Charleston, SC Air Force Base

February 12th - Thursday - Beautiful, Sunny - 63 degrees

We are at Charleston, South Carolina on the Air Force Base.  We have a lovely campsite, with a huge open field behind us, and the laundry and bath house beside us.  We have been here twice before and always enjoy our stays here.  Maci loves to run in the field behind us; in fact, we are amazed at how well she has adjusted to the RV and traveling.

Maci

Today, we decided that we would go to the Commissary so we could spend the afternoon while it was warm , getting outside and enjoying the warmer weather, as we are also forecasted to get very cold weather the rest of the week, so cold that we have to disconnect our water and be watchful of our pipes.

We took Maci and went for a nice walk, she loves to walk and smell the new territory.  We walked down to the entrance to the base to take a good look at the airplanes.  Matthew, the airplane at the top of the blog is a plane like Grandpa used to fly.  This is a C-124 ( Ole Shakey) to see it up close you can really see how huge it really is.

This gives you an idea just how large the tires are.

There were several other planes on display.  The one that Lou wanted me to see was the C-141 that his best friend Alois flew.

C-141

We were pleased to see how well these planes have been taken care of.  They are in excellent shape, which says a lot for the base here.  One reason I love to come to this base, it the fact that we can see and hear the planes here, as the airman do practice runs.

I snapped this the other evening when I had Maci out.

We also hear the fighter fly over, but haven't been quick enough to get their picture.

We have high wind warnings for tonight, for that matter it is pretty windy right now, we just had a branch blow down on the RV.  I  plan on staying in tomorrow and cleaning out the cupboards tomorrow and doing some cleaning.  We made reservations for next week at the sub base in Kings Bay for next Tuesday and Wednesday and then we will start for Key West, FL.