Croxtons, then to Georgia (Sun., Mon.)

We did get to have an easy day on Sunday, after driving 226 miles (most of them difficult) on Saturday.  Joe had some stomach issues so we stayed in the RV until about noon, then headed over to the Croxtons.  We enjoyed a fun afternoon with them, watched part of the NASCAR race, they fed us a great summertime lunch (Paul grilled hamburgers and hotdogs), and we played some dominoes with Hannah and her friend (Natalie was taking a nap, getting ready to go to a slumber party).

We had warned Paul that we needed to book an hour of his time for consultation on our new smart phones, but an hour was not nearly enough.  He spent most of the afternoon, off and on, trying to get them set up for us in a user friendly fashion (or dumbing them down for us, I'm not sure which).  We just hope we can retain some of what he showed us.

We left about 10:00 p.m., but Joe forgot his hat so we had to turn around and go back (fortunately we were not out of his subdivision yet).  Then about halfway back to the RV, Paul called and said I had left my camera there, so we made arrangements to get with Becky in the morning to get that back. 

Our campground, in Fort Mill, South Carolina, turned out to be in a great location to visit them.  It's less than 10 miles from their house, and the main road from the campground, once we got to it, is the same main road that takes you to their subdivision.  This campground is on the grounds of what was once Heritage USA, the old PTL Network (Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker) Christian-theme park, and the campground is part of the original campground when they were broadcasting here.  Some of the broadcast facilities are being used again, as The Broadcast Group.  This was just past the next row where our RV was parked.  Where we turned off the main road, we could see a huge roller coaster; we don't know if that was part of the original theme park or not but it looked pretty exciting (if you are into roller coasters, which I am NOT).

So we met Becky with my camera at McDonalds this morning, said our goodbyes again, and went back to the RV to get ready to hit the road.  It was rainy off and on all day, but when the sun came out it got into the low 90s and was quite muggy.  We got on the road about 10:40 and headed to Columbia, SC on I-77, then we started angling toward Georgia on state highways, 321, 301, and 84 to the Laura S. Walker State Campground just outside of Waycross, Georgia.  We drove through the towns of Denmark, Norway and Sweden on 321 in SC (who knew?). 

The day turned out to be longer than we intended -- Joe drove 334 miles and we didn't get parked until 6:30.  Just after Jessup, Geogia, we came upon emergency vehicles where a wreck had just happened, so we sat there for probably 1/2 hour.  We passed one field somewhere along the way that had some horses in it, then we noticed there was also a camel and at least one of those Belgium-belted cows.  Otherwise, the only wildlife we saw were some redbirds, some kind of white birds, and a suicidal turtle who Joe managed to avoid but I would guess its life expectancy was reduced to minutes. 

This state park we are in is lovely, but it is very wet here in Georgia.  All the rivers are full, most have overflowed their banks, and the lake in this campground is flooded.  We are just at the top of the Okeenokee Swamp, but we are not sure there is a road to drive through it.  We'll have to check that out in the morning. 

No baby in Florida yet, but Bridgette is ready!!!  More than likely she has at least a couple of weeks to go, but each day drags now.  We will probably arrive there on Wednesday and our plan is to get ourselves situated in a nearby campground.  It should be an exciting month!