Klinger Musings: March 23 - 31, 2025 Continuing on Our Journey

23-Sun-OK the mission this morning is to get to the beach at Huntington Beach State Park (where we are staying). So we loaded up the dogs in the pickup and went to the parking lot where the beach access was. Poopsie loves the beach and acts like a young pup when she is there. She chases the waves! Then we returned the dogs to the RV and picked up Marsha. We drove to Georgetown to look at the harbor. We walked the boardwalk, but since it was Sunday most of the shops were closed. That was OK, we are just getting an overview of the area. Also Steve’s back has been bad, so we are trying not to make him walk too far. We returned to Pawleys Island and ate lunch at Bisqit. It is in the shopping center with the Hammock shops. Then Marsha took us on a golf cart ride around Litchfield Resort. We saw the beach at Litchfield. We putzed around and were back to the RV about 6:30.

View behind the RV

Big chairs near the park office

Playground on the way to the beach

Save the Turtles

Beach at Huntington Beach State Park

The cute movies of Poopsie at the beach will not load. Sorry

Shells

Pictures from Georgetown, SC -Harbor

Steve & Marsha

Steve & Mary

Mary Sue & Marsha at Hammock Shops

Marsha

Marsha & Mary Sue

Litchfield Beach

24-Mon-We were up a little later today about 8:30. We slept good. Then we made some reservations for the next 6 days. We prepped the RV to move again. We were out of our site by 11:30 or so and sat in the parking lot til about noon. Then our next site was available - so we moved to it. Then we went to Marsha’s and visited and ate supper. We had steak, french fries, salad, asparagus and bread. YUM.

25-Tue-We did all the morning things. We get around a little slow because we are not in a hurry. After walking the dogs, we picked up Marsha. Today we went to Brookgreen Gardens. It is a huge place, over 9,000 acres. It is a sculpture garden and I think I was expecting more flowers. A very nice place. We were there a couple of hours. There was more to see that we did not get to because we were being mindful of Steve’s back. Next we checked on the dogs and walked the. Then we went to Atalaya Castle (at Huntington Beach State Park). It was interesting. These people had money and built this huge castle and owned the Brookgreen Garden place. They bought this property here to escape the northern winters. The wife was a sculptor and the husband was rich and studied Spanish history. You can read about them. After that we ate a late lunch at Neal’s Creekhouse. Then it was back to the RV to rest. We gassed up the pickup and bought oil for the RV. We went to Marsha’s in the evening. This is our last night here. We head out tomorrow. I was kind of sad to leave my sister.

Path to the nature center in the park

Brookgreen gardens

Marsha

Steve

Turtle

Flowers

Marsha

Someone said these are crepe myrtles - not bloomed out yet

One of the sculptures

Flowers

Cultural dolls in the gift shop

Entrance to Atalaya Castle on the grounds of the state park

Sign I saw where we ate a late lunch. They have free weddings! No annulments!

Marsha and Tony

26-Wed-We completed the morning routine and put oil and transmission fluid in the RV. Then we prepped to drive. We did have to stop at the dump station because the site we stayed at did not have sewer connections. We got the pickup hooked up and drove down highway 17. It took us through downtown Charleston to Savannah. I think the RV GPS routed us a little crazy. But we got a good tour. We were able to get gas at I-95 and arrive at the RV park about 4 PM. We got set up and had supper. We were able to get TV here. Yea! Marsha sent lasagna and meatballs and bread with us so we had that for supper. It was so good! This place is called Spacious Skies Savannah RV Resort, but it has a lot of trees! No kidding and it really did not remind me of a resort. And miracle of miracles, Steve found the diamond for my ring! That made me really happy!

The last site we were in at Huntington Beach State Park

Mary & Steve - ready to go!

Here we are at the dump station

Pelicans

Waccamaw River

Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront

Flowers in Charleston, SC

Charleston, SC

We are back in Georgia

27-Thu-We got around and went to Walmart. We needed to re-supply. It took awhile because we did not know where things are. I wanted to get a new flashlight, but they were locked up tight and the cheapest one was $15. So scrap that idea. We unloaded and put away our stuff. Then we had lunch and a short nap. After supper we watched TV and figured out our trip plan. I reserved a Savannah Trolley tour for us tomorrow. Supper was grilled chicken, Romaine lettuce, and berries.

28-Fri-We got around and after walking the dogs we were ready to leave the RV park and head into town for the Trolley Tour. This RV park is actually about 15 - 17 miles outside of Savannah. We were able to park at the Old Town Trolley Tours. We finally figured out where to stand to get on the Trolley. It was a great tour and took us all around Savannah. We saw the lovely buildings and flowers. We really enjoyed the tour. It was $98 for both of us. We just got an overview of Savannah. I could return and spend a few weeks exploring here. Then it was back to the RV. We ate lunch and napped. When it was time for bed I smelled something that smelled like electric burning. Steve and I got up and he determined that the converter seems to be fried. So we unplugged it and will deal with that in the morning.

They have ghost tours. I would love to take one of those too.

Savannah- North Historic District

Jepson Center & Telfair Children's Art Center

Spanish moss and a fountain

Fountain at Savannah Civic Center

Chippewa Square

Red telephone booth -Steve was in England during his military career. He is always excited to see these.

Savannah South Historic District

Telfair Hospital

I love these porches

Beautiful flowers!

Whitfield Square

Layfayette Square

The Cathedral Basilica of St. John The Baptist

Very old steps-historic-the yellow sign states: Use at Your Own Risk

My favorite brand of T-shirts

More from the North District

Colonial Park Cemetary

29-Sat-We were supposed to leave this morning, but we need to stay over another night and get this converter replaced. Were got the replacement at Camping World in Pooler, GA (suburb) just up the road on I-95. We had to change sites in order to stay over another day. Then we went to Auto Zone for a tool needed to installed the converter. Steve completed the installation and then it was nap time. We had eggs, ham, toast and berries for supper.

Converter

30-Sun-Today we are getting on the road to St. Augustine, FL. We unhooked the utilities and hooked up the pickup. Then we arrived at st. Augustine, Fl about 1:30 PM. This is Sun Outdoors St. Augustine. It is a fancy place, but they don’t lead you to your site, bummer. The pads were concrete. And, Oh my, it is humid and hot to us! We got set up and then relaxed. Supper was cheese and crackers along with berries. We only have two nights here, they could not extend our stay because they have a rally coming in. So they gave us a credit for our first night (when we could not make it).

Altamaha River

St. Mary's River

We crossed into Florida

Jacksonville, FL

31-Mon-We were up at 8 AM. After getting around we loaded up the dogs and drove our pickup around St. Augustine til about 12:30. We even went to the state park - but it was not too dog friendly - so we left. Then we went back to the RV. We had to make another Walmart run. Then we rested a bit. We figured out our route home. We probably should have taken the Old Town Trolley Tour here also - but we did not have time. The Fountain of Youth would have cost $20 each. We did stop at a park near the lighthouse and walk a bit. This is a place that should be in the January or February rotation, when it is possibly cooler.