Days 3 & 4 of 166 Days of RV Adventures in the Summer of 2026

We are spending three nights at Creekfire RV Resort, a low-country Cove Community in Savannah, GA. Our friends make it a point to stay here every chance they get. We were scheduled to stay here in 2022, but our travel plans changed and we have not gotten back here until now.

But, I need to back up. Years ago, Charlie and I worked for Carefree, a mobile home and RV community owner. They owned over 100 communities in the US and Canada. I always described Carefree as a company that was owned by five friends, three of those friends were Terry Harrell, Colleen Edwards, and Dave Napp. Carefree sold all its holdings to Sun Communities. The former owners had to “stay out of the RV park business” for a period of time. When that time was over, Cove Communities was founded. 

It was 2017 and the manufactured housing industry veterans Colleen Edwards and David Napp, with backing from Montgomery Street Partners created Cove. CO – Colleen and VE - Dave. Edwards and Napp, who previously founded Encore Communities and Carefree Communities, established the venture to acquire high-quality RV and manufactured home communities. Colleen and David founded the firm and served as active leaders, retiring in 2024, at which point Montgomery Street Partners recapitalized their equity interests. The pair brought over 23 years of experience in the industry, having previously acquired over 185 communities. Under their tenure, the company acquired over 250 RV and manufactured home sites across the US, Canada, and the UK. As of May 2026, the leadership of Cove Communities is James R. Goldman, who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in late 2024 following the retirement of founders Colleen Edwards and David Napp.

Okay, back to current times… Friday night, we enjoyed a few drinks and dinner at the Lakehouse, the on-site restaurant. Even though it was overcast, the setting was perfect and the night was too! 

I enjoyed the happy hour margaritas and Charlie had rum and Pepsi. We shared chicken fingers with fries. 

The only wildlife we saw was this beautiful Monarch butterfly!

Our first full day here was Saturday May 9^th; it was an overcast day. But, we were determined to get into the lazy river! 

We waited until later in the afternoon, hoping it would warm up! It did not! We got in and acclimated to the water temperature and enjoyed floating around. It was very full of kids and adults. The adults were floating around, just like us, but the kids were in and out of the water, jumping in the river, swimming against the flow and generally being unruly. We decided that we had enough and headed back to the RV. We cleaned up and went back to the Lakehouse. 

On Saturday night they have entertainment, tonight it was a piano man, Joe Jarka. A piano player, a singer and a human jukebox! He began his musical career in Syracuse, NY. In the early '90s when a desire for a move to a warmer climate brought him to Savannah, Georgia, the party band "Double Down" was born featuring Joe on keyboards and lead vocals. This band was a mainstay in the Savannah music scene for years. In 2000, Joe was hired to play at a brand new establishment as one of their featured "Dueling Piano Players". This was a fantastic opportunity and Joe has been honing his craft alongside some of the most talented and creative people in show business ever since! It was a great evening of music, Creekfire Shrimp, and liquid libations.

Sunday, Mother’s Day, started out overcast and drizzling. But as the day dawned, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared and the blue sky and the sunshine came out! 

During my walk, I enjoyed the lake and the marshy areas in the resort. After my walk, we enjoyed a quite morning at the RV.

We enjoyed watching the neighbors! Yes, they are escape artists! 

These cute little goats live next door to the resort! These two little ones found a spot to get under the fence! 

One of their friends tried, but he was too big! The goats acted like they did this all the time! We left to go to the lazy river, before they decided to go home!

It turned out to be a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon at the lazy river. We went between 11am and 3pm. We picked this time, because check out is 11am and check in is 2pm. We figured that it might not too busy. We were right! Today was a much better day at the lazy river! It was still cool, when you first got in… but your body adjusted! We enjoyed floating around the river. We got out a few times to cool down, because the sun was hot! 

We enjoyed a few beers during our afternoon of relaxing in the lazy river. Charlie had a blonde ale from St Petersburg FL and I had a Peanut Butter & Jelly Cream Ale from No BS in Livonia NY. Delicious!

We are waiting for the sunset… we might actually be able to see one tonight! Nope, the clouds came in again!

Tomorrow we head to Santee State Park for two nights!

Stay tuned for more Two Lane Adventures!