Saturday we got up a bit early and got things put away and moved the motor home to a more level area where we could hook up the van. We decided to take US52 south to Bonneau, SC as it appeared to be a pretty good road and the most direct route. One of the towns we went through was Cheraw and that was the hometown of Dizzy Gillespie, the famous trumpet player. Evelyn even saw a statue of him with his signature puffed out cheeks on the square. We did not have an opportunity to go around and get a better look at it or a chance to stop and see what kind of tribute they had for him. The road was fairly good, two lane in North Carolina but shortly after we got into South Carolina, it turned into a 4 lane, most of it divided. Sure beats the interstate system for scenery.
We arrived mid afternoon and got the coach parked in the back yard under a big pecan tree with lots of shade. However, we found lots of tiny ants which we have been working on ever since we got here. We sprayed everywhere we could and still have not conquered them. Maybe after we leave, they will just die of old age. How long to ants live anyway????
Sunday the sun came up bright and it was supposed to be 96 and it felt like it and the humidity about the same. This is not a place I would want to live in the summer, may be ok in the winter, but certainly too hot for me in the summer. All you can do is stay in the air conditioning and outside as little as possible. The tall ships were in at Charleston Harbor and were to leave on Monday. We decided it would be too crowded over the weekend so we went on Monday. We could see many of them but they were on the other side of the bay from us and none were under full sail until they cleared the harbor. There were lots of power boats on the water and the marina where we were was just loaded with power launches to pretty good sized yachts as indicated in the pictures. The Russian ship was black and we could see that as they passed the crew was all lined up on the yard arms getting ready to drop the sails when given the signal. It was a pretty sight to see. We then went down the wharf to see the Destroyer and the Yorktown, air craft carrier and a small submarine. The air craft carrier looked big from where we were but small, I am sure, compared to the carriers of today’s Navy.
Tuesday, we took the van to the shop to have the a/c checked out. It worked fine all the way to the shop and when the checked if it was putting out 42 degree air. It was a little low on coolant, but that was all they could find. It worked fine on the way home but then went warm this afternoon when we were out. We checked and the compressor was working but neither the front or rear air was cooling. May take it back tomorrow after it warms up and have them check it again. Will call them and see what they think. The intermittent operation of things is the hardest to catch. Only when they are not working can you check them out.
On the way home from the shop we stopped at a gun shop and they had plenty of amo by the box of the case. So, maybe it is a locality thing, we have been checking in different areas and could not find any.
We do not have any air card service nor wi-fi in this area so we have to go to Goose Creek to get our e-mail, so things get a bit delayed at times.