Cruising Through Columbia

Mr. Z’s RV Park, Gilbert, SC June 2 & 3 2016

Unlike many of our RVing friends, we prefer to not travel on Interstate Highways. The views are mostly boring, they’re crowded and people drive crazy. Back roads, lesser traveled highways, are more relaxing, more scenic and more friendly. Besides, what good is a 70 or 75 mile an hour speed limit when you’re barely go over 60? And, we’re rarely in a hurry, so why not take it easy?

But today, Thursday, we got a late start and wanted to get to our destination before rush hour traffic in Columbia, SC got too bad. So to make up some time, it was necessary to travel on I-26 for most of our trip. We plod along at about 62 –63 miles per hour and just let traffic whiz by us. Everybody is a hurry to get somewhere.

We had singled out 2 campgrounds on the southwest side of Columbia so that when it came time to leave we wouldn’t have to fight city traffic. According to RVParkReviews.com one had complaints of drug dealing taking place in the parking lot next to it and the other was a real small park, but no complaints other than that. Not really wanting to deal with druggies, we went for the smaller park, Mr. Z’s. And it was small! In fact we parked in Mr. Z’s side yard.

Just pulling yer leg. It wasn’t the only site, there were 16 in all, but it was the only one left with a 50 amp hookup.

We made plans to have lunch with EJ’s niece and sis’n’law on Friday. The niece received her nursing degree a couple of years ago and moved to Columbia beause she liked the vibes. We had a good time visiting with them, 13 cats, and 2 dogs. Finally I started to get antsy because I wanted to get across town before rush hour started.

Fate had another idea though, and within minutes after leaving it began to pour. When your dealt lemons, you make lemonade, right? Using the android app, Untapped, we located a microbrewery nearby where we could wait until the rain and traffic died down.

Our wait person was very helpful, determining our tastes and suggesting different brews that we might like. After a tour and several samples we found our favorites and even filled up a small growler.

We even talked up the possibilty of brewing on the go in a motorhome and found out that gallon sized batches might work. We’ll keep that in mind. As we left, the gate caught our eye.

On Saturday, we are on our way southwest to begin making our way to Texas.