Florence SC

Tuesday and Wednesday

Visited Lois & Pat

We left Four Oaks, NC and decided with the additional time we seem to need to get from place to place in the RV, the 5 hours I had mapped out to visit Southport and Oak Island would turn into 7 and we'd be rolling into Florence about 8 pm.  We decided to find a place (like a park) to eat lunch and spend some time and then head to Florence.  While I was looking on the AAA site, I came across a State Park - the Jones Lake State Park.  It was on our way and had a lake and some natural interest, so there we were.  

Turns out Jones Lake opened in the summer of 1939 as the first state park for African Americans. It was open as a strictly African American park until the 1960 when it became fully integrated.  It had a lake, concessions, and all types of camp activities.  It had a little informational educational display in the camp headquarters.

State Park where we ate lunch.

For lunch we finished the hamburger sliders from the night before.  Tom is learning to take the battery out of the smoke alarm when I use the cook-top - the exhaust fan doesn't do much exhausting.  After lunch we took a stroll around the lake, and then headed out to Florence.  We got to Lois & Pat's about 4 and sat down (happy not to  be moving) and caught up and then Lois made us her amazing seafood casserole.  We sat up and swapped life stories and then crashed.  The Tempur-Pedic bed was great and Tom's feet didn't hang off the end by 2 feet.

Next morning, we headed out to Myrtle Beach with Lois & Pat to spend the day cruzin' and have dinner.  We had a great day, rain held off until we headed back to Florence, and we had lunch on the boardwalk and dinner at Captain George's and stopped by Barefoot Landing to spend a little time and money.  

Just what MiMi needs - in a store at Barefoot Landing.

Horror of horrors - the Twisted Kilt Bar and Restaurant was closed.  We'll have to check it out in March, but this could be a setback for Spring.

Got back to Florence safe and sound with Pat being the driver - didn't have much energy and crashed about the moment we got home.  

We did pick up the Rx for my sinusitis so we'll see how that ruins the trip - my system has never liked antibiotics much, but it felt like my face was in a vice, so I gave up and called the doctor.  He was a sweetie and after talking to me called in the prescription.  Told me it served me right for being in an RV.