Month: May 2017

On Tuesday, May 30th was our travel day to Myrtle Beach SC.  It was about a 3 hour drive on google maps, but with traffic turned into a 4 hour task.  The drive went fine but with a few tense moments as we navigated the MB city streets packed with cars.  Our MPG was 10.6 while towing.  It was good to arrive at our destination for the next 6 days. Continue reading “Travel to Myrtle Beach & a Micro Brewery”

Our 13 days stay in Charleston, SC is now coming to an end.  This is the longest stay in any one spot that we have enjoyed so far.  While there are many things to see and do in Charleston, we also had some down days at the RV park including almost 3 whole days of monsoon like rains.  Charleston had flood and tornado watches in effect.  We kept watching as the RV park lake began creeping up toward our RV.  Luckily, the rains subsided just in time, but being mobile, I could have just unplugged, hitched up, and sailed on out. Continue reading “Charleston SC part 2 and Travel Planning”

Now this travel day was about perfect.  We fueled the truck up the night before and worked on laundry and some other tasks to be able to leave by about 9:00 am.  Because a moving day is almost like going to work!  We had a whole 2-hour drive ahead of us!  After a slow start to the day and visiting with neighbors, we left about 11:30 am. Continue reading “Travel Day to Charleston, SC”

Sunday Service at the large Independent Presbyterian of Savannah

We were very lucky to attend the Sunday when the church was having its annual “Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan.”  This is an ancient Scottish ceremony whereby the clans annually rededicated their families to God.  The service began with bagpipes being played on the lawn and then a processional into the church just before the service began.  Amazing grace was one of the songs played. Outstanding. Continue reading “Sunday Church Service, Museum, & Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room”

We mostly stayed at the campground yesterday trying to plan (plot) our travels and camp reservations.  This may become more of a challenge than I thought.  Either the campground is booked up or else the rates are sky high.  We need to do more investigating on this item.  There were also almost constant showers than thunderstorms that ended up cooling things off.

We did make a run into Kroger to replenish supplies and pick up some sealant to anchor in a slide seal that had come loose.  No leaks, but I did not like the looks of it.

Our plans are now to check out of Red Gate in Savannah on the 17th and move up the coast to Charleston, SC for a 10 day stay.  Then we head north again to Myrtle Beach for 6 days.  After that we need to fill in a couple of days before returning to Virginia for a week or two.  Then we move north again.  Still working on the exact route.

We did walk to the back of the campground to a huge mansion, the site for events such as the wedding in progress during our walk.  We met a couple of retired folks in a brand new Newmar motorhome who moved in next door.  We both toured each others campers and visited for some time.  The Newmar diesel pushers are very nice, high end units.  We took the trolley tour with the couple on our other side and they left this morning at 4:00am to go back to work in Destin, FL.  These poor people who have jobs!  🙂

And finally, we finished the day at the fishing pier catching a nice large mouth bass on the first cast with an ultra-light fishing pole and spinner bait.

 

 

On our 2nd full day in Savannah, we bought the bus tour tickets.  This is the all day “hop on – hop off” buses that run continuously all day with 15 stops through the city.  The drivers provide a well scripted vivid description of the city and all historical landmarks.  It is a little pricey on our retirement budget at $30 each, but provides a good overview of the city and allows us to focus on what we want to see later on.

It was another hot and humid day and we were able to stop for lunch and see bartender Julia at the Shrimp Factory on the waterfront.  Excellent lunch and service.

After we finished the 90 minute, 15 stop tour, we walked through the historic homes section.  We both love these magnificent old homes of many different architectural styles.  While I do not know these styles, I do know they are exceptional.  There are street after street of these houses and parks.  The styles are:  Federal, Georgian, Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, Regency, Romanesque Revival and Second French Empire, all I learned from the tour guide book.

We also took the tour through the Jewish temple, Mickve Isreal, at $8 each.  A guided tour by an 80 year old gentleman and very elaborate for a Jewish temple  just due to the Gothic period in which it was built.

Hope you enjoy the pictures:

 

In our first full day at Savannah, we drove the truck into the historic district that was about a 15 minute drive from the campground.  Arriving at 9:00 am to avoid the heat of the day, we began at the visitors center, loading up on maps and information. Continue reading “Savannah GA, Walking Tour – Southern Charm”