Once again I am behind on posts. Once we left Gaffney, we traveled to Lake Greenwood State Park in Ninety-Nine, South Carolina. The park was nice, but the sites were not very level. We had a reservation for the weekend in a site that we could not level side to side---we had a definite lean to the passenger side. After two days of walking crooked, we were able to change sites and we had a really nice site for one night! Unfortunately, we did not take any pictures while at the park! Bob and I did have a nice visit with my nephew who lived nearby.
When we left Ninety-Nine, it was on to South Georgia. We made a stop in Statesboro, where Bob and I met 47 years ago. There is a craft brewery that we found to be to our liking. Then it was on to Claxton, Georgia, and Evans County Public Fishing Area. We found that they allow boondocking near the lake. We spent an enjoyable evening walking around the area.
This is the view of the lake we had from our 'site.'
We only spent one night at the fishing area before moving to our next destination: King's Bay Naval Base in St. Mary's, Georgia. It had been quite a few years since we visited the area. We spent a week at King's Bay, exploring the town of St. Mary's, the Okefenokee Swamp, and Crooked River State Park.
Our first day trip was to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. We enjoyed walking several trails in the area.
The first took us to an old homestead located in the park.
The next trail took us along a boardwalk to an observation tower.
Our final trail was through a pine forest near the entrance of the park. We are really racking up those steps on this trip!
Our next day trip was not far from the base, Crooked River State Park. We hiked all the trails that were open. The river boardwalk is still closed due to Hurricane Matthew which hit over a year ago.
We were able to see the river in some areas as there were several side trails that led to overlooks.
A trip to St. Mary's would be incomplete without a trip to the old tabby sugar mill ruins. It is just outside the base.
We walked the town of St. Mary's and saw this sailboat abandoned in the marshes. I bet there is a very unhappy sailor somewhere.
We enjoyed our stay at King's Bay even though we were in an overflow site that shared electric and water with the site next door. On our last day, someone was scheduled to come in on this site so we moved to overflow next to the community center so we wouldn't have to travel on the Saturday before Easter.
By leaving on Easter Sunday, we had a better chance of getting a site at our next stop since we didn't have any reservations.
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