Our Last Day in Savannah, GA

While we have been to Savannah at least four times before this city has some very beautiful and special features.  First while having a refreshment on River St. We were sitting talking to a couple at the bar and were told the number one employer in Savannah is the port.  Dock workers make between $34 and $38 per hour and have overtime available to them to increase their take home pay significantly.  Savannah is the third largest dock in the eastern sea board behind New York and New Jersey.  If you are willing to work long hours you can bring home $140,000 per year with overtime.  The next largest employer is Gulf Stream Aerospace, an executive aircraft manufacturer, that employs several thousand people. Then you have Great Dane Trailers and International Paper.

But what makes this city special that you won't see anywhere else in the United States is the sights you see while driving around the historic district and the 22 squares you see around the city.  Some have fountains or monuments while some don't but they collectively make this city something very special.  Huli and I have seen them before and have stayed at a bed and breakfast in the historic district and while I said earlier this week I didn't care if we came into the Savannah historic district or not once we arrived I was in awe of the beauty these squares have to offer and at the houses and architecture that surrounds them.  It seems no matter that we have seen them several times before every time we see some of these sights it seems as if it is the first time. 

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days or so. Some I think are from the camp ground while some are from Savannah.

We leave tomorrow hopefully before noon.  We have to drive about four hours south to Titusville.  When we get to Titusville and The Great Outdoor Resort our priority is to get site that gets satellite.  Get our golf cart. Then start getting set up on the lot.  Getting the correct lot is important since we are going to be here for four months and not four days.  We will let you know how things go.

Things are close but this is a great rv park. 

What the hell is going on with I95?  Coming south we were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic jams until our GPS had us take route 17 to avoid it.  Our neighbors said they were in this the entire trip from South Carolina but never saw an accident or anything else to warrant the congestion.

The guy with the ball cap turned around backwards has lived in Savannah his whole life more or less.  He has left but always returns.  He works at the port and just got married about two weeks ago to the person sitting beside him that you can't see in this picture.

There is that sexy devil Hulio standing between the world

 

 Sorry if you have seen this before but I love this stuff.

 

 

 

 

 



Savannah, GA

We left the Charleston lake KOA at about 11:00 am on Wednesday and around three hours later we pulled into the Savannah, GA South KOA.  This is like night and day different than the last park we were in.  We have a site that faces a lake and there is gravel on the site as well as on the streets.  No standing water anywhere even though they too have experienced a lot of rain the last couple of days.  We are here until Monday until we head out for Titusville our final winter destination. 

Today we are fixing our Thanksgiving dinner.  The turkey is in the Ninja while all of the side dishes are ready to go in the convection oven when the time is right.  We took the dogs for a fairly long walk and Tanner did very well.  We have increased his insulin dosage a couple of times since we left but feel it is where it needs to be right now.  He is sleeping betters, eating better, drinking less and walking much better.  He surprises both of us on how we think he is at the end of his rope and he just keeps bouncing back. 

Janet and I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Jack

Here are just a couple of pictures

 

 



Day two in Charleston SC

We have been to Charleston before but still enjoyed going back to the city market and the historic district.  I posted a few pictures but tried not to over due it since I have posted many pictures of Charleston in the past.  The weather was great today with temperatures in the 70's but I think rain and a cold front is in the future.

Tomorrow we are going out to buy what we need to prepare our Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday.  We got an invitation to a Thanksgiving dinner at the Savannah KOA but I declined because I said this is something Huli and I have enjoyed doing ourselves the last four years.  We fix dinner watch parades and just lounge around in our pajamas most of the day.  We are also going shopping for two very good rain jackets tomorrow.  We are going to hit the Bass Pro Shop since they seem to sell many varieties.

Tonight we were going to drive through James Island Regional Park's Christmas Light Display but decided instead to book four nights there for this time next year.  We are also booking a spring trip on our way back home at Ivy Acres RV Park in Greenville so we can see Gabe again.  We are booking Myrtle Beach for a week just prior to Ivy Acres and then are booking another trip to Ivy acres next November after visiting Freightliner next November 17th.

Here are a few pictures of the last day or so.

This is the Live Oak tree that is outside our door.  I love these trees but they are dirty.  They don't lose leaves all at once like trees up north do.  They lose leaves all year round but always look like this.

The lake we were parked in has subsided but we will probably still have to do a back up to get out of this spot.  You get in fairly easily but then realize they have a tree on one side in front of you and a power box on the other in front of you which makes it impossible to go out going forward unless the sites in front of you are vacated so I can pull through one of those.  I am getting pretty good at backing this sucker up where I need to.   I have also learned I can spin the tires if I am in mud but it can tear stuff up pretty quick so I try not to do that if possible.  What is amazing is how they describe how big rig friendly their park is.  Most KOA's we have stayed at our usually fairly accurate but this one is really stretching the truth.  If I didn't back out assuming the sites in front of us are full when we leave I would not be able to get out of here.

We probably won't be returning here.  I have already done some research and found some better alternatives for the next time we are in Charleston.  We visited one today and it was a much better rv park than what we are staying in.  Also I can't get satellite, they have no cable, but we do get about 20 antenna channels over the air.  They do have a good wifi system though that is a plus.  Were only here three nights so it's really no big deal.

 

 A nice huge house in the historic district

 Inside the city market.  Huli checking out some jewelry.  Keep moving Hu.  She bought a couple of things but it wasn't this jewelery.

The city market from the outside

 This is a picture of the park down at the water front.



 

Charleston, SC

Today we made our way south and east and around three hours or so later we pulled into the Ladson, SC KOA.  It rained the entire trip between Greenville and Charleston.  Huli slept the whole way.  First impression is that the rv park is a shit hole.  The first site they gave us had us sitting in a small lake.  Huli had them change us to the site next door where we were only in a pond.  One great thing is the temperature.  Its been in the 70's and tonight the low is only suppose to get down to 69 degrees.  Its been raining since we got here.  We pulled into our first site but could not get out of our site by going forward so we unhooked the car and backed out the way we came in so we could move over to the site next door.  It's all good now and we are situated.  It's not the best accommodations  we have been in for a KOA but we will  reserve final judgment until later.  We stay in a lot of KOA's due to the ease of making reservations and usually due to the ability to get our rig into a site.  This one is not quite as friendly toward big rigs as most even though their web site says otherwise but we got her in here.

Tomorrow we are going into Charleston and will come back and get the dogs and will head back into Charleston in the evening so we can visit the James Island Christmas Light Display.  One thing I have already noticed being here is the smell of the cellulose plant that is in Charleston.  It has a distinct smell and we are around 15 miles west of town but I can smell it.

Today the motorhome ran great.  Last Wednesday my relatively newly installed Progressive Industries surge protector displayed an error code of E10.  That means replace surge protector.  I called the company and they said they could send me a new electronics board at no charge if I felt comfortable putting it in.  Since they were located in Mooresville, NC I told them to send it asap so I could get it while we were still in Greenville, SC.  I got the board yesterday and while it initially looked a little scary once I got into it I found it wasn't too bad.  I unhooked and removed the old board and installed the new board and rehooked up about five wires and we were back in business.  Its now working great again.

Maybe tomorrow we will get some pictures.  Right now I have the drivers seat turned around and am reclining watching the Denver/Miami NFL game with the window opened next to me listening to the rain. Life is good. 

Our Second Day in Greenville, SC

Today we went to downtown Greenville for the second day to see some things we missed yesterday.  Much of our afternoon was spent at Falls Park on the Reedy.  This is a park with a water fall with a bridge crossing the river so you get a perfect view of the waterfall.  From the falls we walked a couple of blocks and went into some of the shops on Main St.  Greenville has such a lively and vibrant downtown with people walking and riding bicycles everywhere.  You also saw people just sitting on park benches reading books and just enjoying the day.  The temperature was in the 50's but with the sun out it felt warmer. 

After hanging around downtown and doing a little shopping we came home where we waited for Gabe to come over so we could head out for dinner.  Tonight we went to the Saluda River Grill.  Gabe and I had Prime Rib and Huli had the blackened Chicken Alfredo.  It was very good and the portions were large so we were all full with no room for desert.

Below are a few pictures of the day.


Great spaces around where we have the rv parked.  There are three miles of trails.  There is a shelter with a chiminea and two rocking chairs and wood to burn.  Unlike most rv parks here at Ivy Acres they supply not only the fire pit but the wood to burn in it.  Chuck told us when we moved in that the wood was there for ya all to burn

 This is the owner Chuck's house which he built himself a few years ago.  The door and surrounding side and overhead lights around the door are from six old houses that were torn down around Greenville.

 Many places to eat out on the side walk in downtown Greenville.

 Art work in several street corners.

 Very interesting shops this one is all about items from Paris, France.

 Interesting roots on this tree

I am not sure why the water in the fountains is purple unless it has something to do with Clemson University that has a building on the other side of the bridge.

 This is the Liberty Bridge

 Huli on the bridge in front of the falls

 More interesting shops