Three Stop RV Rally – Days 13-15 – Oak Plantation And Moving To Asheville, NC, Trolley

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."

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

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