Winter Excursion 10, Day 63

We left camp this morning just before 0900. The five hour drive to Dames Ferry State Park, GA was uneventful, which is want we want.

We arrived at the park around 1430 and were greeted by some of the employees and the other camp host. They were happy to see us. You would think we were their long lost best friends. It did our heart good to know that they really like us! 

We did minimal set up as it is windy and temps are in the low 40s. They are supposed to dip in the 20s tonight.

We really love this park and our site. The view of the lake is specular from our site. The sunsets are usually fantastic. I'll post pics over the next four months.

All is well in the Boss Camp! 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 62

We spent the day packing up, getting any last minute supplies we needed, and cleaning up the camper and our site.

We met the Kids, Kiddos, and Mary at Holy City Brewery. We had a great meal. The Philly Steak Hoagies were on special. The beer was good as usual.

Here's Brian and my favorite Granddaughter.

This is Wesley and Nicole by this giant thing I have no idea what it is!

Here's Cath and Mary (Nicole's Mom).

And Cath and I.

We all said our goodbyes and Cath and I were in bed by 2100. We are off to Dames Ferry and Camp Hosting tomorrow.

It's been a fun six weeks in Charleston!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 61

Around lunch time we went over to the Kids house. Brian and I taped off the new front door and he started the staining process. It is going to look great, by it will take around five coats!

We all left for a movie around 1500. For the past week or so we have been watching all the Avatar flics. The new one (#3) just came out and we got to see it in 3D. It was fabulous!

After the show everyone went to Evos Pizza for a late dinner. It was really good as usual.

We were home by 2100 and in bed by 2130.

Tomorrow is pack-up and say goodbye day!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 60

It was a very lazy day! We are still recovering from all the festivities!

I did a small rework on the extra sewer hose carrier. I was not happy with one of the clamps, now I'm happy.

We hung out at camp all day and yakked with a few of the neighbors. I did a walk around the campground and picked out the sites we would like for next year. This site tends to flood when it rains, like 2 inches deep!

We got our KFC fix for dinner, watched a little TV, and hit the rack early.

Two more days here and we are off to Georgia. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 59

We got back to camp this morning around 1100. We had a really fun time the past few days with the Kids and Kiddos, but it was nice to be back to our tiny house.

We put away all our Christmas stuff and did a little camp maintenance.

We made a commissary run and picked up a few things we needed.

For the most part today we just relaxed, it will take a few days to recover from all the festivities! 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 58

Merry Christmas!

The usual Christmas craziness started around 0730. As the Kiddos are getting older we get to sleep in past 0400! 

After breakfast it was time for Brian and I to go to work. Here's my work outfit.

Kennedy helped me with the new wig and beard. This suit is really hot and with the warm weather it was an uncomfortable four hours at Brian's Club. We got back home around 1500.

Christmas Dinner was fantastic. We had a beef tenderloin done on the grill rotisserie with all the fixins'.

After we got everything all cleaned up we watched another movie, but only a few of us made it through the whole thing. These crazy days and late nights are getting to us older folks! LOL!  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 57

We left camp this morning and drove over to the Kids and Kiddos house. We will be spending the next two days there.

The weather here has turned very warm. Our temps are in the high 70s and forecast to stay that way for awhile.

After all her baking Cath finally put out a plate of cookies! After all it is Christmas Eve!

They were gone in an hour, so she put out some more.

We had our traditional Low Country Boil for dinner.

After dinner we watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I think I see something new each time I watch it. 

After the movie it was off to bed. Santa's coming tonight!
 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 56

We made a quick trip into town to pickup shrimp for our Low Country Boil tomorrow and a few pounds for ourselves. We dropped off two pounds at the Kid's house and vaced up our two pounds back at camp and froze it. The shrimp in this area is the best!

We spent the afternoon in camp getting everything ready for Christmas.  I even washed the truck! 

Tomorrow we will head to the Kids & Kiddos for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. 

We made our World Famous Wings for dinner, they are always good.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 55

I thought we were going to have another relaxing day. I was wrong. It was laundry day! The best part was we finished in about 2 hours as we used the local laundromat. 

We stopped at Lidl Grocery again. We wanted to pick up some of their soft pretzels and rolls. The rolls reminded us of the brotchen we remember from Germany.

The rest of the day we did a little camp maintenance and chilled.

We grilled a steak, air fried some French fries, and made a tossed salad. My favorite meal!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 54

We left the Kid's house this morning and were back at the camper by noon. It was good to be back "home". We both noticed how quiet it was without the Kiddos and Corgis. 

We just relaxed and watched all the football games in the afternoon.

After dinner it was not long before we hit the hay. I'm sure we will sleep very good!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 53

Everyone slept in a little and after a nice breakfast we got the day started.

Brian and I had a nice long walk with the dogs. Then we spent some time cleaning up the garage and setting up the ping pong table. The Kid's have company coming this evening.

I forgot to mention that Nicole's Mom, Mary, arrived yesterday for the Holidays. It was good to see her again. She was on the cruise with us this past summer.

Nick, Katie, and their kiddos arrived late afternoon. It was good to see Nick again after my time at his folks house for a Bills game.

We had enough food for a small army; pulled pork, cookies, brisket, cookies, salads, cookies, veggies, cookies, mac salad, cookies, and another banana cream pie. Did I mention COOKIES! It was another fun evening. 

After their friends left we watched the first Avatar movie in preparation to see the new Avatar #3 movie next weekend. We still need to watch #2. 

We will sleep good tonight! 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 52

Happy Birthday Brian! Our little boy is 46 today. Time flies!

We went over to the Kid's house to spend the weekend and celebrate Brian's Birthday. We did homemade pizzas in the outdoor pizza oven. Everyone had a good time making the pies and of course eating them. Nicole made a super good banana cream pie (Brian's favorite).

After dinner and a little celebrating we all watched a couple of specials about the Eras Tour. Nicole and Kennedy are huge Swifties.

All in all it's been a fun day.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 51

We had lunch at our favorite Fish n' Chips joint. After that we took a drive to a new to us grocery store. It's called LIDL. It reminded us of an Aldi on steroids. We were especially impressed with the bakery.

From there we drove to the Kid's to pick up our new glasses that finally arrived. I'm happy with mine, but Cath is having some issues with hers. We will wait till after the weekend to go back to the optometrist to have them checked.

The drive from Kid's house back to camp took an hour and a half! The traffic was terrible. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 50

It was nice to get back to the camper this morning. We did a little camp maintenance, but for the most part we just relaxed.

We did a quick run to the PX for a few things.

We spent most of the afternoon and evening outside. The weather has finally turned nice again.

Our new neighbors came over to say Hi and we yakked with them for awhile. It is their first time in the Charleston area and we gave them a few ideas for places to visit. They are only here for a couple of days. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 49

Cath has all her Christmas baking done! We were even allowed to sample a few of her creations today!

I drove back to camp again this morning. We needed propane again as the weather has been freezing at night.

Wesley had a Band Concert in the evening. He plays the clarinet! Here's a few pics from the concert.

Here's the band director in his Christmas suit!

Here's Wes.

Once again we styed the night. We are looking forward to sleeping in the camper again!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 48

I took Cath over to the Kid's house to work on her Xmas Cooking Bakeoff. After I dropped her off I drove back to camp.

The RV Tech showed up around noon and we got the new oven installed. It works great! We also got the new sewer hose holder installed. The camper already had one mounted under the belly, but twice on the way down here we needed addition hose to reach the site sewer hookup. Now we have two holders side by side.

After the Tech left I drove back to the Kid's hose. Wesley has another basketball game this evening. It's his last until after the holidays. Unfortunately they lost. The team is now 3 and 1. Wesley did score again, he's doing well.

After the game we watched some Monday Night Football. We are staying the night. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 47

We ran a few errands this morning and picked up some subs to share with the Kids and Kiddos during the football games.

I put the final coat of poly on the oyster table. The table is now 8 years old and was starting to show it's age. I think it will last for another eight!

After the game we headed back to camp. I wanted to batten down the hatches as temps are forecast to be in the low 20s tonight.  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 46

We let the Kid's house around 0730 and headed back to camp.

After showers and some breakfast we left camp for Wesley's basketball game in Summerville. The boys did good with another nail biter and won the game in the last 2 minutes after trailing the entire time! That makes the team 3 and 0!

Brian had to work today, but Nicole and the Kiddos came over to camp after the game. We sat outside as the weather is perfect. We made "smash burgers" on the flat top with all the trimmings. They left around 1800.

Cath and I cleaned up a little, but hit the sack early. It's been a whirlwind weekend.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 45

We did a little camp maintenance this morning and then headed over to the Kid's. Wesley has another basketball game this evening.

We enjoyed some Migi's Pizza before the game then headed over to the school.

The boys won again. This was a really close game. The score went back and forth, but was never more than a 5 point difference. They won by 2 points!

Back at the Kid's house we watched the first two episodes of a Taylor Swift documentary. Kennedy and Nicole are huge Swifties! 

We ended up spending the night. It's been a fun day.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 44

Cath spent the morning baking her Christmas cookies. She has 5 of 10 batches completed.

I spent the day "supervising" the garage door installers. Not really, but they were both vets and we yakked it up quite a bit.

We got some good news today. Our new oven for the camper arrived. I hope to get it installed in the next few days.

Back at camp we buttoned down the hatches. More cold weather is forecast, even into the 20s this weekend! I'll trade these temps for what's going on back home. Looks like Lake Effect Snow is forecast for the next six or seven days.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 43

We drove back to the Kid's house this morning and arrived around 1130 after a 90 minute trip! It normally takes about 20 minutes. Traffic was terrible as there had been freezing fog this morning causing black ice on the I-526 bridge. There were multiple accidents which caused traffic backups into the afternoon.

We spent the afternoon doing laundry and cleaning up the garage. The Kids are getting new garage doors tomorrow.

In the evening we went to Wesley's first basketball game that was not a practice. The team crushed it, beating their opponent 51 -14.

After the game we went to SeeWee for our annual "fry fix". The seafood was good as usual.

Back at the Kid's house we spent the night.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 42

We did laundry at the Kid's house this afternoon.

In the evening we attended Kennedy's Winter Orchestra Concert. All the Kiddos did really well.

This will be her last year in the Middle School Orchestra, hopefully she continues in High School.

Back at camp we are looking at temps in the 20s tonight! It is forecast to warm back up tomorrow.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 41

It was a nice day off!

We hung out at the camper all day. Played a little cribbage, did a few chores, but just relaxed for the most part.

The weather has tuned cold. Temps in the high 40s and into the 30s at night. Our new camper goes through propane like it's water. We think it's due to not only the heater, but the on-demand water heater also. When it's cold outside we go through a 30 pounder in for or five days! 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 40

No breakfast sandwiches this morning. Instead We just had eggs, sausage, and hash browns thanks to me!

We spent the morning cleaning up the camper and putting stuff away. We left camp around 1130 and headed to the Kid's house. Wesley wanted to be back home before the Bills game starts.

Brian and I finished up the Holiday decorations. Here's a few pics I took after dark.

After dinner Cath and I headed back to camp. If's been a fun weekend, but we are taking the day off tomorrow.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 39

We were super happy this morning that Wesley is here. He made his World Famous Breakfast Sandwiches for us this morning.

As usual they were fantastic or as the saying goes nowadays, they were Fabuloso with Lysol!

Wesley shared his golf course designing skills with me.

He has a few more holes to complete, but so far he could be the next Seth Raynor.

We were camper bound all day as the weather is terrible. Cribbage was the happening thing all afternoon. Cath Won!

We did sneak out to EVO Pizzeria for dinner. It was fantastic as usual.

Wes and I watched a great College Football game until almost midnight. Then is was bedtime. It's been a fun day! 
 
  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 38

We spent the morning in camp cleaning up and doing a few camp maintenance chores.

Around noon we left camp for the Kid's house. Cath got started on her cookies!

The Kiddos got home from school around 1530. We left with Wesley around 1700 and drove back to camp. Wes is spending the weekend with us. Kennedy is busy with baby sitting and Girl Scouts. We will take Wes back on Sunday.

The weather is lousy, rainy, foggy, and temps in the 50s. YUK! Looks like we will be camper bound all weekend!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 37

This morning we shopped for the supplies Cath needs for her Christmas Cookies. She plans on making 10 different cookies. I'll do my best to get some pics once she starts.

We dropped off the supplies at the Kid's house and then took the long way back to the camper. We drove up to Buck Hall (one of our favorite CGs) and then through Francis Marion National Forest to RT 41. We were amazed at how built up RT 41 is. Last year many of the stores, apartments, and businesses were not even there!

Back at camp we had a nice dinner, watched some TV, and buttoned down the hatches as rain is forecast for the next three days.  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 36

We drove to Edisto Beach this morning to visit our friends Jerry & Carolyn. They are camped in the forest side of the State Park. We all yakked it up for awhile and then headed to McConkey's Jungle Shack. The food was great!

We all took a drive to some of our favorite locations. We picked up some shrimp dip and scored some apple butter at Kink's Farm.

Our friends will be leaving the area in a few days. We will see them again in April at Dames Ferry.

Got a few pics along the way of some of the painted turtles. They are all over the area.

I even got one of this copper frog!

We left for our camper around 1530 and got home by 1700. We beat the traffic, it was all going the other way.

We had a nice dinner, watched some TV, and did a little online shopping.

All is well in the Boss Camp.

 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 35

We woke up to a steady rain and our campsite was flooded with close to two inches of standing water. It finally stopped raining around 1300. 

We headed to the Kids and Kiddos' house around 1400 and released the hounds from their kennel when we arrived. They were happy.

Wesley got home at 1530 and asked if I was ready to take him to his game at 1700. I told him the game was not until 1900! He was a little upset because he would have stayed at school for his newspaper club if he had remembered when the game was!

We all went to the game around 1845. It was a blowout, but on the wrong side.

Cath and I got back to the camper around 2100 and crawled into bed shortly thereafter. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 34

We left the Kid's house this morning at 0630 as the cleaning team is showing up at 0700.

After five nights away from the camper all was well except the propane tank had emptied keeping the heater on! We switched over to the other tank and got the place warmed up again. We did crawl back into bed and slept until almost 1000!

We spent the rest of the day doing a few projects in the camper. Our kitchen island was turned into our magnet location.

Those two squares on the island are exactly 24 X 24 inches. I found a couple of magnet boards on Amazon and they fit perfectly. We have been collecting the magnets since we started our Winter Trips 10 years ago and use to display in our other camper. It was fun to try to remember all the places and campgrounds we have visited. There is even a little room at the bottom for more magnet adventures!

I forgot to mention that during this past holiday weekend Wesley has become quite the cribbage player. He is having tournaments with Cath, Brian, and I and gives us a run for our money.

 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 33

We all did sleep-in this morning.

After breakfast Brian and I took the Oyster shells to the oyster recycle yard and made a stop at Home Depot for a few items we needed for the house Christmas lights decorating job.

We started around 1130 and figured it would take maybe a few hours. That turned into working until dark!

The worst part of the job is moving this 31 foot ladder that Brian has. The thing is unwieldly to say the least and probably weighs over one hundred pounds. When extended it is really hard to balance. We came close once to breaking a window!.

Next year we are getting a lift!

We had pizza for dinner and watched the Bills game. They won so Wesley did not have to go into mourning.

Once again we stayed the night. I'm not sure if we still have a camper or not!
 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 32

Oyster Roast Day!

Brian and I spent the day getting all set up for the Oyster Roast. Everyone decided we need to be taking more pictures as we have been remiss.

The party began around 1730 and lasted until midnight. The oysters were probably the best we've ever had. They were fresh and very clean! I'm estimating there were 50 - 75 folks at the roast! We had three fire pits set up and burning as the temps were in the low 40s. There was tons of food. Brain had the big screen set up and showing the football games. A good time was had by all. 

A few of the folks stayed and helped us clean up. By midnight you could not tell we'd had a big party. I'm sure we will sleep late tomorrow.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 31

It's Black Friday and we did not patriciate!

Jerry & Carolyn left around noon after we had lunch with them at Cod Father's Fish and Chips and spent a little time at Holy City Brewery. I picked up a dozen beer glasses for the kegerator.

I spent the rest day cleaning up and straighten up the garage in preparation for the annual Oyster Roast tomorrow.   

Winter Excursion 10, Day 30

Happy Thanksgiving!

Everyone slept in a little and then we had a nice brunch. Brian had to go to work as they are serving over 300 meals in three shifts for Thanksgiving.

We spent the day cooking our meal, watching the Parade, the dog show, and football games.

Jerry & Carolyn arrived from Edisto for dinner. It was great to see them. They are spending the night.

We had dinner around 1800, everything was delicious!

After dinner the Kiddos gave us a little concert. Kennedy plays the voila and Wesley plays the clarinet. They are both in the their school orchestras and have concerts this Holiday season. 
 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 29

We left the Kid's and headed back to the camper.

After showers we loaded up our clothes and Thanksgiving groceries and drove back to the Kid's.

We picked up the shrimp for peel-n'-eat and started prep work for T-Day dishes. I did the shrimp and Cath finished her pumpkin Pie and some other prep for tomorrow's dinner..

After a nice Schnitzel dinner we all watched the movie "F1", it was really good! 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 28

We left camp this morning and headed to the eye doctor to get exams and order new glasses. They had originally told us that our insurance was "out of network" and we would have to pay up front and submit the bill to our insurance company. After my exam and while Cath was getting hers' I mentioned to the associate about the insurance. She asked to see my insurance card, scanned it, and said it was good and not "out of network. That changed the bill from $1200 to $280! I was glad I asked!

From there we headed to the Kids and Kiddos. I spent the afternoon turning their old refrigerator into a kegerator. Brain ad been wanting one for a long time so we made it happen. It was just in time for the annual Oyster Roast this Saturday.

Kennedy wanted to do my hair, so I said Sure! Here's what I got.

I don't think I will keep this style!

After sampling the new kegerator we decided to spend the night.
  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 27

We both slept in a little recovering from the Kiddos visit!

Later in the morning we went to Lowe's Grocery Store and did our Thanksgiving Day shopping. Cath started cooking the cranberries and the pumpkin pie crust.

We went to "Cod Father's Fish n' Chips" Restaurant and Pub. I should have taken this pic sooner (the fish is gone), but it was so good I scarfed it all down. So here's a pic of the chips and yep, I ate those too!

Back at camp we watched a little TV and then hit the sack.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 26

We had another fun day with the Kiddos. We made a huge breakfast on the flattop, we were all stuffed! It was more like brunch as getting Wesley up was a chore.

The neighbors had another tailgate Sunday. We made wings and they were a hit.

Brain and Nicole showed up around 1330 and joined us at the tailgate. They and the Kiddos left around 1500 and the place seemed really quiet!

Cath and I watched a little football, but hit the rack early as it's been a "little sleep" weekend. I'm sure we will sleep good tonight (and long..LOL).
 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 25

The craziness started early. The Kiddos and us were up and about by 0800. First order of business was Wesley's famous breakfast sandwiches. There has been a small modification since last year. The new and improved version is as follows:  Whole wheat bread, sausage patty, fried egg. hash brown patty, and whole wheat bread on top. The dang thing is 4 inches thick!

We all hung at camp all day. Wes and I made a quick trip to the commissary for emergency supplies.

The Kiddos played some football and basketball. We all played some "Uno No Mercy".

Kennedy made me a friendship bracelet, red, white, and blue.

Spaghetti and homemade meatballs for dinner with some garlic bread was delicious!

After dinner a movie was in order, and we finally got to bed around midnight! Another long day!

   

Winter Excursion 10, Day 24

We got back to the camper this morning around 0930. Grabbed showers and headed to the commissary for some supplies. The Kiddos are spending the weekend with us! 

Around 1600 we drove back to Mt Pleasant for Wesley's basketball game. It was a good game, but they lost in the last few minutes.

After the game we all headed to the pizza joint, then we headed back to camp with the Kiddos.

We had not told the Kids or Kiddos that we have a new camper. I wish I had a pic of the look on their faces when they walked inside. It even took a minute for them to realize it was a new camper.

We watched a movie and everyone finally fell asleep around 2330.

It's been a long fun day.

BTW: here's the first pic of the camper for this year's blog! I had not posted any before in case the Kids or Kiddos saw it on the blog.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 23

We got all the windows in the camper cleaned inside and out. Some of the smears and smudges had been there for awhile. We also got all the bugs off the front cap that had accumulated during our drive down south.

We left for the Kids and Kiddo's house around 1500.

We had another nice dinner with them and then watched the Thursday night football game. The Bills lost, so Wesley is in mourning!

We are spending the night and will head back to camp in the morning. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 22

We once again spent the morning in camp. Cath did some inside maintenance and I cleaned the inside of the truck.

We left for the Kid's house around 1300.

Around 1500 I became an Uber Driver! Picked-up Kennedy at school and delivered her to tennis practice. Then took Wes to basketball practice. I was on standby to pickup Kennedy, but another Uber Driver got there first. Lastly, picked-up up Wes and brought him back home. By then it was dinner time and I got "off duty"!

We had a nice dinner with the Kids and Kiddos and then headed back to camp.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 21

We spent the morning at camp, but left around lunch time. Then the craziness began!

At the Kid's house we got to tour all the new renovations. The house looks great with a nice open floor plan.

I spent a few hours washing the truck. It was filthy after the trip to here.

Kennedy and Wesley got home from school and did their chores. Kennedy has tennis coaching and Wes has a football game to go to.

Brian and Nicole arrived to the game from work. The game was a close one 14 - 7, but we were on the losing side. I got to "run the chains", so I had a birds eye view of the game. This game was for the league championship!

After the game we hit a great Hamburger Joint and had dinner. 

Cath and I got home around 2100. Sleep will come fast. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 20

We spent the entire day at camp, although we did hit the commissary for a few supplies. The commissary is less than a mile away.

We spent a lot of the day outside as the weather is great, low 70s and sunny. It is forecast to stay this way for a least the next ten days!

Spent some time yakking and trading lies with our neighbors. 

The Camp Host (Frank) is right across from us. He has a cat named Willow that visits all the campers throughout the day. She spends lots of time by us!

It was nice to spend the early evening outside relaxing and enjoying an AB!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 19

We left Sesqui State Park around 0930 and made the short (125 miles) drive to Foster Creek Campground at the Goose Creek Naval Weapons Station. We will be here until 31 Dec. We arrived around 1230 and spent the afternoon setting up. It was nice to get all of our stuff out rather than just the essentials for a few days stay.

The neighbors invited the entire campground over to their site for a "meet n' greet". We learned that they do this every Sunday. Next week we will contribute some snacks to the event. We had a good time and met some new camping friends.

We had a small issue with the camper. The oven pilot light igniter is not working. While we were at the "meet n' greet" we learned that our next door neighbor is a Mobile RV Tech! He has offered to help us with the oven issue.

We left camp and drove to James Island for Wesley's basketball game. After that we all went to Lewis Barbecue in Charleston. It was probably the best BBQ we've ever had! The brisket was fork tender!

After a long day we hit the hay. We will sleep good tonight!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 18

We spent the day in camp watching the comings and goings of all the other campers.

The highlight of the day was slowly packing up for our drive tomorrow. We played some cards in the afternoon outside! The weather is perfect.

We are looking forward to Charleston as we will be in one place for six weeks. Hurrah!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 17

We did the hour drive to Dreher Island State Park, SC. It's a nice park on a very large lake. There are two campgrounds. The one just inside the gate is full hookups and most sites are on the water. The other campground is way in the back of the park. We think it is an older campground as the sites are very narrow and close to each other. The tent sites all have nice pads and most are on the water. The roads getting to the park are terrible, some of the worst we've ever seen.

We stopped for lunch at a Mexican joint. The food was good and the service great.

Back at camp we watched the campground fill up as it's Friday. One more day here then off to the Kiddos, let the craziness begin! 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 16

After breakfast we drove to Mast General Store in downtown Columbia. This store has been there since 1863. 

After Mast General Store we stopped at Ft Jackson to hit the PX. 

On the way back to camp we stopped at Publix (our favorite grocery store) for a few supplies.

Back at camp we relaxed and enjoyed the perfect weather.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 15

Woke up to a nice sunny day with temps a little warmer. We were on the road by 0930. It was a little windy, but the camper towed well.

We did have a small issue going through Charlotte, NC. The interstate was packed with traffic. The GPS said to get in the left two lanes to stay on I-77 South. I moved over and next thing I knew we were on the HOV (Express lanes) which are restricted to two axel vehicles and they are toll lanes. There is limited access to these lanes and very few exits back to the "normal" I-77. The few times I tried to exit the traffic was so heavy that I could not merge to the right. We ended up staying in the Express Lanes. I'll be waiting for the ticket to arrive, I'm sure they got our picture.

We arrived at Sesquicentennial State Park just outside of Columbia, SC around 1330. This is our last stop before Charleston, SC. It's an older campground, but we have a nice pull-thru site with full hookups! The ground is all sand. It's like being at the beach. We were all set up and relaxing by 1500.

There was two other Brinkley's right next top us in the campground. Ours is on the left in the pic,

Tomorrow we will probably do some exploring.  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 14

To all my Fellow Vets, Thank you for your service! And to the all Veteran Wives, Thank you for all you did and putting up with us.

We spent the day in camp surviving the cold temps here in Virginia. We watched TV for the most part, a history of the Vietnam War. It was sobering!

We went to dinner at a local joint. The food was good and the waitress was bad. I rather have it this way than the other way around.

Back at camp we did a little prep for the trip tomorrow, but hit the sack by 2100.

We are looking forward to our next campground as we have not been there before.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 13

Today we got to do our favorite chore; LAUNDRY (NOT!). While at the laundromat the owner came by to do some cleanup. We talked for a few minutes and he mentioned he is from Upstate NY. Turns out he is from Evan Mills just up the road from our home. Small World! 

We spent the rest of the day in the camper. The wind has been howling and temps are dropping.

There is only a few campers in the campground. We think the weather chased the rest of them away.

The truck behaved today, but I'm still not sure it's fixed. While in Charleston I'll get it to a dealer.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 12

I was able to pinpoint the problem area for the rear lights on the truck. I got it working by wiggling one of the connectors under the back bumper. I'm not sure it is "fixed", but we will see after we hit a few bumps.

We watched the mass exodus this morning. The campground was almost emptied, but a few arrived in the afternoon.

We hungout at camp, watched a little football, and had a nice dinner.

Weather will be changing tomorrow. Forecast high is 33 with a low tomorrow night in the low 20s. I filled the fresh water tank and disconnected the city water hose. I thought we were heading south to avoid this weather!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 11

We left camp at 0830 and made the 280 mile drive to Claytor Lake State Park in Dublin, VA. The drive was uneventful until I stopped for gas and discovered the turn signals were inop! Actually all the rear lights on the truck are not working (brake, signal, backup, etc.). The lights and signals on the camper are working fine. I'll have to do some troubleshooting tomorrow.

We got to our new campground around 1430. The place is packed, but I'm guessing it will empty out tomorrow (Sunday).

Here's our site and a visitor.

Yep, it's a piebald!

The rest of the day we enjoyed our favorite pastime..People Watching!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 10

We ran into town to get some propane. The tanks seem to empty quicker as the weather is cold.

Picked up a few last minute supplies and stayed at camp all afternoon.

Spent the time packing up for our trip tomorrow and doing some camp maintenance.

I helped our Camp Friends with a repair on their outdoor kitchen. We did not get it fixed, but we know what is needed to repair it. It's a simply faucet gasket and valve, but with any RV stuff it will be fun to try to find (not).

Off to bed early, tomorrow is a travel day!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 9

Today we went in search of some Rabba Scapple (which is the best in the world). We found some in a Weis Store near Gettysburg. We bought the store out!

Back at the camper we started to vac all the "scrapple gold", but the camper vac machine died! So off to Wally World we went. Found one we wanted, rushed back to camp, and saved the day by vacing (not sure "vacing" is a word) all the scrapple.

We met some new Camping Friends and spent some time yakking as campers tend to do. We will see them again tomorrow.

Spent the rest of the day and evening watching movies.

All is still well in the Boss Camp!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 8

For the past three days we have been in a "no cell signal" area. So I'm going to try and make up the past three days.

We left camp mid morning and headed to the Snyder's Pretzel Factory Store. We loaded up on enough snacks, pretzels, and candy, to last until next year! We have been here in past years, but what is new is that Campbells has bought Snyder's, so there is lots of soup stuff in the store now.

On the way back to camp we stopped at Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium.

They have over12,000 elephants on display and another 12,000+ in storage!

Had to post this pic:

And this truck was in the parking lot when we left.

Back at camp we watched the campground comings and goings which is always entertaining!