Naval Weapons Station - Goose Creek, South Carolina

May 4th - Wednesday - 78 degrees - Bright blue skies, very low humidity

We left Georgia this morning a little before noon and traveled route 95 to route 17 and stopped at our present location at Foster Creek RV Park which is located at the Naval Weapons Station in Goose Creek, South Carolina and that is 20 minutes from historic downtown Charleston, SC.

It is a nice camp ground; however, nothing like the campground we were at last night,we didn't get here in time tonight for us to get out and explore, by the time we got everything set up it was too dark to move around and enjoy an evening walk. Lou tries to get the windows of the RV and the car cleaned, as the Lovebugs are out in full strength and we have been told they need to be cleaned off each day, as they can make a mess of the paint on the automobiles. We were also told that fabric softner sheets work well to clean them off with so we have been trying them.

We are going to stay here for two days and tomorrow we are going to drive into Charleston and take a tour of the city and of one of the plantations. It so happens that the book I am reading now takes place in Charleston, so I am really anxious to see some of the points of interest.

Krista called today after she saw the specialist for her unborn baby and she does indeed have a problem with the baby's heart and they are going to continue to monitor the baby, she is going to return on Friday, she will not return to work until after the baby is born. The physician reports her baby (Matthew) weighs over five pounds and has big feet and hair. Please keep her in your prayers as she has over a month of her pregnancy to go.

She also reports that Steve was able to cut our grass around the house, we still have water around the barn, and the rain is still coming several days a week and the temperatures are still cool. Lou and I had thought we wouldn't put in a garden this year, but with all of the reports we hear of flooding and such around, think we must grow some of our own food to help ourselves and maybe help some other folks also. We certainly have enjoyed the fresh tomatoes, radishes, onions and such in Florida, and the peppers have been wonderful. Krista and Steve have always helped us with the garden and we share the produce, so will probably do the same thing again, Steve usually grows his peas as his house, along with a few other things he likes that do better in the shade and we grow the things that do well in the sunshine.

Strange how thought change to home as we start homeward. Lou has been talking about how he wants to rebuild the fence the wind had destroyed this winter, he has different ideas than we had thought of before, and think it will make it much easier than what we had before. Lots to do when we get home along with washing and waxing the RV and cleaning it inside and we have a SMART campout coming up in June also. Time marches on.