TOUR AMERIA 2023 – BUCK HALL RECREATION AREA, McCLELLANVILLE, SC

July 6, 2023

Temperature 98 Degrees

Same Plan As The Day Before

The plan for our second travel day was the same as the first, on the road by 7 am and off the road and set up by 12 noon. We wanted to be set up and relaxing with the AC on before the real heat of the day set in.

Did we succeed? Yup. But if anyone sets the alarm again for 5:30 am on this trip they are gong to be disowned.

The trip was an easy, but boring one. We were on major highways the whole way. The only road that gave me some concern was Route 17. Unfortunately, the road has no shoulder so one has to be extra careful not to stray to the right or you’ll be off the road and in the grass in a heartbeat.

Once again we ran the whole way with the generator on and the two roof top A/C’s running and keeping us nice and cool. Unfortunately, our dash A/C doesn’t work that well but with the roof top units running we are nice and comfortable. In addition, this ensures that when we arrive the inside of Elvira is already cooled down. We simply switch from generator to provided 50 amp service and all is well despite the high outside temperatures.

So where are we?

We are at Buck Hall Recreation Area in South Carolina. This is a county park that we have stayed at before. The park is located on the Intercoastal Waterway and is a favorite of those in the area that like to fish.

It is a beautiful park with lots of green space, and lots and lots of room between sites. We have 50 amp electric and water but unfortunately there is no sewer. We’re going to try and make it seven days which we should be able to do before we have to dump our tanks. Time will tell. Helping the situation is the fact that the bath house with some really nice showers is just about 100 feet away. I’ve already verified that the showers are dated but clean, and the water is nice and warm.

Yup, that’s us.

All backed in and slides out, time now to just relax and enjoy life before we begin to do some sightseeing. We’ve had some minor issues to deal with already but that’s life on the road. The only issue we can’t figure out yet is an odd noise coming from our washer. It came at random times during the night waking both of us up every time. Do we have a critter imprisoned in the inner workings? Do we have an electrical problem? That is yet to be determined. Maybe today will be the day we find out. Fingers crossed.

Even Proton approves of our current home. This is his traveling chair, which he is willing to share with Ms. Barbara. Provided she doesn’t take up too much room!

Today was supposed to be a sightseeing day, but since neither of us got much sleep last night we’re going to put it off until tomorrow In addition we want to make sure everything is in order before leaving Proton by himself for the day.

Hopefully tomorrow we’ll venture out.