Day 34
Well, we got off to kind of a slow start this morning, because we had to do some maintenance work, some laundry, and some walking the dog. But it was OK, because we didn’t have very far to go once we got on the road. I have to take this opportunity, though, to say one thing about this place; it is just loaded with squirrels! Every time we go out walking, the place is just littered with them! And, because I’m generally on a leash, I can’t chase them like I’m supposed to! But this morning, at the end of our walk, Don let me off leash near our rig where some of the little varmints were just running wild, and I put the fear of Dog into them; they were up the nearest trees in record time, with their little hearts pumping like crazy. I felt very pleased.
So, just about noon, we revved up the big diesel and headed north on 95 toward South Carolina. We crossed the state line about a half hour later, and came to a stop. The traffic northbound was barely crawling. This continued until we reached the Welcome Center, about four miles up the road. It seemed like everyone was peeling off to go to the Welcome Center, which looked like it was overloaded with cars, trucks and RV’s. Don thought it was very strange. We soon turned off the 95, and headed northeast to Beaufort. There were a lot of different highways to switch off to, and it seemed to be a long way, but we finally made it to our RV Park on St. Helena Island. It’s very peaceful and woodsy, and, again, overrun with squirrels. Don and I checked out the restrooms and showers, which looked good to him. We went for a walk on their nature trail, which was a boardwalk over a swamp with a sign on the gate warning us not to feed the alligators.
We all got in the truck and headed into Beaufort to go to Les’s house. When we got there, Geri and Don got a tour of Les’s home, which is really nice, they say. Then we all went for a really fun walk down to the water near Les’s home, and I found some grass that was really good to roll in. I rolled for so long that Don thought that I was having some kind of a fit. I got a lot of grass in my coat, and Don told me to shake it off. Well, Duh! I did a good shake and got rid of almost all of it. When we got back to Les’s house, Geri made me dinner and fed me in the truck; it was kind of fun to eat there. I even got my cookies after dinner. Then we went to a restaurant in a town called Port Royal, where Geri, Don and Les had their dinner. They stayed there a long time, and said that the food was outstanding when they got back to the truck. We went back to the coach then, and Don and I worked on the blog. Geri took her cough medicine and went to bed. I understand that we’ll be doing some touring tomorrow, should be interesting. See ya then!