March 26, 2006

March 26, 2006

Savannah, Georgia to Charleston, South Carolina

YEAR 2 DAY 282

 

Today was sunny and mild.

This morning we prepared for departure, and left Biltmore Gardens RV Park. We drove south on Hwy. 17 to Hwy. 204, then west on Hwy. 204 back to Interstate 95. We entered I-95 at exit 94. At exit 102 I saw a large RV dealer, so I exited to buy a piece of hardware I broke on the trailer. The RV dealer didn't have what I needed, so ... back onto the Interstate. At exit 104 we exited again, to shop at Wal-Mart. The Tire & Lube Express had an hour and a half wait for an oil change, so I decided not to get an oil change today. We replenished groceries and supplies, then got back onto the Interstate, again, heading north.

When we crossed from Georgia into South Carolina, we stopped at the Visitor Information Centre to pick up a map and campground book for South Carolina, and have lunch. After lunch we continued on the Interstate, then turned east on Hwy. 17 towards Charleston. At Jacksonboro we stopped to fill up with diesel. At Ravenel we stopped at a grocery store to buy some fresh groceries that aren't available at Wal-Mart. I was treated very rudely by the clerk at the deli counter, and I think it may have been because of the colour of my skin. That made me feel quite angry. It seemed as if we were the only white people in this large grocery store. I guess Ravenel is a small city of blacks. As we continued driving towards Charleston Joanne phoned some campgrounds listed in our campground directories, and they were full. We decided to go to a county park on the outskirts of Charleston. Just before entering the city of Charleston we turned south onto James Island, and found our way to James Island County Park. It's a large park with a campground, rental cabins, a water park, group picnic areas, and an off leash dog park. We'll try to get to the dog park with Bo for a romp.

The park only had a vacancy for tonight, and we wanted to stay 2 nights. So they gave us a site for tonight, and a different one for tomorrow. We'll have to move tomorrow morning before we head into Charleston for a day of exploring. We registered, then got set up in our site. We set up the new "cat tent" Joanne bought for Teddy today. It's a folding, nylon and screen dog kennel, and it opens, and folds quickly. We're going to use it to allow Teddy to be outside when we're only going to be staying somewhere for a day or two, and don't want to take the trouble to set up his original, larger "cat tent". Ever since Yuma, Teddy has been quite demanding about being allowed outdoors. We took Bo for a long obedience training walk around the campground. He did very well. We visited with the campers who are travelling with 11 dogs. They have 4 adult West Highland Terriers, 6 West Highland puppies, the offspring of 2 of the adults, and a Bichon Frisé they are "dog sitting". Bo liked visiting with the 6 puppies that were outside in a pen.

At dusk I set up the barbecue and cooked supper. I did a bit of planning for tomorrow's day of exploring Charleston. I did today's accounting, and worked on today's journal entry while we watched some TV. At 11:00 P.M. I went off looking for the campground's "activity centre" where there was a modem connection. I had to send some e-mail, that had to go out tonight.

DSK