We stayed at Salem Breeze RV Park in Winston-Salem, NC. It’s a smaller park with no amenities but it was well maintained, and the rates were low. We visited a couple local distilleries, Broad Branch Distillery and Old Nick Williams Farm and Distillery. Old Nick Williams was on the show Moonshiners Whiskey Business. It was decent place, but we preferred Broad Branch as they had a great bar and there was a brewery right next door. We did find a local bike trail (Muddy Creek Greenway), so we loaded up the bikes and headed out for a bike ride. It was a really nice ride until we got to the trail closed sign halfway down the trail. We still managed to get in 6 miles though. We enjoyed an afternoon of live music and good wine at Old Homeplace Vineyard. We also visited Childress Vineyards which is owned by Richard Childress, the race car driver/manager. We were really impressed with both vineyards and had a great time visiting them. We also went to Salem God’s Acre Cemetery, which was very interesting and has been in continuous use since 1771. The last highlight of our time here was visiting the Richard Childress Racing Museum. It was very well-done, with a lot of the original race cars. Interesting fact… Richard Childress bought his first race car, an old 1947 Plymouth previously used as a taxicab, for $20.

This leg of the adventure started in Mount Pleasant KOA, near Charleston, SC. On one of the first days that we were there, we took a drive out to Isle of Palms where we walked on the beach and enjoyed seeing all the waterfront homes. We had a nice sunset dinner in Mount Pleasant that evening at Tavern and Table overlooking the water. Next, we headed into Charleston to do some exploring. We walked through the Charleston City Market, checked out some of the historic buildings downtown and then had dinner at The Dewberry Hotel rooftop restaurant where you could hear Amazing Grace being played on the bells (It happens every day at 5). The views of Charleston from there were outstanding. The next day we headed to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens. Boone Hall Plantation is one of America’s oldest working plantations, continually growing crops for over 320 years. It was a beautiful property. We learned a lot about the Gullah Culture, the different crops they harvested over the years (including pecans), and what life was like on a plantation (interesting, yet disturbing). The avenue of the oaks leading up to the mansion is absolutely amazing. Our last adventure in Charleston was a food tour. We looked for a guided tour and then finally decided to just do our own. Kim did a great job of putting our food tour together. First we headed to Hannibal’s Kitchen where we had crab rice and okra soup. The crab rice was great, but the okra soup was pretty nasty. Apparently Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden have eaten there according to the pictures on the wall. Then we had a little time to kill before our next stop, so we got in on a tour of the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, well at least Kim did, David had to move the car because it was parked illegally and missed the last tour of the day. Then we headed to Husk to find some shrimp and grits but unfortunately, they did not have that on their menu, so we tried some rabbit spring rolls and had a couple of their specialty drinks. Turns out the place next door, 82 Queen, had delicious she crab soup and shrimp and grits. We really enjoyed our food tour around Charleston and have decided that Kim will be picking all the restaurants in the future.

Next stop, Savannah, GA. We stayed at Creek Fire RV Resort. It is a pretty nice resort with a pool, lazy river, a huge kids pool, lake side bar and restaurant, and the most importantly, a pickleball court. The pickleball court wasn’t great but we did get in some games with some other RVers. Our first stop while exploring Savannah was at the prohibition museum. The museum was very well done and the tour was very interesting and informative. The only issue was that our tour guide spoke soooo fast. Then we headed down to the river front and took a walk along the river. We went into the JW Marriott on the recommendation of our tour guide from the prohibition museum and we were absolutely amazed at all the geodes, fossils, and the huge dinosaur skeleton hanging from the ceiling. We also explored some of the shops and sights along the river and stopped at 208 Wine Bar. Then we had a wonderful dinner at B Common, where we had oysters and a couple of shrimp dishes. We also walked through Forsyth Park, which is a beautiful park with a number of statues, large fountain and huge trees. The last night in Savannah, we took a ghost tour. They say it is one of the most haunted cities in the U.S. We enjoyed the tour and our guide did a great job. Although we never saw any ghosts and we could only stand outside of the cemetery (it’s illegal to go into cemeteries at night in Savannah), we did find the bench Forest Gump sat on in the movie.

We decided to take a little detour on the recommendation of our good friends Kim and Kevin. We headed back North a little bit and spent 4 days at Hilton Head National Golf and RV Resort in Hilton Head, SC. Wow! What a great resort. It is very well kept with pools, hot tubs, lazy river, poolside bar and restaurant, huge sites, and a golf course. We did some exploring on Hilton Head Island. We walked on Burke’s Beach, which was quite nice, then we explored the shops in Harbour Town. There was a great bar on the water where we had drinks and snacks. Another evening, we had dinner at Burnt Church Distillery. The food was great and David got to sample some of their whiskeys. We finally got a chance to watch the Seahawks at R Bar & Grill (another recommendation from Kim and Kevin). David did get in a round of golf one morning. He really enjoyed chasing that little white ball around. This resort is definitely a place we will stay at if we are ever in this area again.

Our final stop for this post was in Woodbine, GA, where we stayed one night at Walk About Campground. Very interesting campground… lots of animals and chickens walking all over the place, and the sites were very small. The highlight of our stop there was having Zonda over for dinner. It was great to see her and catch up. We forgot to get a picture with Zonda though, sad… we used to be better at remembering to take photos. We think that means that we are living in the moment and just enjoying our friends and family. We are now in Florida where we plan to spend the winter.

And of course, weird things along our travels…. a jewelry store with the same name as our RV, an interesting eye glass sign, a vegetable laboratory, automatic mowers that look like a Roomba and you can take your cat to drink wine in Savannaha, GA