Monday, November 24, 2014

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.