Fun at Fort Jackson and Tybee Island

We watched a revolutionary war program that was so informative.

Just as they were about to fire the cannon this big ship got in the way

Hiawatha volunteered for the army. He was a good sport!

The mosquitoes were biting!

Inside the fort there are a lot of informative displays

On to Tybee Island for a late lunch at Sting Rays..,

Great day for outdoor dining

Nice walk on the beach!

Blackened Mahi Mahi and sting rays famous gumbo.  It was so good!  Hope everyone has a safe new years eve!  We are safely tucked away back in the camper to ring in the new year

 

Downtown Savannah

 

 

We went to Historic Savannah this morning.  We opted for the trolley tour since Hiawatha coughed about all night and wasn't feeling too good.  We like the trolley tours because the trolley driver always knows a lot of local lore that you don't get just walking around.

 

The temperature was in the 80's so there were lots of people down along the river.  They bring some huge ships into this harbor.

We toured the Sorrell-Weed home.  This is supposed to be the most haunted room in Savannah.  They guide said that they regularly have to help people out of this room because they get all weirded out.  Other than a little musty smelling; I didn't notice anything.  At one point in our tour of the house a door to a room across the hall from the room we were touring slammed shut pretty hard and made everyone jump.  This house is on the "haunted Savannah" tour.

The lady of the house jumped to her death from the 3rd floor balcony after she found her husband in a compromising situation with the nanny.  Supposedly this event socially destroyed the Sorrell family

 

We ate fish and chips at Spunky's on the river.  It was pretty good.  Hiawatha didn't finish his plate; so that tells you he isn't feeling too good.

 

Tomorrow we are touring Fort Jackson...stay tuned!

Next Stop: Savannah

Departed Magnolia Springs State Park @ 9:am.  Going to tour a museum in the park and then travel 80 miles to Savannah oaks rv resort.

Still congested on my part but feeling some better. Hiawtha's ankles look better but he was up all night coughing. 

More updates tonight!

This was site 12 at Magnolia Springs

 

This river runs thru the Savannah Oaks RV resort. 

Nice fishing pier and boat launch

Obviously not a state park.  A private cg puts you in like sardines; but it has it good side too...free wifi, cable, pool and fhu

 

We have made a trip to the local Walmart for supplies.  I always forget how slowly things move in the south.  Takes some getting used to. 

Destination magnolia springs state park

Most of the coastal cgs are full this week, so we left Betty's rv at 9:30 am for millen ga and Magnolia springs state park.  It is a beautiful park with spacious sites. W/e only but the dump station is easily accessed on the way into the park.  We are in a nice pull thru site and hope that we feel good enough to walk some of the trails later.  Hiawatha's ankles look like tree trunks today so I am trying to encourage him to prop them up. Over the air tv is good here.  Cell service not great and no wifi.

The nature trail provided snakes, alligators and turtles in a beautiful clear natural spring.  I continue to be a "snake magnet"!

We woke up and got on the road by 8:30 and headed on down I-26.  We were 231 miles from my nephew's house.  We expected the traffic to be really heavy, but it was very light.  I guess we just travel earlier than most.  The road between Ashville and Columbia is very hilly and curvy and rough.  I think that it is easier to travel in the mountains of eastern Kentucky than the small, curvy hills of western North Carolina.  When we got to Columbia I called Betty's RV park to see if they had a vacancy.  They were full, but since we are self contained we could park in their overflow area for $10 cash  a night.  So we thought we might as well try it out.  The park was easy to get to and when we got there they had laid huge pieces of cardboard down for us to park on because the grass was so wet and muddy and we had a water hookup and 30 amp electric.  The park is mostly workers at the atomic plant and stay here full time.

Hiawatha is still coughing his head off, so he stayed behind in the camper while I went to visit these two cuties:

 

I am wearing a mask because I have some congestion and although I think that it is only allergies; better safe than sorry where children are concerned.

 

Stay tuned tomorrow as we travel for parts unknown. 

 

I love being back in my flip flops!

 

On the road!

We left home today at about 11:30 am.  Traveling south on I-75 was easy traveling today.  I guess most people will wait until tomorrow to go home from the holidays.  The trip went by faster because we were listening to the UK/UL basketball game which was a barn burner. 

We stopped at the Strawberry plains exit for fuel and a break and then traveled thru the tunnels of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park to our stop for the first night at a campground that we have stayed at several times..Pride Rv in Waynesville, NC   This campground is $20 a night in winter, full hookup, 1 mile from I-40 and has free wifi and pull thru sites.  We like the pull thru sites because we don't have to unhook for just an over night stay.

A creek runs thru this campground and it is pretty high right now because of the large amount of rainfall.

PACKING

The worst part of traveling is the dreaded packing.  I always pack too much!  We are heading south in a few days, so why am I packing sweatpants..I guess I just like to "be prepared"  I just hope that my preparedness doesn't put us over the cargo capacity of our RV!  Time will tell!