favorite Sunday “cheap” date was to ride my motorcycle to Tallasse for a buffet lunch and then ride to Cheaha Mountain and enjoy the summer mountain breeze. Followed by a sunset ride back to Auburn University and back to the grind. We still occasionally get a box of fried chicken and fixings for an afternoon picnic. Your video has prompted us to take our RV up for a week now that we’re both retired.
John, that's awesome!! Yall have fun!!
I wish we lived close to the the areas up there, Angel and I would go a lot more often.
Thanks John, again, for watching our videos.
Happy Trails & Happy Camping
Mike and Angel
Thanks for the informative video. We are in site 9 upper campground this weekend.
This campground was renovated right before covid. Much more level now and newer bathrooms.
Oak Mountain State Park campground renovated this year. 2024. We toured it this weekend. Very nice. Also in Alabama. And Alabama’s largest park, almost 12,000 acres just 20 minutes south of Birmingham.
Hey Clay.
You're welcome, Clay!
We sure enjoyed Cheaha, they did a very nice good with the renovations. Angel and I have talked about Oak Mountain, maybe 2025 we'll make a trip there especially since its a little closer to us.🙂
Thanks, Clay, for watching our video and reminding us about Oak Mountain
Happy Trails & Happy Camping!
Mike and Angel
I have a Riverside Retro 511. Ready to go camping. With friends. Love this place ! Thank you yall for showing everything.. Great video!
Yay, another Retro Owner! :)
This place is so awesome, we had to show as much as possible. There is so much to see, we will definitely make another trip.
You're welcome and thank you for watching.
This is in my backyard. Broke in my Retro RV there 5 years ago. Love it there. My grandson was amazed at the number of deer - who, by the way, were unfazed by our presence.
Awesome, another Retro owner!😃
Lucky you for being so close, we really enjoyed it there. We hope to visit again in the warmer months. We saw a few deer along the drive to the waterfall but not the park.☺
Thank you so much Kathy for watching our video.
I’m so glad y’all posted this! We booked the exact same site, and our friends booked 28 for our Mardi Gras break. We can’t wait to check out Cheaha!
Excellent! We're so glad we stayed there. You are really going to enjoy those sites. It felt a lot like we were way out in the wilderness with that view of the woods.
Thanks for watching!
Enjoy your Mardi Gras get-a-way. :)
Thanks for the review- we booked our site 🍻
Awesome Ed!
We want to go back there in fall, who knows 🙂 .
Thanks for watching our video, Ed.
Mike and Angel
Great video of the park. ....But I miss the old upper rv Campground before they modernized all the site's. You mentioned how you liked the big rocks placed at some site's. Well, that's exactly what I miss because almost all the sites had a very secluded feel with big rocks that looked natural.
Like you were camping in an area in a forest. The bath house was old stone building like the tower and lodge. As a Alabama boy just 1-1/2 hours away it was and still our mtn. get away. The old shot gun house across the road from the store was the store and check in for the park. I believe it's now and still a laundry house now.
Hey Jeff. I agree, we like the campgrounds that have that natural feel to them. It was so cold during our stay we weren't able to enjoy it as much as we would have liked to. The good think is, we can go back :)
Lucky you, to be able to access such a nice campground (and hiking) within an hour and a half.
Thanks for your comment Jeff! And, thanks for watching our vide too.
Happy Trails and Happy Camping!
Mike and Angel
Hey guys! Great video! This is the guy from the museum. I've been waiting for this video to come out. We look forward to having yall back and don't forget those other places i told you about! If you need any more, feel free to get in touch
Hey!!
Thanks. We have the list in the truck, I think tomorrow is a good day to reserve another Alabama Campground.
Thanks for the history lesson, Angel and I really enjoy learning about the places we stay.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!! Like you said, the videos before you did great showing the campgrounds but you guys did fabulous! I am now so excited to get there.
Hey Jessica
Wow, thank you so much!☺
We'd love to go back at peak season for Fall foliage. We hope yall have a great time!
Thanks for watching our video, Jessica! 😀
Happy Trails & Happy Camping!
Mike and Angel
Enjoy following you as you travel around,I've been going to Cheaha all my life,l live below the Mountain,if you come back try the lower Campground, that's our favorite,the upper is nice too no doubt,we like walking to the lake to swim ,sit at the lake different times of the day,fishing is fun there also.The wind is not bad at the bottom like it is up on top.
Hey Robert
We plan to go to the lower loop soon. Can we assume fall is as nice as we think?? We were thinking about a fall trip for the changing of the leaves. There are a lot of trails around the area we would like to hike, doing that in fall seems like a good idea.
(I'll bring my fishing pole for dem sac-a-lait 😁)
Thanks Robert for following along with us and thanks for the input on the lower campground.😃
Mike and Angel
@@RetroRVRecon The fall is a great time,the Mountain is beautiful in the fall,October will be very busy so you need to book early like in a few months, the sooner the better,I know first hand in waiting to late!Sites 63 through 73 you can see the restaurant,and at night it stands out with the lights,we like going up to the pool and swim before dark and watch the Sun set,you can set on the rocks or behind the restaurant and watch the sun go down,beautiful sun sets!
We'll make another trip in the fall for sure, maybe the lower loop thou, I want to fish that pond. Sites 63-73, thanks for the heads up. On our last trip we couldn't drive through the lower loop at all so I would have never known.
Its a nice campground with a lot to do. Thanks again Robert for your info on the sites, we're looking forward to checking them out.😀
Mike and Angel
I live just over an hour away, which made an easy daytrip for me to take my paddleboard out on this lake for a few hours..was pracically empty of people; no problem.
It's cool to SUP at the highest lake in the state; Alabama has awesome rivers that flow to the Gulf.
And yes, that hotel pool is fabulous at night. We were there on *honeymoon* in 1988..
The Restaurant there is *wonderful!*
Aww thank you for the kind words
Cheaha Falls was exactly as you said it was, beautiful! We'll consider you our personal consultant, lol. We'll be back.
Thanks again Skool for all of the information your shared and thank you for watching.
Happy Tails
&
Happy Camping
Mike and Angel
Mike and Angel, thanks for the great videos, what time frame were y’all at the campground? We are wanting to go in the area to see fall foilage
Hey @burley
We went in January of 2022. The folks that work there say late October is awesome for the Autumn foliage. We plan to go back in the future just for that.😃
Thanks for watching our video and we hope yall have a great time when you go.🙂
Mike and Angel
Thanks for the info and us fellow Cajuns need to plan a group trip
Excellent video my friend! Hav eyou hiked the Chin Pin Sky loop trail before at Cheaha? Following
Hey Metro, thanks.
No, we stopped at Cheaha Falls. We were trying to sqeeze in a lot for that wekend. We would like to return and spend more time hiking the trials in that area, they're beautiful. Maybe our next hiking trip there will be a little drier than yours. We'll let you know when we do.😃
Thanks for watching!!
Mike and Angel
Alabama is full of awesome things but better lace up them hiking boots. You guys go check out the sipsy wilderness one day 🤙🏽
Hey SBD
We were just talking about that, being Spring and all.
Yup, we were out on a trail this weekend, all “laced up” 😁
Thanks for the reminder and thanks for watching our video 🙂
Happy Trails and Happy Camping
I just found your channel I’m a new subscriber. Have y’all ever camp at Toledo Bend lake in Sabine parish Louisiana? Thankyou for all the awesome video’s
Hey David, thanks so much for subscribing!!😃
In 2020 we had plans to camp in the Toledo Band area but because of hurricane Laura we weren't able to. It's still on our list, would you recommend a campground? We'd love to add that part of Louisiana to our list of campgrounds we've stayed in.
Thanks for watching our videos David!
🙂
Thanks David, we just booked a site for late summer. We would have booked earlier but they are booked up in the spring. (It must be all those bull sac-a-lait! lol) We're gonna check out Curtis Groceries too.
Thanks again David.
@@RetroRVRecon Thankyou for answering. Y’all going to love it up there and trust me y’all won’t regret going to Curtis grocery store. You are very welcome.
Well... we went, we enjoyed and we plan to go back!! Curtis Grocery was delicious!!!! It was so good we went a couple of times!
Thanks again David that was a great idea!
Mike and Angel
Thanks for sharing. We will be staying on site 23 in a couple weeks. Hopefully it doesn't rain and we will be riding our ebikes their. What camera did yall use if you don't mind? New subscriber here.
Hey Ted and Tina
If you haven't been, you're going to enjoy Cheaha State Park. Its one of our favorites. Site 23 is a nice sight too. I would strongly suggest the water fall we mention in the video, it is so worth the short hike.
Cameras... We use an OSMO Pocket / OSMO Action for video and sometimes just our cell phones for still photos. Sometimes I set up my Canon 6D on a tripod for scenic shots.
Thank yall so much for watching and subscribing.
Enjoy your trip.
Oh... If you go to the tower and Jeremy is the ranger there, he has a wealth of knowledge he would love to share about Alabama.
Safe travels.
@@RetroRVRecon thanks so much.
Hello, Thank you so much for your review! What time of year were you there?
Hey Ann, we were there in January, it was COLD! (for us Louisiana folks 😁)
Thank you for watching our video,.
Happy Trails & Happy Camping!
Have you been to Little River Canyon and DeSoto State Park? I've heard a lot of nice things about that area.
No, not yet 😁
After we read your post we did a little research. We're going to plan something around there soon, maybe in the fall.
Thanks for the information, we're always open to visit new campgrounds, especailly ones with awesome hiking trails. And... thanks for watching our video. 😀
@@RetroRVRecon No problem, I'm actually planning an impulse trip to Cheaha and Little River Canyon this or next weekend because of your video, thanks! I haven't been to either yet but have heard great things.
@@PomelloRBLX That is so cool to hear. Angel and I are always hopeful that our videos inspire folks to take a trip. Just like your comment inspired us to reseach Little River Canyon.
Thanks again, you made our evening.😀
You're gonna enjoy Cheaha!
Got a question, how cold is too cold to camp? Where do you draw the line?
Hey Thomas
Our line is being able to "safely" travel and camp. We've enjoyed camping in freezing cold as well as hot and humid. We prefer camping in the cooler months. Just being cold outside isn't a big deal, its about being able to get there and back safely. Of course we will cancel a trip if we know the weather is going to be bad. I guess if it was -10 degrees with a 20mph wind we might stay home. Maybe😄😁
Thanks for the question and thanks for continuing to watch our videos Thomas, we really appreciate it.
Mike and Angel
what month was this?
Hey shaundavidson
This trip was January. It was cold and still fun.
Thanks for watching our video!
Mike and Angel
@@RetroRVRecon I have reserv for Pine Mountain RV Resort in Pine Mountain ,Ga. in Oct for Halloween
was planning taking a day trip from there to Telledega and thinking about stoping into this State Park on the way back to Pine Mountain - Curious about a maybe March camp trip Cheaha
Hi whatcha up to hope all is well prayers 4 yall and bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys travels and happy camping and prayers 4 healing and unspoken 4 everyone in the name of the Creator God and Jesus and the Holy Ghost Amen keep walking tall yall also gotta chk out guntersville state park at guntersville al it's beautiful too yall have fun 4 us too many blessings much honor and respect
🚌⛺🌅🌌🌄🏞
👍👍💪🙂👍👍
Hey Thunder Rode, Guntersville is on our list of campgrounds to visit. I think this year we'll make the trip. We'll have fun for everyone!😃😃😃
Thanks for watching and God Bless yall too!!!🙏
@@RetroRVRecon thank u much and keep praying and walking tall know the Creator God and Jesus and the Holy Ghost and our Ancestors walk with yall everyday cool u will have fun 4 us too and bless great healthy peaceful safe journeys travels and happy camping and know yall r prayed 4 with much honor and respect
🚌⛺🌅🌌🌄🏞
👍👍💪🙂👍👍
nothing more annoying than a drive through, that doesn't point the camera to the site.... You're just looking at the road, and we can't see the sites as you're naming them off.
Hey Joleen, I can think of one thing more annoying than " a drive through, that doesn't point the camera to the site....".
Thanks for watching our video!
Happy Trails and Happy Camping!
Mike and Angel