Showing posts with label 2 South Carolina repeats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2 South Carolina repeats. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Jolly Acres RV Park & Storage, St George, SC


Date of Stay:  Tuesday October 3, 2017 (1 night)

Rate:  $36/night

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

Description:  Located about 5 miles from I-95 exit 77, this mom and pop park is in a quiet rural setting.  There are a few well maintained permanent sites but most are short stays.  We were in site I, a FHU (50A) pull thru with a concrete patio.  Roadways and sites are packed gravel.  No longer accept Passport America.

Trash and Recycle:  Couple of dumpsters in the park but no recycle.

Activities:  Nice midway point for us and we met T&D here on our way to Cedar Key for the winter.  Good park to stroll in and feed the ducks on the pond.

Office  Pull thru site I
Office                                                        On site I
Ducks on the pond  Ducks on the pond
Ducks on the pond

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Freightliner Custom Chassis Factory Service Center, Gaffney, SC


Date of Stay:  Thursday November 3 – Saturday November 5, 2016 (2 nights)

Rate:  yearly service

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

Description:  Gaffney SC is where our Freightliner Chassis was made so we bring Tawanda here for regular service.  There are 6 work bays and 20 rv sites with 50A electric hookup.  We were on site 5 and in work bay 5.  Dump station and water take on as you enter the fenced area.  Near I-85 at exit 92.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpster on site.

Activities:  Time for regular service plus our check engine light had recently come on indicating the DEF temperature sensor needed replacing.  Arrived on Thursday for a Friday morning appointment.  Left on Saturday after they topped off our cooling fluid.  We spent a beautiful day at Cowpens National Park Battlefield while Tawanda was being serviced.  There is a nice Visitor Center with an educational film about the battle that happened here on January 17, 1781 between the Patriot Continentals and the British.  There is a nice 1 mile trail on Green River Road (dirt path) where the actual battle occurred.  There is also an original log home (1828) on the property.  It is surrounded by a 3 mile one way auto loop road.

Site 5  Work bay 5
On site 5                                                 Work bays 4, 5 and 6

Gin at monument Battle of Cowpens Memorial monument
Battle of Cowpens Visitor Center
Patriot Continental Army  British Army
Patriot Continental Army                               British Army
Grasshopper cannon  British equipment
Grasshopper cannon                                 British equipment
Continental Army  Battlefield
Continental Army                                   Battlefield Trail
Patriot Army  British Army
Patriot Army                                             British Army
Green River Road  Green River Road
Green River Road
Skirmishers retreat, British advance  Double Envelopment
Skirmishers retreat                                  Double envelopment
Robert Scruggs house 1828  Interior
Robert Scruggs House (1828) with the meager belongings of the yeoman farmer

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Bass Lake Campground, Dillon, SC


Date of Stay:  Tuesday October 1,2013 (1 night)

Rate:  $22/night (PPA discount)

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

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.

Activities:  Just used as a stopover on our way to Florida.  Convenient to I-95 near the NC border. 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Bass Lake Campground, Dillon, SC


Date of Stay:  Tuesday September 18, 2012 (1 night)

Rate:  $19/night (PPA discount)

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

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.

Activities: Good place for a stopover along I-95 near the NC border.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Hardeeville RV Park, Hardeeville, SC


Date of Stay:  Wednesday June 6 - Friday 8, 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:  Reviewed earlier here.

Activities:  Just a stopover for us.