This is the view that greeted us when we woke up at the Hunting Island State Park Campground on the morning of December 17th. How could we not have seen this when we pulled into our campsite last night?!? Because it was dark is the reason; very dark with no streetlights. We could hear the ocean …
December 16 — I turned 51 today and a great day it was! We’re still on the move south – leaving Charleston today and moving about 90 miles down the coastline to Beaufort – so we started out the day by doing our routine pack-up & move out activities. Then to mark my special day, we decided …
December 12-15 — Back on the road after four relaxing days and nights with Daddy and Joan, we headed further down the Carolina coast, crossing into South Carolina, where we made our first stop, Charleston. We had four nights of camping here and little on our agenda; our main goal was to visit Fort Sumter. As it turned …
We don’t want to rub it in with our friends back up North, but we are so happy to be back down here in the South once again! As you can likely guess, the primary reason is the weather. We don’t plan to turn into whimpy snowbirds or anything, but it is rather nice to …
Remember that Peaches & Herb song from the late ’70s, Reunited? Maybe not, but music and lyrics savant that I am, I do, and the tune & lyrics fit. We Jollys have reunited with Charley today and it feels so good! Wayne, Chris, and all the guys at Dynamic Truck Repair in Columbia, SC, did a …
(Sing it with me…) Reunited and it Feels so Good!! Read More »
It’s really nice when you expect that you’re going to have a good day, and then it turns out to be a great one! That describes Saturday, November 15th, the day we visited Congaree National Park outside of Columbia, South Carolina. Congaree is the 17th National Park we’ve visited together in our quest to visit them all, …
November 13, 2014 — We saw this location on the atlas [yes, we still like to use this old-fashioned navigational tool!], and in our quest to visit as many of our nation’s outstanding national park units as we can, we routed to Chesnee, South Carolina, home to Cowpens National Battlefield. Cowpens is a Revolutionary War …
