Feb. 26 - 27 - Wed. & Thurs.

Wed. Was a cold, rainy day. It rained ALL day! So we decided to get some chores done. We found a laundromat & did laundry. What fun! But vacation or not, clothes have got to get washed.  At the laundromat we met a man who caught snakes. If a residence or park reported seeing a snake, mostly copperheads, he would be called to catch it. He doesn't kill them, he relocates them to a non-populated area. I had no idea copperhead snakes lived in this area, this park!  But he said with the colder weather they are not out now. They like the sun and the warm weather. He said they are very keen on vibrations, if you make noise while walking in the woods, and use a walking stick and walk heavy, they feel the vibration and will move away. (I don't think we will be taking any walks in the woods in this park!) Then we went shopping for food and supplies. Those chores took most of the day. Being that it was still raining, we took a ride to see where Myrtle  Beach was. The park we are in is in an area called Murrells Inlet.  Myrtle Beach is about half an hour away. We saw that there is a campground there also, but it is very expensive and the beach is not walking distance. We like where we are better.    

Thurs. Was sunny but very chilly. Richard took a bike ride down the bike path in the park while I did some house cleaning in the RV. ( you know me, a clean nut)
Later we took a walk to the beach, but it was so cold and windy, we were there only for a short time. We were practically the only ones on the beach. Back at the campsite Richard practiced his chipping (golf) while I relaxed and did some reading. We really like this park, being so close to the beach and decided if we came this way again we would stay here, but only if it was warmer weather so we can enjoy the beach.

Feb. 24 - 25 -Mon. & Tues.

It was about a 5 hour drive to our next site Huntington Beach S.C. St. Park. Weather was great, sunny around 68 degrees. It is a very well kept campsite and huge. There are 135 sites. There are pretty many campsites filled. A lot of RV's and even people in tents this early in the season. This is really a nice park. Our site is right across from a boardwalk that leads to a beach. By the time we got checked in and hooked up, it was cooling off. We took our bikes on the boardwalk down to the beach. It is a beautiful sand beach, just the kind we like, fine sand not shell/rocky. We will surely be spending a lot of our time here. We are at this site till Fri. Hopefully the weather will cooperate. 

We woke Tues to a sunny day... Beach here we come!! The beach is only about a 5min walk down the boardwalk. I took my chair & nook and I was set. Richard took his metal detector. Of course the water is way too cold yet, and no lifeguards are on duty yet ,but the sun was nice. After a couple of hours the sun went behind the clouds and a breeze blew in from the water & it got really chilly. So we went back to our RV and went for a bike ride around the campground. (Richard didn't find a single thing with his detector today, not even a penny!)

Feb. 22 - 24 - Sat. - Sun.

Haven't written For a few days because we had no wi-fi for my laptop and ran out of air time on my IPad. Well we made it to S. Carolina with no problems and the weather was sunny & not very much wind.We did run into an hour &half traffic jam along the expressway, but we were in no hurry,but going so slow barley moving uses a lot of gas. Our campsite was at Hamilton Branch St. Park. Along the Strom Thurmond Lake, a fishing/boating reservoir. Being this early in the season, there weren't many campers. One thing about St. Parks is that they are pitch black at night! There was a nice couple our age in the site next to us, so at least we weren't all alone. It was really out in the wilderness. The nearest little town was about  25 miles away. We noticed a lot of downed trees along the way and in the park, we thought maybe a bad thunder Strom went through recently. When we were checking out a park ranger said it was because of the bad ice Strom about a week ago. It completely snapped the trees. Our next site is at Huntington Beach S. Carolina which we heard is real nice. Well we shall see!

(I am going to try to go back and add pictures )

FEB. 21 -- FRIDAY

After the severe weather we had yesterday, we woke to a bright sunny day although it still was very windy on the road to our next stop in GA. It was strange how the highway went. We went from KY south down through TENN toward GA.See a sign saying "Welcome to Georgia" and the time changes on our cell phones.We follow the highway west go several miles, then we see a sign saying "Welcome to TENN" Huh ??? How can we be back in TENN when we stayed on the same highway. We kept going and see another sign "Welcome to Georgia" we felt like we were going in a circle when we were still going on the same road! We stopped at the welcome center in GA and the lady at the desk laughed and said that confused a lot of people. She said the road touches right at a corner of GA & TENN for about 13 miles. I still don't understand it. But we arrived at our destination in Adairsville, Ga. It is just a small "hole in the wall" campsite which is run by a nice older man (probably 80).  We said we had a reservation which was paid for. He said he doesn't make reservations only drive-ins. Richard said he talked to a lady & paid by credit card. He said there is no lady working there only him., & he never takes credit cards. He was very nice,but this has never happened in the 3 previous years of RVing. Richard makes all the reservations by phone,with a credit card &usually we have a conf.number.Wouldn't you know this time we didn't have one, and of course I didn't have the credit card statement showing the charge, so we had no proof. The man said he would give us a night for $17.50 cash only. It was only for one night so we agreed. Later Richard was walking around the campsite & talked to a man walking his dog & he said he thinks the man is getting  a little forgetful. Oh well, it can happen to us one day! Well tomorrow we head for South Carolina.
P.S. As soon as I can figure how to put pictures on the blog, I will. (I forgot how from last year -- age does affect memory!)

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Feb. 20 - Thurs

Well after our long, harsh, snowy winter and a 3 day delay because of the weather, Paupers Pride is finally on the road again on our way to sunny Florida!!! You are welcome to "come along with us" via our blog journal. When we left home this morning, it was raining and we pretty much had rain off and on the whole day. On top of the rain, it was extremely windy. I was nervous, but Richard keeps his cool & handled it just fine.This was to be a long driving day. Our first campsite is in Cave City, Ky a little over 400 miles. Because of the rain & wind we had to keep a slower pace. When we got to the Indiana/Kentucky state line, we ran into a detour. There was construction over the Ohio river so the detour cost us almost an hour travel time on top of the fact that because of the time change, we also were already going to lose an hour. We finally made it to our first stop"Singing Hills Campground" and it was just starting to get dusk. In fact Richard had to hook up the electricity and water using a flashlight & lantern.We left home at 8:45 a.m. & arrived at 6:35 p.m. Then we got the TV going & the first thing on it was a severe weather warning for storms & high winds with possible tornados!! (Great, we leave all the snow in Illinois & come to Ky & get severe weather). We were told that if conditions got bad, we were to go to the bath house on the campground. We decided to have some supper (campbells chicken noodle soup).It looked like the real severe storms were to the north of us, but it really poured. Thank goodness our RV doesn't have any leaks and believe me we checked all over. As I am sitting here writing this it is pouring with lightning & thunder. Of course Richard is sound asleep, it is 8:10. He was really tired after all that driving. I will not be able to go to sleep until these storms are over, I am keeping watch. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better driving day. It is only about a 5 hr drive to our next stop in Adairsville, Georgia.