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Stayed at Outside Inn in Santee last week for a few days. Had an absolute blast. All kinds of farm animals running around, and even got to feed some other them.
Very friendly staff all around. Very nice gravel-covered sites with full hookups. Not a very big campground, which is good got a very quiet place to stay. A few nice trails to walk as well. Very nice and clean restrooms. Farm animal feeding twice pr. day, morning and night. We give this campground a 5 out of 5. Will definitely go back again.
Staying at Oconee Point at Lake Hartwell in South Carolina.
Lake Hartwell is a massive 56,000-acre man-made reservoir spanning the border between Georgia and South Carolina. Managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), it is one of the southeastern United States’ most popular recreational destinations, boasting 962 miles of scenic shoreline.
Most of the campsites are right on the water, Making it a prime camping destination. Most sites have Electric 30/50 Amp and water. There is no sewer at the camp sites. There is a dumping station on the way out of the campground though.
Right now, the lake is about 7 feet low, so there is currently a lot of red clay exposed above the waterline. This drop is due to an ongoing extreme drought impacting Upstate South Carolina and Georgia, leaving a roughly 30-inch rainfall deficit in the upper Savannah River drainage basin.
Campsite 3 at Oconee Point Campground.
We hope to go back to this gem, maybe when the weather is a little cooler.
Coming up next week, we’ll be headed to Edisto Beach State Park. We’ll be staying at the Live Oak Campground for this trip. I’ll keep this post updated as we explore.
We stayed at the Live Oak campground, which is one of two campgrounds in the state park. The other is closer to the beech. The Live Oak Campground site about a mile from the ocean.
Getting in there, the roads are very tight, with trees and other vegetation very close to the roads, with also had a few very sharp turns. We did not have an issue with our 30′ rig. Just be aware that if you arrive with a bigger outfit, be careful driving.
Campsite was fairly nice, but also very tight, with thick vegetation all around. Miles of very nice bike/ebike trails to explore. We didn’t bring our bikes for this trip, so we walked instead.
Very quiet place, with the occasional sounds of cars coming down 174.
I’ll give this campground 4 stars due to the very tight roads within the campground, and also tight campsites.
This is a great state park with a medium size campground. Got us a site right on the water. This is a very nice and quiet place.
The roads around the campground are all dirt road, and was pretty tight and curvy getting the RV in there. The sites are dirt as well. Most of them have water and electric. There is a dump station on the way out.
Comments Off on Texas farm country – RanchStoc 2024
Had a fantastic trip to Meridian, TX, to attend RanchStoc 2024, to meet old friends, and some new ones.
Stayed at Lake Tom Bailey Camp, MS after a good 600 mile ride. I was supposed to be met by thunderstorms and possible torando’s around Jackson, MS the next day.
Didn’t see any twisters, but it was an all day heavy rain event. Finally pulled in at Meridian Creek Ranch in the afternoon after another 600 miles.
Ranch lodge.
Visited an old, local “built by Norwegians” church located on the ranch
Next day, headed up to Stephensville, the get a hold of some BBQ at Hard Eight BBQ. Good stuff.
Started back home on Sunday morning. Very nice weather. Rode of Naches Trace for a while until I got to Jeff Busby Camp, where I decided to spend the night.
Next morning I continued up the Trace, and decided to make a shortcut, cutting across middle TN, into McMinneville, hit TN 30 (very nice road) until I reached my planned destination for the night, Cherohala Mountain Trails Camp. Had not stayed there before, so decided to give it a try. Very nice and friendly host.
Up early next morning, packed up, and headed up Cherohala Skyway. Didn’t see anothe4 soul on the way across. Stopped in Robinsville for breakfast, and continued on 28 towards Waynesville, hit the Blue ridge Parkway, exit on 276 down into Brevard, and continued on 276 to SC Foothills Parkway, the on SC 9 back home.
The GSA was ready for a 48K service, so I proceeded to do a valve check. Left side was all in spec. Right side had seen better days. That intake lobe looks “odd” 😆.
I’ll have to replace the right intake cam, and two cam followers. Oh well, nothing serious 😂.
