Travel day 4 (settling in for the weekend) - Day 995 (Year 3, Day 263)

Greenville, SC

Last night we were quite warm.  The furnace was set to 55 degrees so we didn't use up all the fuel and we were under 2 covers plus a down comforter.  We put the heat up to 70 before getting out of bed, so we were cozy.

Thankfully, we made it here safe and sound.  Other than the 2 times early in the week when things fell off the backs of trucks right in front of us, the drive has been uneventful.  As mentioned yesterday, this destination is the closest place to Lexington with a shul, which is why we chose to be here (the shul is 9 miles away).

We left at 7:15 am and Mitch took the first driving shift.  We stopped at an alleged truck stop 96 miles away to change drivers.  Yes, I did say alleged.  We use various apps to locate rest areas, truck stops (where there are separate truck gas lanes, as regular car lanes either have canopies that are too low, or it's just impossible to maneuver around the pump aisles).  Anyway, I found this truck stop listed on the app, saying it had 7 diesel lanes, a restaurant, showers, etc, etc.  Perfect place, assuming we could park easily, to even stop for a nice breakfast.  It seems, however, that whoever placed the listing was a bit premature, as it was a small gas station, with a huge facility, still under construction, being built next door.  Apparently a number of other truck drivers weren't aware that this really wasn't a truck stop yet and we all had a rather fun time trying to twist and turn to get out.

Anyway, I drove another 80 miles, and we stopped at a very nice Visitor's Center across the border into SC (from GA), where we switched drivers again for the last 40 miles.  I stopped to look at all the brochures, and added some places to my bucket list of places I want to visit (Spartanburg being one of them).  I wish we were at a point in our lives where we could choose where we go and when.  Hopefully that day will come, when we have enough money to live off of without having to work full time.

We crossed over into the Eastern time zone, thus losing the 2nd hour of time this week (first time was Sunday for Daylight Savings time).  We arrived at the campground at 1:30 pm, which was still actually 5 hours of driving.

I can't say I'm impressed by this campground either.  It has potential, and it's adequate for our purposes, but I would not be happy for the long term.  The spaces are very narrow and all the sites and roads are full of loose gravel and potholes.  Many of the other RVs look like permanent residents and are old and run down.  There is a railroad track at the end of the campground, and I got the creeps when we crossed to the other side -- literally being on the wrong side of the tracks!

The site they tried to put us into was at a very weird angle and after struggling for 1/2 hr trying to line it up, the manager shuffled some things around and decided to give us a pull thru.  She told us to go to one, and we had to drive around the bend several times before we could get the right angle to approach it.  By then, she changed her mind and asked us to take a different site 2 spaces over.  We drove around the bend again, and then she remembered she had a really huge bus coming in and couldn't give us that spot.  So she moved us adjacent to the office.  I'm not even sure this is a real spot, but there's electric, water and sewer hookups, so I won't complain.

I should also mention that I'm very grateful for the amazing weather we've had all week.  With severe storms and blizzards in most of the country, especially north of us, it has been sunny and mostly cloudless.  Although I can't say I'm happy going to an area that is 40 degrees colder than where we left from!  But I guess one can't have everything.