Oct 29th to Nov 1st - SC to Georgia

Oct 29th - Wed - St George, SC
Lovely sunny day for doing chores. We are lucky enough to be in an RV park that allows vehicle washing so Terry washed the truck yesterday and the 5th wheel today while I did laundry and worked on the computer. After lunch we drove into town to mail a birthday card to grandson Cameron and to find some diesel. In St. George the diesel was $4.69 so we went back up the highway a bit and got it for $3.09! Then we found out that the station in St. George was closed with an old price posted!
We took advantage of the sunshine to sit out and to wander around the park and talk to people. Several of the permanent looking rigs here are tied down to anchors or trees. We finally asked someone about it and she said that in August a hurricane was heading this way so everyone took precautions. The storm went by with only ½ inch of rain and some wind. So they have left their rigs tied down. Scared us for a bit!

Oct 30th - Thurs - to Savannah, Georgia
Short 1 hr & 40 minute drive today so we didn’t have to get going early. Billy was sick yesterday but was feeling a little better this morning so he got going and washed his motor home and tow car before we left. Nice & sunny again - love it! We stopped at a large rest area/visitor information just into Georgia and there were lots of RVs in the parking lot.
We are at the Biltmore Gardens RV park (PA) and it is right on Hwy 17 so is pretty noisy. After we both got set up we decided to go exploring and get some lunch. We drove to Tybee Island and found the Crab Shack which was advertised in a brochure. It was a quirky place with a pond surrounded by lots of small alligators. Unfortunately, the food left a lot to be desired. It was OK but very small portions. We went from there to an Arby’s where we had some more lunch!
Then we found a beach access and walked out on a long fishing pier. The island has lots of condos and apartments for summer residents or vacationers. On the way back we stopped at Fort Pulaski National Monument. We only had time to watch a film on the history of the fort before it closed.
Billy was still feeling puny so we said goodnight when we got back.

Oct 31st - Fri - Savannah, GA
Lauri wanted to see Hilton Head so we headed back to South Carolina today (barely). It was about an hour drive in sunshine again. Hilton Head Island is very different from any other area we have seen. It is very clean & manicured - all of it. The stores along the main road are hidden behind trees with discreet signs on the side of the road. The McDonalds arches were the largest and only about 10 feet tall. There were wide, paved, level bike paths along all the main roads with many bicyclists. The island is only 12 miles long and from ½ to 4 miles wide. We drove to a beach access which had a wide fabric “walkway” about 50 yards out on the sand. People were riding bicycles on the hard sand. I was happy to have a light jean jacket over my T-shirt but people were enjoying the beach in shorts. We wandered through a group of touristy stores.
Lauri spotted a large alligator on the bank of a small lake so we had to make a U-turn to take pictures. There were many small lakes surrounded by lovely houses. The south end of the island is called Sea Pine Plantation and you have to pay $5 to enter. We went there and to Harbor Town for lunch where we sat outside to eat next to a marina with huge boats. Even though the island is small, there are many beautiful golf courses. We stopped at another spot with stores and strolled around some more before heading back.
We stopped for gas and asked for directions to a liquor store. Don’t want to go there after dark! We sat in the quickly setting sun when we got back and then moved to Billy & Lauri’s for a while before dinner.

Nov 1st - Sat - Savannah, GA
Today we took a sightseeing tour of old Savannah. A small trolley picked us up at the RV park at 9 and took us to the downtown visitor center where our tour started. There was a parade in town for college homecoming so our tour kind of got rerouted. The tour guide had a very southern accent and was a kick. She gave us lots of information but kept us laughing with stories that you weren’t too sure if they were true or not. Lots of lovely restored old buildings, many “squares” (small parks), monuments & statues, cobblestone streets and huge old trees with Spanish moss. We got off partway through and walked to the waterfront. A Seafood Festival was going on and there were rows of vendors - goods & food - lining a wide walkway along the water. We watched a group of young girls dancing and then a waterskiing show. Huge cargo ships were going up & down the Savannah River with tug escorts. Lots of activity and lots of fun.
After stopping for lunch, we wanted to go see the Catholic cathedral that was highly recommended. The tour trolleys take a circular route so we would have had to get on & off a couple of times with short walks in between to get there. So we decided to hop on and go around half the tour again and then start over to get to the cathedral. When we got to the “depot”, we realized that we did not have enough time to get to the cathedral and back before 4:30 when we would be taken back to the RV park. We spoke to an employee and she said to go anyhow and when we finished viewing the cathedral to call a number on the pamphlet and someone would come get us. Sure enough, we “toured” to the stop, finished at the cathedral which was awesome, made the phone call (a couple actually as Billy kept getting dropped) and a small trolley showed up in a few minutes just to take us back to the depot again.
When we got back to the RV park, we had new neighbors from Victoria, B.C. (Carie & Gary). We all sat outside and chatted until mosquitoes drove us in.