Wednesday August 3rd 2016

I got on the road at about 10am this morning. It was later than I had planned, but I put the time to good use. I reviewed the paperwork associated with selling my house in NH. It is now officially under contract. If all goes well the sail will close by the middle of September.

My destination for the day was the Point South KOA in Yemassee South Carolina. This is an OK stop for a night or two near Interstate 95. I’ve stayed here a few times. It seems to be well located for my travel style. I stopped here last December and last April. In April I stayed here for four nights while I toured Charleston SC.

To get here from Washington NC I had two choices. I could take route 17 south from Washington all the way to the KOA or I could take Interstate 95. Route 17 would take me through Wilmington NC, Myrtle Beach SC and Charleston SC. It might me shorter mileage wise but it would be a more difficult drive. I chose to back track a little going west and north to I95 then straight south through the remainder of North Carolina and most of South Carolina. It was about 350 miles total.

Welcome to South Carolina sign out the dirty window.

The only real event on my journey was at the gas station. When I tried to pull into the pumps my path was blocked by a car getting a jump start in the middle of the entry road. I went by and turned around in an empty parking lot, then waited for the access to clear. It turns out that the car needing a jump start was being pulled by a motorhome already at the pumps. For some reason he had disconnect his towed car to backup the motorhome only to find it had a dead battery. I didn’t get all the details. The gentleman driving the motorhome was quite flustered. He was still there after I’d gotten my gas and moved on.

Site 26 at the South Point KOA.

The weather this morning was sunny and not to hot. The humidity was way down from the weekend. The further south I got the worse the conditions looked. I ran through a few short rain showers as I drove, but nothing severe until I was ready to stop. As I arrived the KOA the clouds opened up. I got soaked going into the office to register. After I was escorted to my site I just sat in the RV until the rain letup enough to get outside and hook-up to the utilities. I was fully setup for the night about 5pm.

Watching to the TV news from Savannah GA this evening I heard an interesting statistic.  Today was the 43 straight day with the temperature in the 90s.  The record is 46 days.   I think it is far to say they are having a heat wave.