January 13, 2014

We leave Connecticut at 7:00 a.m., Travel 9 hours and 430 miles (8 hours driving, 1 hour pit stops).  It’s too cold to stay in the RV so we Stay at the Sleep Inn in Winchester, VA.  Tired and hungry we had dinner at the Golden Corral next door.  This is our first venture in the RV towing a car, so our options are limited, unless we want to unhook and hook her back up.   When I refer to “her”  it’s Half Pint our 1964 Volvo PV544.   The Golden Corral was actually clean and the food was good.  They had a white chocolate fountain and lots of fresh fruit for dipping.  To me, not a chocolate, chocolate lover was the creme de la creme. I could have passed up the rest of the meal and ulled my chair up to the fountain.

January 14, 2014

On the road again at 7:45 a.m.  and stop at The Lakewood Camping Resort ($31) in Myrtle Beach S.C.  We’ve stayed at Lakewood before, site 5202, close to the indoor pool and hot tub, water view (if no one is in site 5201). Staying in Site 5202 is much less expensive and this time of year the chance of anyone taking site 5201 is next to nil.  The hot tub temperature is 104 degrees, great place to be on a rainy day.  It’s beautiful here. but very commercial.  Having Half Pint with us gives us a lot more freedom to venture out and explore.

*****Huntington Beach State Park in the next town over Murrells Inlet, S.C. is awesome.  We pick our site for next time we head south (site # 31).  We hiked the Sandpiper Pond Nature Trail,  2 miles out, then we walked the beach back.  We visited the Nature Center and walked the boardwalk. There is a beautiful off road bike trail that we put on our list of to do’s next time.

January 16, 2014 On the road again 8:45 a.m. Fill up the gas tank for $2.99 a gallon less than 1/4 mile from The Lakewood.   Next Stop, The Campground at James Island, Charleston, S.C.