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Our first stop after leaving Florida was at The Oaks in Yemassee, North Carolina. An obviously older campground, it is nonetheless clean and set in a natural setting of trees providing shade to all campsites. The bathrooms have been renovated and are kept clean. The small pool was not opened yet for the season. The activity center, located just beside the office, has comfortable sofas to sit on and enjoy the free internet, a big sectional sofa for TV viewing on their large screen TV, some tables and chairs, and a pool table.
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| The trail around the lake |
What we liked the best though was the nice long trail that surrounds a lake and several ponds where we saw alligators and turtles. Fishing is permitted in the lake. We kept seeing a pair of cardinals but never could capture a photo.
I love camping where there are a lot of trees and to awaken to various bird songs. The sites here are all pull-throughs but some are a bit narrow not leaving much room between rigs. But because of the forest setting, we didn't feel exposed and enjoyed sitting outside.
There is a KOA right beside this campground and it can be accessed from the trail.
Most of all, we enjoyed going to the Savannah Wildlife Refuge. It has a 4 mile drive through that lets you see a TON of alligators (25 when we went) and the possibility to see a multitude of birds. I was mostly hoping to see the Purple Gallinule that we had seen a few years ago in the Everglades in Florida that is regularly seen at the refuge. But we weren't that lucky. We did see turtles and a bald eagle being chased by turkey vultures (no pics). Mostly it was a lovely afternoon spent in nature in absolutely perfect weather. We enjoyed it VERY MUCH!
The next day we decided to visit the city of Savannah. With buildings dating from the 1700's it is very interesting to stroll through its streets and squares. The city was built with several squares that actually are small parks with mature trees that provide shade and a place to rest. Most squares are dedicated to a historic figure and have a statue to represent it. The marketplace is crazy with shops and people. It's very hard to find parking as most public parking spaces we saw were full. But because we seem to be followed by good luck we stopped at a place that offered free parking if you used their touring trolleys but at $31 a person it was too steep for us. The girl at the gate told us about parking at the information center which turned out to be just about a block away. The parking cost us $2 for the afternoon and we chose to walk around town instead of the trolley tour which the least expensive was $20 a person for a 70-minute tour. Mind you, the tours are guided and tell you all about the history of Savannah but just to walk around is also satisfying and interesting. There are several houses that can be visited for about $10 a person. The churches were mostly not open to the public since it was Good Friday. We did see a few street musicians but not as many as we thought we would encounter.
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| This is a fancy pet shop and these are all dog treats under the chandelier |
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| City hall |
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| The Georgia Queen tour boat |
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| The very vibrant River Street |
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| Roses in bloom in April! |
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| This is where we parked our car cheaply and received good advice for walking the city along with a detailed map |
All in all Savannah is worth visiting and you should have more than a few hours to really tour the place.
South Carolina proved to be very interesting and we wished we would have had more time to explore. We discovered that there was an old plantation house right beside where we were staying on our last day here. We'll just have to come back next year!
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