May 12-13, 2016 Freightliner in Gaffney, SC

Thursday May 12, 2016- Heading to Gaffney, SC -
This morning we're heading to Freightliner in Gaffney, SC for 2 reasons! Freightliner only does repairs to anything on the chassis but.....when talking to the Service Manager yesterday, he did tell Lennie they have a repair man that comes to the sites to do other repair jobs. Lennie talked to this guy who did indeed do slide repairs soooooo here's hoping we'll get lucky!
When we leave this morning, we're not leaving the same way we came in, we don't want to be covered in dust again! I will follow Lennie out far enough behind that I'm not eating his dust!

There goes Len!

Here I go!

 Following behind at a safe distance  at a Slower than School Zone speed!

There he is waiting for me! Ready for hook up!

While Lennie connects the car I take a couple of pictures!

I read on a sign that this was a site of a battle during the Civil War

The battle at Half Swamp

We better get going!

It was a long drive to Gaffney!

I was glad to finally see a sign letting me know we were approaching our destination!

This area is known for their peaches, even the water tower is a PEACH! Abbott's Peach Farm is the biggie here!

We arrive at Freightliner exactly at noon! Lennie's happy, it's time to eat! Freightliner's "Campground" so to speak, is just a courtesy lot for people waiting for service. It comes with ELECTRIC & electric only!

Lennie called the guy who's going to do our slide adjustment. His name is Walt. I thought yesterday Lennie said the guys name was Curt??? So either the guy changed his name or I didn't hear Lennie right, who cares as long as he can fix the slide! He said he'd be here at 1:00pm. That works out just great, we can eat lunch & be ready for Walt or Curt!?!

                                           He arrives promptly & gets to it immediately!

Not sure is Lennie is helping or "Supervising"!?!

About an hour later the job is done. He charged $60.00 we felt a fair price! He was a decent guy, he didn't charge his normal service call charge, as he didn't have to go out of his way to work on our problem, his next service call was just up the road from Freightliner!I hope tomorrow's repair goes as smoothly as today's did!?!

May 10 -11, 2016 Charleston, SC

Tuesday May 10, 2016-Sightseeing in Charleston!
 Not only is this County Park a nice park, it has real nice amenities too! When we checked in, Lennie paid for a shuttle bus ride to downtown Charleston. We could have driven our car & parked but.....we have our bikes on the back of the car & last year while in Boston we discovered some parking lots won't let you in with bikes on the back of your car????? So......after coffee & a quick bowl of oatmeal, we headed down to the office to catch our shuttle bus!

 This lady, & her husband on our return trip, are from West Virginia, but during the summer they are Camp Hosts at the James Island County Park. they love the park & they love camp hosting!

 It was a short jaunt from the park to the Visitors Center in Charleston. Our shuttle bus driver explained to us the FREE trolley rides. With all that information we were ready to enjoy our day!

Our first trolley ride was fine, later in the day instead of a trolley ride it was more like riding in a PACKED Sardine Can!!!

We've been to Charleston before, more than once, it's one of those places that's worth repeating! The last time we were here about 10 years or so, was Memorial weekend & let me tell you it was HOT! It was soooooo hot that the carriage ride we were on, the driver asked if anyone on board wanted to stop at the lemonade stop!?! We all wanted a nice cold lemonade!!!

       Can't go to Charleston without visiting the Straw Market! The basket weavers do beautiful work!

 No horse drawn ride for us this visit, but lots of visitors were enjoying their ride. Today our weather was enjoyable unlike that day 10 years ago!

                                                 Rainbow Row, definitely postcard worthy!

A walk down by the battery we saw this Spaniel enjoying a cool off in the water. His owner kept throwing a stick in the water, & the dog couldn't wait to go after it. If this was a video instead of a still picture, you would see the dog's tail going 240! It was like a little propeller!!!

                The cobblestone  streets add to the quaintness of this Historic old town!

                                          The Pineapple, a symbol of Southern Hospitality!

                                                                 Kids having fun!!!!

                                               Oh to be a kid again.....or maybe not!?!

                                                         This is how adults cool off!

                                                            Back at the Campgrounds!

 Not sure Otis was happy to see us or not? But he was happy to go on another walk throughout the park!

                While walking we spotted this "HAPPY CAMPER" Definitely a DOGS LIFE!!!!

Lennie & Otis taking a little break outside the store while I went inside the store....I saw a little Turtle light that I thought I couldn't live without & we're leaving tomorrow so I better buy it now!!!

Tomorrow we are only going 90 miles down the road to Remini,SC to Elliot's Landing a family owned campgrounds. I'm anxious to see what tomorrow brings!

May 9, 2016.......Ready, Set, GO!!!! ROAD TRIP 2016

Each year before I start blogging...I have to take a moment to remember how I did it! It's terrible to be so computer illiterate!!!!
On April 8th-12th Lennie & I attended our last RV Rally for the season, with the Florida Discovery Sunshiners. I thought we had too much to do to prepare for taking off to attend a rally....but we had no choice! We were the Rally Hosts!!!! When the rally ended.....we were up to the RV almost daily getting ready.Finally Lennie brought it home for a washing.

I shampooed the carpet. Then the packing began. In between preparing to leave we still had everyday life events to take care of! Lennie was still going to the dentist for adjustments, we had a funeral to attend,                                                        Lennie's birthday,

                                                                      Mother's Day

                                                     & then.......DEPARTURE DAY!!!!

Monday MAY 9, 2016- Good-bye Viera....hello highway!For as long as Lennie & I have been going on trips/vacations, up until he went healthy mode, we ALWAYS started a trip with chocolate donuts!We even called them our vacation donuts! This morning Lennie surprised me with.....VACATION DONUTS!!!!

I'm definitely ready to go now! A cup of coffee, a donut....or two & we were out the door! Otis has been a nervous wreck all week as he watched us loading the RV. Poor dog, just doesn't know if he's going or not! He's going, Len would be lost without Otis!!!

Otis waits in the passenger seat,

He wants me to hurry up & buckle up so he can get in his favorite position.....my lap!!!! We're off!

Our destination today is, the Campground & Cottages at James Island County Park in Charleston,SC. It is the first time we've been to this park, it has an excellent review. It's farther than we usually drive in one day so we better get going!!!

Traffic & construction both light this morning!

Jacksonville, Fl

Georgia on My Mind.....? Nope.....!

Lunch break!!!

Lennie eats by the clock whether he's hungry or not!?!

Otis thought we were taking too long to have lunch . I guess he's going to drive a spell!

Back on the road!

South Carolina really had a grand entrance to their state!

                                            They really did want to Welcome you to SC!

We're almost to the Park!

Nice drive into the park!

Here we are!!!

                                Otis & I wait while Lennie let's them know we have arrived!

                                                      This is really a NICE PARK!!!

After dinner(Turkey Burgers) we're taking Otis for a walk to check the park out!!

                               YES!!!! This is part of the dog park! The part Otis didn't want any part of!!!!

After our walk around the park.....I figured I earned the Red Velvet cupcake Otis gave me for Mother's Day!?! Yum it was good!

Every year when I start the Blog, something about it always frustrates me & I swear I'm done blogging! This year I upgraded to Windows 10 & the picture format was different. I'm tooooooo computer illiterate to figure out how to do things. I just about decided NO BLOG this year when Lennie came to my rescue! My hero!!!!