Walmart (I-95 exit 119), Manning,SC

Date of Stay:  Saturday April 30, 2016 (1 night)

Rate:  Shopping trip (varies)

Website:  Walmart
   2010 Paxville Hwy
   Manning, SC 29102
   803-435-4323

Description:  About a mile from I-95 with an easy in and out parking lot.  Very quiet, parked near the Automotive/Garden Center.  Walmart truck beside us used his generator so we closed our windows and used ours until it cooled off.

Activities:  Overnighter about midway between CK and NC.  I asked an employee in the parking lot who said it was fine to stay.  Supper from Subway and breakfast from Bojangles.  We will use this spot again in the future.

  

Freightliner Custom Chassis Factory Service Center, Gaffney, SC

Date of Stay:  Tuesday September 29 – Thursday October 1,2015 (2 nights)

Rate:  yearly service

Website:  Freightliner Custom Chassis Factory Service Center
   103 Campus Drive
   Gaffney, SC 29341
   855-253-0421

Description:  This is where many diesel pushers are born, ours included.  There are 6 work bays and 20 rv sites with 50A electric hookup.  We were on site 15.  Dump station and water take on as you enter (or exit) the facility.  Easy to get to from I-85 (exit 92).  Decent waiting room with morning coffee provided.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpster on site.

Activities:  We came here a few years ago to the class they offer for the owners of the coaches with Bill and Nancy. They have been here for service since then and recommend it versus Lazydays. Since we had trouble with Tawanda overheating during the summer, we wanted to get a thorough checkup.  The service is much faster and better at a better overall price.  Arrived Tuesday afternoon for a Wednesday morning appointment and left Thursday morning.  We spent the day in the lounge although there is a shopping mall nearby.

 

Factory Service Center                                  On site 15

Jolly Acres RV Park & Storage, St George, SC

Date of Stay:  Thursday April 30, 2015 (1 night)

 Rate:  $22/night (PPA discount)

Website:  Jolly Acres RV Park & Storage
   289 Horne Taylor Road
   St George, SC 29477
   843-563-8303

Description:  Located about 5 miles east of I-95 exit 77, this park is set in the quiet countryside.  There are a few well maintained FHU permanent sites in the back of this Mom and Pop park and a few pull-thrus near the office.  Roadways and sites are packed gravel.  We stayed on site 5 which was w/e (50A) on a concrete pad right next to the office.  A couple of ducks stay on the fishing pond.  Laundry and propane sales on the property.

Activities:  Good park to stroll around in.  We enjoyed this quiet stopover.  PPA not valid on Friday or Saturday night.

Trash and Recycle:  A couple of dumpsters in the park but no recycling noticed.

 

Site 5

 

Entry to Jolly Acres                                    Parked near the office

 

Long term sites                                      Approaching the pond

 

Quack quack… feed us!

Swamp Fox Campground, Florence, SC

Date of Stay:  Tuesday September 30, 2014 (1 night)

Rate:  $24/night (with PPA discount)

Website:  Swamp Fox Campground
   1600 Gateway Road
   Florence, SC 29501
   843-665-9430

Description:  Dirt/gravel roadways and sites.  No picnic tables but all pull-thru sites with FHU (50A).  We stayed in site 406.  The campground is right beside I-95 (exit 157) behind a vacant hotel.  Several long term residents.  They don’t accept PPA during the winter (November-March) because they are pretty full with snow birds.

Activities:  We just stayed here for a one night stopover along I-95.  We washed several loads of clothes since we had FHU.  We don't plan on staying here again however.

 

On site 406

 

Office/laundry/bathhouse                         Our site is just barely long enough

Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet, SC

Date of Stay:  Monday October 29 - Tuesday November 13, 2012 (15 nights)

Rate: $32/night

Website:  Huntington Beach State Park (SC)
   16148 Ocean Hwy
   Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
   843-237-4440

Description:  We have camped here many times before.  Just south of Myrtle Beach but very natural ocean front setting.  Nice nature center, hiking trails, undeveloped beach, Atalaya Castle and paved bike path next to Hwy 17.  Paved roads with sand/gravel/grass parking pads.  Most sites are water and 30A electric while there are a few FHU sites.  We stayed on site 19.  The causeway leading to the campground always has beautiful migratory birds this time of year and an occasional alligator.  I could sit for hours just watching them.  The paved bike path is a great place to ride through the woods.  All this and it’s right on the ocean!

Activities:  Lots to do here!  We came here to join several friends for the Second Carolina Clan Gathering.  We all met each other at an RV-Dreams Rally.  It is a great bunch of folks and we had a great week!  Many of us have SeaEagle kayaks and we went to a local boat launch and spent the day on the Waccamaw River Intracoastal Waterway.  Since this was such a big group of folks (about 40), many people did their own things during the day, going out for lunch with other couples, going hiking together or things like that before getting together for a campfire every night.  Our second week here was much quieter since most folks went their separate ways with smiles on their faces. 

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpsters at the exit near the dump station.  Full service recycle bin there also.

 

Causeway to the park

 

 

Campfires and the Carolina Clan… smiles all around!

 

 

Beautiful day on the Waccamaw River Intracoastal Waterway

 

  

 

Wildlife at the Causeway

Kings Mountain State Park, Blacksburg, SC

Date of Stay:  Friday June 8 - Monday June 18, 2012 (10 nights)

Rate:  $22/night

Website:  Kings Mountain State Park (SC)
   1277 Park Rd
   Blacksburg, SC 29702
   803-222-3209

Description:  Dirt roads and not very level sites.  Hilly and very wooded.  30A and water at the site.  We stayed in site 47 which was a challenge to back into.  Not big rig friendly but it is close to Gaffney, SC.  We stayed here with our friends Nancy and Bill so that we could go to the Freightliner Chasis Class since they also had a new Winnebago.

Activities:  Hiking and Geocaching.  A Living History Farm is on the grounds.  Re-enactors were there one day to give it a hands on experience.  Nearby is the Kings Mountain National Military Park with a nice visitor center and paved path up the mountain.  The battle of King’s Mountain was fought in 1780 and it was a pivotal point in the Revolutionary War. 

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpster as you enter the campground.  Also have recycling at entry (cans, plastic, glass and newspaper).

 

Living History Farm

 

       

Gin and Bill on the path at King’s Mountain National Military Park     Nancy reaching the summit

Hardeeville RV Park, Hardeeville, SC

Date of Stay:  Tuesday May 15 - Thursday May 17, 2012 (2 nights)

Rate:  $21/night (PPA discount)

Website:  Hardeeville RV Park
   3090 S Okatie Hwy-Hwy 315
   Hardeeville, SC 29927
   843-784-6210

Description:  Gravel and sand roads.  Many long-term sites under the trees but over-nighters in the front near the office are pull-thru FHU sites.  Self check-in so no credit cards taken.  We stayed in site 326.  A little ways off of I-95 but near Savannah, GA.  On our way to Lazy Days in Tampa for some warranty work.

Activities:  We just used it as a stopover but lots to do in Savannah and Hilton Head.

Trash and Recycle:  No recycling.  Trash can at the office and dumpster in the wooded area for the long-term patrons.

 

Office for self check-in

Bass Lake Campground, Dillon, SC

Date of Stay:  Saturday February 18 - Monday February 20, 2012 (2 nights)

Rate:  $18/night (PPA discount)

Website:  Bass Lake Campground
     1149 Bass Lake Place
     Dillon, SC 29536
     843-774-9100

Description:  Right beside I-95 so road noise can be a bother.  Packed sand and grass sites.  Pull thru FHU 50A.  Laundry in the bathhouse.  We stopped here on our way back to NC from FL because of the PPA discount rate which is good for 3 nights.  Pretty pond.  Nice owner walked the MH to the site.

Activities:  Just used as a stopover.  Convenient to I-95.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpster near office.  Didn’t notice recycling.

 

 

Catch and release pond                                 Bathhouse with laundry in rear