Celebrating Easter at Home!

It always takes a while to get settled back into a house after living in the RV for the winter.  We got home just in time to celebrate Easter with my family.  Here’s the Bunny cake that Erin made and the Easter egg hunt at Tom and Patti’s house.  Great Fun!

Of course, seeing my grandchildren after a long winter away, was the greatest joy.

Here’s Sage 4, Kayla  6 (in Brides dress) and Darby 6.   They are my youngest grand daughters

Here’s cousins, Molly 15 and Nicole 11.  Now that’s the five girls.

Jack Cody Gibson – he just turned 19 and is completing his first year at Schenectady Community College.

Brothers, Mark 15 and  Luke Gibson 17– these are Maureen 3 boys. Tom & Patti’s son, Trevor, 13 – completes the pictures.  That’s my 9 grandchildren and they all came to the Easter Party and to welcome us back home.  What a happy day!

Coming Home

We only stayed over night in Wilmington, NC and then headed north – for Home.  One of the most amazing sights was the Bridge over the James River in Virginia.

We didn’t stop in Washington, DC but took I-395 right through the center and were very close to the Jefferson Memorial and other famous sights.

We arrived home, safe and sound, on Saturday, the day before Easter.  Don drove 4,760 miles on this trip.            

We were home in time to spend Easter Sunday with ALL my family – a wonderful  Easter party was hosted by son Tom and his wife Patti.  What is better than being with all your family?   

Here’s a collage of my 9 beautiful grandchildren taken on Easter Sunday – it’s good to be home!!!

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

There are several ocean front campgrounds in Myrtle Beach, but I wonder for how long – The big hotels and condos are buying up all the ocean front property, especially here in North Myrtle Beach.  This is a photo taken at the beach in front of our park and you can see how the high rises are creeping towards us.

Below are photos of Myrtle Beach Travel Park, which has a marvelous, and VERY close proximity to the ocean/beach. 

As we walk from our campsite to the ocean, this is the view at high tide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s a picnic table and a shade shelter at every site.  My plants are happy on the table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can never resist taking another photo of the beach AND it is a beautiful, sandy beach.  Smell that fresh, salt air!

 

 

 

 

 

We went to Hamrick’s Clothing for Men, Women & children and Tuesdays are “senior” day. They were bringing them in by the busload! The store is huge and the selection staggering – I was in clothes heaven. I bought 4 tops that I really like. Don took this photo of the checkout lines.

That’s it for Myrtle beach.  We’ll be heading into North Carolina next.  Happy Easter!

Charleston, South Carolina

Moving up the coast, on Rt. 17, from Savannah to Charleston we camped at James Island County Park – which I had read about many times.  And yes, it would be the pride of any county to have such a beautiful facility.  Lakes for fishing & crabbing; a splash zone and swimming pools for the family; miles of hiking/biking trails and it’s jewel – a campground with spacious sites, full hookups and free wi-fi! 

Fort Sumter – where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.  This fort took terrible punishment over 2 years of continuous siege during the Civil War but the Confederates held out and only surrendered when Sherman marched into Charleston.

Ft. Sumter is accessible only by boat. We had a narrated tour of the harbor on our trip out to the fort.  Much of the fort has been restored and is now a National Park. 

Charleston Crab House

Don and I enjoyed a marvelous meal here – plus,it overlooks the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway. 

As we left Charleston, we drove over the new Revenel Bridge – isn’t it just amazing? 

Charleston – the best of the old and the new!

Savannah, GA

This is a continuation of touring Savannah. My favorite photo typifies Savannah and was taken at the Visitor’s Center at Wormsloe. 

 

Noble Jones came to Georgia with James Oglethorpe and was one of the original settles in 1733.  He built Wormsloe and raised his family here.

This is the long, long entrance drive – lined with LIVE OAKS, that leads to the ruins.

We were lucky to join a guided

tour of the Wormsloe plantation – we learned that the house was made of “tabby” – mainly crushed oyster shells.  Here is a photo of our guide.

 

 

 

                    Historic Bonaventure Cemetery – featured in the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”.    It’s spooky moss covered trees whoosh over the tombstones.                    

There are large “family” plots – outlined with stones – and both Jews and Christians are buried here. Again, the azalea were the highlight.

And Finally – here’s Don feasting on oysters out on Tybee Island, GA.  We really enjoyed visiting Savannah!

Savannah, GA

We camped for 10 days at Skidaway Island State Park and it was wonderful. Huge sites, electric and water and wi-fi at the Camp Office.  Paved interior road, quiet nights and close enough to downtown made it a perfect stop.

Fort Pulaski was a favorite and educational place to tour.  It is in the shape of a pentagon and is surrounded by a moat and has drawbridges.  It is very well preserved.

 

The spiral, stone staircases in the fort were one of my favorite features.

Here you can see the wonderful arches and the cannon tracks in the bricks. Amazing design.

Azaleas were in full bloom during our visit to Savannah and taking photos was my delight.

Perry, GA, FMCA Rally

We had a beautiful parking space in the Handicapped area at the Perry Fairgrounds.

 

There were no hookups and so I would say that we were “dry camping” , but 3 days of rain left it anything but “dry”.  This is the road in back of our motor home:

BUT – the sun came out and we enjoyed the Rally – especially the seminars!  Here’s Don deciding which one to attend.

We saw several friends from NY that had been wintering in Florida – we’re all heading slowly home.