Winter Excursion 8, Day 60

It's hard to believe we're two months into this winter's trip. The time has gone way too fast.

We stayed in camp today except for a quick trip to McClellanville seafood market for some shrimp and to gas up the truck on the way back.

We spent the day slowly packing up as we want to leave early tomorrow. It's a four hour drive to George L. Smith SP, GA. We plan to leave here around 0900 so we have the whole afternoon to set up. We are looking forward to four months of Full Hookups! 

We start work on 1 Jan and the "Find of the Day" will be alive and well. We are anxious to see what treasures we happen upon this year. 

Winter Excursion 8, Day 59

We left camp for the Kid's house for the last time on this winter's trip.

Cath did laundry and I cleaned up the truck.

In the afternoon we played dominoes with the Kiddos and Mary (the other Grandma). A good time was had by all.

We stayed for dinner and then waited for Brian to get home. It's a busy weekend for him and he didn't get home until 2130. We hung out for awhile and then said our goodbyes. We hope to see them either at our host job or drive up to them on a long weekend.

It's been a fun six weeks with the Kiddos and we will miss them.

We got back to camp around 2300 and will sleep like bears tonight.

Oh yea...if anyone was wondering the campground dump station is open for business! Never thought a dump station would be on my list of worries! 

Winter Excursion 8, Day 58

We left camp and drove to the Naval Weapons Station to do some commissary and PX shopping. 

On the way we stopped at a Bojangles for lunch. I was all set for some chicken strips and fixins'. Cath said she wanted the same. The strip combos come in 3, 5, or 7 strips. We both wanted 3. So I ordered a #3 with fries and a #3 with dirty rice. The girl at the counter handed me a bag, we got our drinks and sat down. When I opened the bag there were two breakfast sandwiches, fries, and dirty rice in the bag! On my way to the counter to complain I glanced at the menu and it seems the strip combo is #9 (not #3). Now I know I'm gettin' old!

After shopping we drove to Yeaman's Hall to meet up with Brian. He gave us a tour of the entire place including the clubhouse, golf course, maintenance areas, "on property" houses (mansions, but they call them cottages), and some of the walking trails. The highlight for us was the houses and the Live Oaks. There are groves of these giant, old trees and they are breathtaking!

This pic gives you an idea of the size. That's Cath and Brian under the tree.

There are walking trails all through the groves.

This one has a pine tree growing up through the branches. You can see part of the golf course in the background.

It was a perfect day for a tour and a ride in the golf cart!

We left around 1700 and met the entire family at EVOs, one of our favorite brick oven pizza joints. Their local beers on tap and pretty good also!

We got back to camp around 1930. It's been a long, fun day.

Winter Excursion 8, Day 57

It did rain most of the night, but it was clear when we finally got up.

We did a little camp maintenance, but for the most part just relaxed and enjoyed the dry weather for a change. Now if the campground dump station leach field would just drain a little life would be perfect. Weather is forecast to be dry for the next week or so.

We played some cribbage in the afternoon. Cath came up with a new trick. Seems that when she is losing she will just tip over the table, and dump the cribbage board, so we don't know where our pegs were. Then we have to start the game over! What a tatic!😂 

The campground filled up yesterday and today. Most folks are staying through the New Year. We will be leaving New Year's Eve heading to Georgia and hosting.

Winter Excursion 8, Day 56

The day after Christmas.

Everyone was finally up by 0900. We had a nice breakfast that included chocolate croissants. I'd never even heard of them. It was quite interesting to taste some keesh, a sip of coffee, then a bite of dark chocolate!

Cath and I headed back to camp around noon in between the rain showers. Then it rained almost all afternoon. The campground is once again flooded as it had never really dried out from the last drenching we had. The dump station is once again closed because the leach field is flooded. We hope it reopens before we leave as the tanks are filling up and our "blue tote" is full of gray water! The forecast is for rain all night, but clear for the next week.

We spent the afternoon setting up Cath's new Pixel Smartwatch 2. See got it from Santa!

After all the feasting the past few days we had spaghetti for dinner. Then a little TV and off to bed. As usual we will sleep good tonight! 

Winter Excursion 8, Day 55

Christmas Day!

Amazingly enough the Kiddos did not come out of their bedroom until 0730!

Then the fun began.

Here's a pic of the tree with all the gifts neatly stacked by Santa. That didn't last long.

Wesley got to play Santa and hand out all the presents. 

FatHeads for Wesley's room.

Both Kiddos got their Bug-A-Salt guns! They were disappointed there is no bugs around. It's been too cold.

The last gift opened was the ping pong paddles. The Kiddos realized what was going on and rushed to the garage. The new table was a big hit.

The rest of the day was spent playing with all the new things (the adults too).

Christmas dinner was a huge hit. The beef filet was fab. Nicole's Mashed Potatoes were a hit before and during the meal!

Another fun Christmas was had by the Boss Family!

Winter Excursion 8, Day 54

We didn't leave camp for the Kid's house until 1400. We spent the morning eating a nice breakfast, cleaning up the camper, and getting ready to be at the Kid's house for the next two days.

We had a very nice Low Country Boil for dinner, After the game we watched a little football and a Christmas movie. 

It seems Santa left a really nice ping pong table in the garage. Problem was it was not assembled. So Brian and I tackled the job after the Kiddos were in bed. We finished up around 0100 Christmas morning.

Everyone will sleep very lightly tonight because Santa Claus is coming to town!

Merry Christmas to all who are reading this.