Getting There is Not the Most Fun September 1-3, 2012

We made it to South Carolina in plenty of time to take in a movie and dinner after setting up for the night.  We are getting pretty good at setting up in about 15 minutes without the sewer hookup and 20-25 minutes with a full hookup of sewer and cable.   It’s been much hotter in the Carolinas than in Florida.  We have seen temperatures between 95 and 98 each day and humidity off the charts. After one night we moved on to North Carolina thinking it might cool off some but it was hot there too.  In the spirit of bipartisanship, Charlotte is offering the Democrats the same humidity experience that Tampa offered the Republicans.

Sunday was a very nice day.  We were able to worship and visit with our friends Jack and Beverly at their church.  From everything we experienced, Concord Church of Christ is a very friendly, warm church family who really care about each other.

We left on Monday morning for West Virginia which is only a one night stay.  This is the worst part of the trip because it’s just getting from point A to point B as quickly as possible with nothing fun along the way.  To make the drive even worse, we immediately ran into some of the thickest fog I have ever seen.  All those semis and cars racing into this thick fog made me think of the I-75 accident at Paynes Prairie last year.  If only we had gotten a truck with a brake pedal on the passenger side, in addition to the pedal on the driver’s side!  Once the fog lifted, we started to see the beautiful vistas several people had told us about on I-81.  We actually saw some of the trees beginning their fall color changes with just a hint of red hues and some yellowing leaves.  This should be spectacular on our way back south after we leave Maine.

Just when it seemed like we were finally making some progress, in came the remnants of Isaac with heavy rain so intimidating that experienced truck drivers were traveling slowly with their emergency flashers on.  And through it all, Jim was calm and careful.  You would have thought he did this every day.

We arrived at our overnight stay to a surprising sight.  Except for a single pop-up trailer, we were the only campers in the park.

The owner indicated all the Labor Day campers had left earlier in the day and the campground was getting ready to set up for this coming weekend’s festivities.  It seems next weekend is the 6^th annual BBQ and Bluegrass Festival which is a statewide event held here at Lazy A Campground.  It sounds like it could be fun if not just unique to experience.  We are sorry we will miss it but we need to get on with our main trip.  Leaving this early will get us into Pennsylvania by 2 or 3 pm for a three day stay.