060430 - Fair Play, South Carolina
4/30/2006
Fair Play, South Carolina
Since our week long stay at Lake Bruin, LA, we have been hip-hopping across the south. Our east coast target of Hilton Head, SC has been cancelled due to some unavoidable scheduling conflict of my friends Herb and Ruth. The new destination has been chosen in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, located in the western part of the state. More about that in a few minutes.
We usually keep track of holidays and special events and occasions, because in the past, we have almost been stuck without a place to stay because of advanced bookings and over crowding. Leaving Meridian. Mississippi didn't seem like anything but an ordinary day, and to most of the country it was an ordinary day, but if you’re a race car fan, it isn’t.
We set our sites on a park in Lincoln, Alabama and as we approached to where it was supposed to be, ... it wasn't!!!
We look up the road and down the road, and across but no sign of Dogwood RVP. A phone call revealed that they had gone out of business 6 months ago, and sold their phone number to another park, Unfortunately, they were full. It just so happens that the neighboring town of Talladega was having some kind of auto racing and apparently the whole country drove in to see it. After a few more phone calls, we found a park with one site left - and because we are not a huge bus, with slides and toad, we fit just fine.
Ironically, the name of the park, Safe Harbor, turned out to be just that.
We spent a pleasant evening watching some young boys fish off a dock, while a herd of ducks swam (paddled?) back and forth across the lake.
This morning we awoke feeling good, planning an overnight stop in Georgia on the way to Rutherfordton.
The weather was overcast with rain in the forecast, so we thought we'd make some distance. We drove thru Atlanta, up i-85, stopped for lunch, and felt a little drowsy. We pulled into a rest stop, took a snooze for 45 minutes and felt refreshed and recharged. We drove, and drove, past many RV parks, and before we know it we had run out of Georgia real estate, entering South Carolina.
Just across the state line, in a town called Fair Play, we selected a state park on Lake Hartwell, and had a very pleasant shock.
The overnight fee was $11.67 (I get a discount for disabled - who knew) and the campsite is right on the lake, completely level and paved, and it is serene and beautiful, with no one else around.. Sort of a Walden Lake atmosphere.
I put a few leads together and Peter had lots of room to roam and explore.
Too bad we have to leave in the morning.
Okay, so what's so special about this park were going to you ask? Some one sent Peter an email with an advertisement for this park called Four Paws Kingdom.
It's billed as the "first" RV park for dogs. I guess they don't recognize the fact that cats have 4 paws too. Anyway, ever since he saw this email, he has been pestering me everyday with "can we go, huh, can we go, please, can we go?" What does he care, he's not driving or paying for gas. Believe it or not, with our change in plans, it turns out to be doable, and I made it happen. Now he has changed his chant to "are we there yet, huh, are we there yet?"
We have reservations for a week starting tomorrow. I guess the next travel report will be from Peter.
Till next time,
Fair Play, South Carolina
Since our week long stay at Lake Bruin, LA, we have been hip-hopping across the south. Our east coast target of Hilton Head, SC has been cancelled due to some unavoidable scheduling conflict of my friends Herb and Ruth. The new destination has been chosen in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, located in the western part of the state. More about that in a few minutes.
We usually keep track of holidays and special events and occasions, because in the past, we have almost been stuck without a place to stay because of advanced bookings and over crowding. Leaving Meridian. Mississippi didn't seem like anything but an ordinary day, and to most of the country it was an ordinary day, but if you’re a race car fan, it isn’t.
We set our sites on a park in Lincoln, Alabama and as we approached to where it was supposed to be, ... it wasn't!!!
We look up the road and down the road, and across but no sign of Dogwood RVP. A phone call revealed that they had gone out of business 6 months ago, and sold their phone number to another park, Unfortunately, they were full. It just so happens that the neighboring town of Talladega was having some kind of auto racing and apparently the whole country drove in to see it. After a few more phone calls, we found a park with one site left - and because we are not a huge bus, with slides and toad, we fit just fine.
Ironically, the name of the park, Safe Harbor, turned out to be just that.
We spent a pleasant evening watching some young boys fish off a dock, while a herd of ducks swam (paddled?) back and forth across the lake.
This morning we awoke feeling good, planning an overnight stop in Georgia on the way to Rutherfordton.
The weather was overcast with rain in the forecast, so we thought we'd make some distance. We drove thru Atlanta, up i-85, stopped for lunch, and felt a little drowsy. We pulled into a rest stop, took a snooze for 45 minutes and felt refreshed and recharged. We drove, and drove, past many RV parks, and before we know it we had run out of Georgia real estate, entering South Carolina.
Just across the state line, in a town called Fair Play, we selected a state park on Lake Hartwell, and had a very pleasant shock.
The overnight fee was $11.67 (I get a discount for disabled - who knew) and the campsite is right on the lake, completely level and paved, and it is serene and beautiful, with no one else around.. Sort of a Walden Lake atmosphere.
I put a few leads together and Peter had lots of room to roam and explore.
Too bad we have to leave in the morning.
Okay, so what's so special about this park were going to you ask? Some one sent Peter an email with an advertisement for this park called Four Paws Kingdom.
It's billed as the "first" RV park for dogs. I guess they don't recognize the fact that cats have 4 paws too. Anyway, ever since he saw this email, he has been pestering me everyday with "can we go, huh, can we go, please, can we go?" What does he care, he's not driving or paying for gas. Believe it or not, with our change in plans, it turns out to be doable, and I made it happen. Now he has changed his chant to "are we there yet, huh, are we there yet?"
We have reservations for a week starting tomorrow. I guess the next travel report will be from Peter.
Till next time,
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