Happy anniversary to us!
Can you believe it? We just finished our fourth month on the road…
Where does the time go when you’re having fun?
I’m not kidding…
We’re having a lot of fun…
Oh, we’ve had a couple of ups and downs along the way, but they’ve been few and far between, and quickly forgotten, so, I think I can speak for both of us when I say, we’ve had a fantastic time exploring some of the nooks and crannies of these United States, and it’s been a fun experience…
Thanks, Honey, for being my steadfast partner, for taking this trip with me, and for putting up with me all these years…
(F.Y.I., we’re working on our 40th year of wedded bliss… Not a record, by any means, but quite an accomplishment, don‘t you think?)
OK… Enough mush, already…
Since we only had some 70 miles to drive today, we took our sweet time waking up and getting ready…
Matter of fact, a little after 9:00, we decided to head on over to Walmart to get some gas (I would dearly love for “our” Walmart to offer diesel), and to get some cash, since our next stop (in Hardeeville) required either “greenbacks” or checks…
Somewhere, we passed Walmart the first day we were in Charleston, but since it was pouring down that day, we didn’t pay much attention to location, so I programmed “Jack” (our GPS “mascot“) to take us there…
He stated quite seriously (I think) that it was only 6 miles away, which seemed about right, and off we went…
Can you see where this is going?
Oh, yeah…
When Good Ol’ Jack informed us that we had arrived at our destination, we looked at the odometer, the surroundings, and each other…
Eight miles driven…
We were sitting in the parking lot of some small and desolate shopping center…
The look on our faces said it all…
Total disbelief!
That little jerk! (Sorry… Must clean up my language one of these days)…
Thankfully, a “stray” lady (who probably used Molly, Jack‘s worse half) gave us the right directions, and we managed to get to Walmart, get back to the RV Park, and get ourselves on the road before the 11 o’clock checkout time…
Ahhh, life on the road…
And, talking about the road…
There’s really nothing “striking” to take pictures of…
There is the occasional swamp, bridge, and building, but that’s about it…
No hills (unless you count overpasses)…
The road snakes through thick woods, with hardly any view beyond the roadway shoulder…
To put it simply, nothing worth taking pictures of, or talk about…
So, that brings us to the Georgia border…
Our “Homestead” (for five nights) is in Hardeeville, SC (about 5 miles North of the border), and the closest RV Park we could find to Savannah.
Shortly after the “umbilicals” were hooked up, we were on our way to this legendary city…
Crossed the Savannah River on a bridge much like the one in Charleston, and stopped at the Visitor’s center for directions…
Lucked out with parking, and soon found ourselves strolling along East River Street…
Interesting place, to say the least…
Multi-storied (and interconnected) buildings (containing every type of eatery, boutique, and shop you can imagine) provide the backdrop to the “promenade,” which terminates at the river’s edge…
Sailing up and down the river, you can see tugboats, river paddleboats, huge ocean-going ships, and every other floatable vessel invented, I believe…
Very busy!
Some of the streets are made of cobblestones (probably authentic from way back when)…
Over the years, they‘ve been let to contract and expand at their own pace, resulting in a chaotic and uneven surface, which might be a bit dangerous for anybody who’s wearing high heels, or has had one too many…
Quaint, though!
Like I said, we wandered back and forth on the “promenade” a couple of times, then headed up to Bay, and a couple of other streets, just so we could to get a feel for the layout…
What we saw left us wanting for more, and that’s just what we’ll be doing over the next few days…
Gotta see it all, or, at least, quite a bit of it, before we depart…
And, talking about departing…
Adios my friends… Take care, and keep your eyes open for new Blogs…
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