GOOD MORNING PARRIS ISLAND!
Well it's been a couple of days since our last post. Since leaving the vineyard in PA, we got the windshield chip fixed and went on our way to Fort Belvoir, VA. It was little bit of a hectic drive with traffic but we arrived to a beautiful double loop campground on the Army base right on the Potomac. Unfortunately, clouds set in and rain later that evening so we weren't able to see a lot there, but would definitely return.
We woke up on Saturday morning and made our way to North Carolina! Both Tommie & Rob were born in NC and Tom & I lived here in our early military lives together. I've always had a special place in my heart for North Carolina!
We made our way to North Carolina State Fairgrounds campground in Raleigh, to see our niece, Emily! We had a great visit and ended up @ Wilson's Eatery for a fun dinner and drinks!
Once we hit South Carolina, we visited our first Buc-cee's! It is an intense experience. They must've had at least 30-50 gas pumps and a convenience store the size of a walmart! We're true RVer's now that we visited a Buc-cee's!
We then traveled to MCRD (Marine Corps Recruit Depot) Parris Island, SC were both Tom and myself had boot camp almost 41 years ago! it was quite surreal driving onto the island in daylight, as the last time was at about 3 AM in the dark!
We had a full day of driving and had a nice walk, then dinner and fire while fighting off the onset of sand fleas..... having a bit of a PTSD moment or two from boot camp! Forgot about those little nasty biters! It was in the low 70's and we weren't ready for that big temperature change, but I'll take it.
More to pics to come (got to do some editing) from PI after our shenanigans today! SEMPER FI
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