CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

WE CROSSED THE BRIDGE AND BID SAVANNAH FAREWELL.

IT WASN'T LONG AND WE WERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

WE GOT TO THE RV PARK IN CHARLESTON ABOUT NOON.

LAKE AIRE IS A PASSPORT AMERICA PARK AND WE HAD RESERVATIONS FOR ONE WEEK. THERE HAD BEEN A  STORM THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THERE WAS NO WI-FI.

WE WEREN'T TOO IMPRESSED WITH THIS PARK. THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS AND A LOT OF PERMANENT FOLKS. IT HAD A POOL, BUT ALWAYS FULL OF KIDS. WE DIDN'T HAVE WI-FI FOR  SIX DAYS. THERE WERE ONLY TWO WORKING WASHERS.

AFTER WE GOT SET UP WE FOUND A WALMART AND BOUGHT A FEW GROCERIES, IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE RV PARK. THE NEXT MORNING WE DROVE TO HISTORIC CHARLESTON. WE HAD TO PARK AT THE VISITOR CENTER BECAUSE THERE WAS LIMITED PARKING DOWNTOWN.

IT WAS A LONG WALK AND IT WAS STARTING TO GET HOT AND HUMID!!
WE FINALLY GOT TO  THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

WE WALKED AROUND A BIT, BUT IT WAS GETTING TOO HOT. WE STOPPED AND HAD LUNCH AND THEN HEADED BACK TO THE TRUCK. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE TRUCK WE FOUND OUT THE HEAT INDEX WAS OVER 100 DEGREES. IT WAS WAY TOO HOT TO BE OUT!
ON SATURDAY,  IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 99 WITH HUMIDITY, BUT WE WANTED TO GO TO MAGNOLIA PLANTATION. WE GOT THERE PRETTY EARLY, BUT IT WAS ALREADY  HOT!!

MAGNOLIA PLANTATION IS AN OLD COTTON  PLANTATION TURNED INTO A TOURIST ATTRACTION.
THE ZOO IS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK, WE SAW THIS DEER ROAMING AROUND, WE HAD TO GO CHECK IT OUT.

THE ANIMALS IN THIS ZOO ARE  UNIQUE, THEY EITHER HAD BEEN INJURED AND COULD NOT BE RETURNED TO THE WILD, OR LIKE THIS DEER HAD BEEN HANDLED BY HUMANS AND COULD NOT BE RETURNED TO THE WILD.

SHE IS SO FRIENDLY!

WE ALSO FOUND A TRAM TO RIDE BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HOT TO WALK.

THIS IS WHERE THE SLAVES LIVED.

THESE HOUSES WERE DIVIDED IN HALF AND TWO  FAMILIES  LIVED IN A HOUSE.
THIS WAS THE LARGE PLANTATION HOUSE.

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS SUCH A  BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND FOR A PICTURE.

THE GROUNDS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SEE, BUT IT WAS TOO HOT FOR US.

I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO THE AIR CONDITIONED RV.  THE REFRIGERATOR TEMPERATURE  HAS BEEN CLIMBING EVERY DAY, WE WERE HOPING IT WAS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT OUTSIDE.
THE NEXT MORNING I WASN'T FEELING WELL AT ALL, SO WE WENT TO URGENT CARE. I HAVE A URINARY TRACT INFECTION. THE DOCTOR GAVE ME A PRESCRIPTION AND WARNED ME TO STAY OUT OF THE SUN, I COULD BURN EASILY ON THE MEDICATION. BY TUESDAY, THE REFRIGERATOR WAS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY, SO WE CALLED  AN RV REPAIR MAN TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT, HIS DIAGNOSIS: THE COOLING UNIT AGAIN!!!  THE ONE  WE HAD REPLACED LAST SUMMER TWICE. WE CALLED DOMETIC AND IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THANK GOODNESS!! THE REFRIGERATOR IS RUNNING AT 40 TO 48 DEGREES. WE WANTED TO GET SOMEWHERE WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES,  THE LAPTOP SCREEN WENT BLACK ABOUT THIS TIME TOO. WHEN IT RAINS..............IT POURS. WE LEFT ON THURSDAY FOR RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.