2013 Winter Cross Country Trip; St. Augustine, Savannah, Tybee Island, Charleston, Myrtle Beach & Mooresville

After 7 weeks in Florida, we are now heading northward.  We visited St Augustine, Savannah, Charleston, Tybee Island, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach before heading inland to visit the Meesters’ in Mooresville, NC.

St. Augustine is a very pretty city.  It is the oldest European settled & continuously inhabited city in the USA.  Architecture is heavily influenced from its time being under Spanish rule.  

Savannah was also very  beautiful. The live oaks (term meaning they don't drop their leaves) are everywhere and lovely Spanish moss hangs from them.  Every few blocks there is a square or park in the city that date back to when the city was first designed. They call these parks the Jewels of the City.

We drove to Tybee Island to visit the lighthouse and beach.  Loggerhead turtles lay their eggs on this beach every year.  Click on Tybee above to go to a website about their turtle protection program.

We moved up to the Charleston area and found a wonderful county park with large spaces, full hookups and lots of bird life. We saw male and female cardinals, wood storks in trees and many egrets sunning themselves in the trees.  Also, great hiking trails. 

 

The name of the park is James Island County Park. Click on the word James on the left to go to their website.

We went out to a plantation that still had their authentic slave quarters.  They had a very informative visitor program to talk about slave and plantation life.

We stayed next in Myrtle Beach at Ocean Lakes Campground.  Needed to get a little more of the Atlantic Ocean before we head westward. 

We golfed there and a big squirrel ran up to us.  He was really big and had this white nose.  We had never seen one like it before.  We didn't know if we needed to run or feed him. Turns out, he was a Eastern FOX Squirrel and very friendly.

Next stop Moorseville, NC to see our friends Joe and Linda Meesters.  

We were the first of their RV friends to plug into their new RV spot. 

While there, we drove up to Mt Airey,  NC the real “Mayberry USA” and  home town of Andy Griffith, Opie and Aunt Bee.  Had our first PORK CHOP SANDWICH for $4.05 and it was real good too. Breaded pork, chili, cole slaw and mustard.