It has been a very wet season here in southern South Carolina. We are ready to hoist anchor and move this boat to the far reaches of the panhandle. Can you believe it? We have been here, in Yemassee, three times since Christmas. Not sure what we were thinking. I'd say the "Welcome" mat has been worn out, but it floated away two weeks ago.
We slipped up to Charleston for a week of fun and the rain joined us there as well. Nonetheless, we spent three good days walking through the market place and along the river front. We took in some of the local fare and found goodies galore. It is a beautiful walk along the East Battery. It is astonishing to see so much history preserved in one place after so much civil unrest and Mother Natures wrath. It is a remarkable sense of community there where, every day, people come together in the parks and streets to enjoy the simplest of moments.
It should be noted that most campgrounds and RV parks have no drainage system. Running water? Yes. Sewage systems? Yes. However, when it comes to keeping the non-stop rains from creating bridge-less moats around each campsite, it seems to have gone overlooked. We feel fortunate that most of our stays in the north had natural run off do to the hilly terrain.
As of now, we are back in the tip of SC where the rains dance still, periodically, to bid us a final farewell. The soupy mess around our beast is drying up and the temps, we have been longing for, are slowly creeping in. Our adventure takes us to Georgia for a week and then we head into Florida for the rest of March. We hope to visit with some family and friends while we are there and continue to get settled into this new life style.
Our biggest task of moving our belongings into our new home is just about complete and so now our focus has been on making modifications to our rig in an effort to create a more comfortable living experience. It takes a bit of ingenuity to give our living and work spaces functional and fashionable appeal. Collapsible shelves and desktops, re-purposed TV cabinets, adding brushed steel to surfaces for storage, creating book racks are among the many projects that have made their way into our tiny home. We even took our, already downsized, DVD collection and reduced the space they take up by putting them in slim jewel cases. This reduced their bulky storage by two thirds. Projects are our "thang". We just can't help ourselves. As it turns out, we don't need a 20'x10' garage to work on our projects. It would seem that we brought just enough tools and supplies to satisfy our need to create. Apparently, we are also lucky to get away with using power tools in the campgrounds with stay at. It should be noted that we are considerate about when we start blaring the songs of a circular saw serenade and limit how much we let the sweet sounds of ripping wood to continue. We don't want to find out how much a campground, or the other guests, will put up with before we get the ax.
So before we go, we want to thank everyone who has been keeping up with our little adventure. Though, we know our blogging is not as riveting as an Ann Rule novel, we appreciate you stopping by and giving us a little attention.
Don't forget to watch for us pulling into a town near you. If you're lucky, we might be able to give you a personal tour of the place we now call home and subject you to more stories of our travels in person.
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