Before
I discuss our move, a few comments about Oak Plantation Campground on John’s
Island, SC (Charleston). I believe this
is just a campground and not up to an RV Park or Resort, but it is a nice
campground and we would stay there again.
I base my ratings on their sites being just gravel or grass and gravel
although their roads were paved. We
didn’t use any of fixed facilities, but the WiFi was very good, the water
pressure was a little low, and everything else was normal. Check in was friendly and efficient.
Depending upon traffic and how many red lights you hit, it’s 15-30 minutes into
downtown. A big negative was the traffic
that backs up in front of the entrance due to the nearby traffic light and
heavy traffic. Since it is for sale for
$31 million, there seem to be no improvements being made.
We
departed Charleston about 9:30 on Saturday morning and got into Asheville's Bear Creek RV Park &Campground around 3:30pm as I continued to drive slow to hopefully negate the
Low Coolant Alarm but it still came on several times during the trip with one
stop engine alarm. Hopefully we’ll get
home okay.
We
pulled into the campground in a light rain, were assigned site 14, got set up
and relaxed until suppertime where we had a group meal at the clubhouse. It continued to rain overnight and until about
noon on Sunday which ended up being a putter-around-day for me and a shopping
trip to the Dillards Outlet for the girls.
On
Monday, we took the trolley tour of Asheville and had a very good
driver/narrator with the tour being mostly about history and architecture.
I really liked what I saw of the town which
has a population of about 90,000 and became famous as the summer place for many
of the wealthy folks from the hotter southern areas, such as Charleston. There any many fine old homes and the rhododendron
were at their peak in the lush. green, heavily treed yards.
The
down town area is still vibrant with the buildings from defunct businesses
(eg.-Woolworth, Kresse, S&W Cafeteria) now fully occupied by smaller
businesses. We also drove thru the River Arts
District which is in an old industrial area by the railroad tracks where
artists can display their wares in much lower priced real estate than in
downtown.
For
supper, we went to the Papa’s and Beer Mexican Restaurant (California Style
Mexican) which we were told was the best Mexican in Asheville.
Pat
had the taco, enchilada, and tamale combination,
Bev had the combination of
enchilada, tamale, and taco,
Daryl (sitting beside me) had Chimichangas,
and I ordered Carne Adovada but what I got was not like any I’d ever seen – I ate it anyway but it was just okay.
The others
also rated their meals as just okay so our local place continues to show that
it is the "good stuff."
Photos
can be enlarged by clicking on them and the blue words are links.
Have
a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.
Larry
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Sure sounds like a great narrated tour of the area, and the food looked tasty even if not the greatest.
ReplyDeleteThe town looks cute and what magnificent houses. All the food Mexican food looked tasty, it's too bad it was just okay.
ReplyDeleteHi Larry, Just back from 8 days on the road...St. Louis and Omaha...so I'm catching up. I'm embarrassed to admit that we've never explored Asheville despite it being so close to home. We have been to Biltmore but we obviously have a gap in our travel map that needs to be corrected. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
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