Although we drove a little over our 4 hour self imposed time limit, we still did not make it out of South Carolina today. We are parked at a nice little, private campground near Spartanburg, SC. Don't have a lot planned this week as we are staying only through Wednesday departing Thursday and heading towards Tennessee. While the itinerary is there is no itinerary we do hope to get a good bike ride in and hit a tour of the BMW Manufacturing plant here in Spartanburg. Other than that no big plans. I think we are both kind of in wind down mode now anticipating all of the things that are on our "to-do" list back in Warsaw. Warsaw in itself is going to be a totally different lifestyle for us. We've adapted quite nicely to the coziness of the RV; I've especially adapted very quickly to the house cleaning aspect of RV living. Not sure I'll enjoy cleaning a house again. WTH??? That's a stupid statement. Of course I won't enjoy cleaning a house again; I never liked it before RVing. After we complete some things around the house and get the urge to take off again we are thinking of taking a trip north through Michigan into Canada around the great lakes then back down through the New England area. Did you know there is a campground in New Jersey called Liberty Harbor where you can see the New York city skyline? Might have to stop there on the way back since we both love New York City.
We had a wonderful time at Myrtle Beach and was sad to see it come to an end. We loved, loved, loved the campground and having a camp site literally steps from the beach spoiled us. Yesterday, for the first time we hit the ocean. The water, while a little chilly, felt amazing even though the waves knocked the crap out of me numerous times. I was laughing so hard at the absurdity of me not being able to stand up without getting smacked back down (the beach was packed and the waves were ginormous) I'm still spitting salt water. Jack literally had to pull me out of the water a couple of times. After the ocean swim we grabbed our bikes and headed up to the campground's huge outside pool. We're both nursing a sunburn today. But what a blast!!
Saturday we decided we'd ride our bikes throughout the park so we could measure the miles of internal roads in the campground. I quit riding after 16 miles but Jack continued and even though he says he's sure he missed a few of the smaller roads he put in close to 23 miles. So when I said you could probably walk the park in 2 to 3 hours, well, geez, I guess I was a little off in my calculations. I would so recommend Ocean Lakes campground to anyone looking for an ocean vacation.
Sorry, no pics today.
A journal written about life, retirement and our journey throughout the United States in a 5th wheel, along with our two Shih Tzus, Tanner and Syndey. Written not for notoriety but for our sons, family and friends, so they know where we are at any given time. And particularly for ourselves. Finally, we get to slow down and smell the roses and we don't want to forget any of it. You are welcome to join us as we go 'Down the Road a Piece'.
