PART 2 - WHERE ARE THE CAR KEYS?

So, we arrived back at my Cousin’s house after they were so gracious to cart us around all day and to feed us also! We had decided earlier that we were going to set up the car and RV now instead of in the morning. That’s when the unexpected happened! I guess that you have to expect it --- I could not find my set of keys to the car. We looked high and low, inside and out, up and down and all around. They were no where to be found. We knew that I had them earlier, 2 minutes before we left, because I moved the car so Paul could get out of the driveway and I also said to my Cousin Laurie – Oh! I forgot to give our friend Earl back his house key – it was still on the ring! It was a little red plastic tag that said: “EARL’S FRONT DOOR”.

For whatever reason (maybe the Detective in him?) Paul decided to call the Restaurant and sure and begorrah – the lady at the Dead Dog Saloon said – you mean “EARL’S FRONT DOOR” key? Well, they had a good laugh and we made arrangements the next day to pick them up since we were meeting Carol and George Oldroyd for lunch in Murrells Inlet, SC close to were they live. Instead of trying to park the rig with the car in tow I called Carol and asked if one of them could pick up the key on their way to lunch – THANKS GEORGE!

George and Carol/Photo from Carol`s FB page

Yummy

We met Carol and George (who are long time friends from the Fairfield Fire Department) at their favorite local spot called Big Apple Bagel on Tuesday Nov 12 th at 12:30pm. Bagels aren’t their only gig, they have delicious sandwiches and other things. 

We had a nice visit, got some great RV and travelling advice and headed out for Brunswick, GA. Port St Lucie was just too far to do in one day, so we decided to try and drive half way so it wouldn’t be so far of a drive on Wednesday. While still at my Cousin Laurie’s place I decided to Join Passport America. You join as a member and that allows you to up to 50% of oodles of RV parks.

So, I called the Golden Isles Vacation Park in Brunswick, GA. Spoke to the woman at the desk and asked if late check-in was a problem. She said “No Sir. We have someone here all night”. I gave her my CC for the $44 a night reservation which was only $22 with Passport America and off we started South toward Charleston. We got through some 5pm traffic in North Charleston, flew through Savannah, GA and made it to the Golden Isles about 10:30pm on Tuesday. Guess what? No one to be found! No after hours check-in, no phone’s answered with voice mailboxes full. So, after driving around the entire Campground 3 times I decided to look for a plan “B”. 

Photo from the internet

I searched online for other close by RV parks and low and behold, less than .7 miles away was a very nice park called Coastal Georgia RV Resort ( www.coastalgaresort.com ). Their phone recording said that they had a night kiosk and if there were any maps behind the magic door, then you got to pick one. If there were no maps left then they were full. Lucky us!!! ONE map left. We found our spot, pulled up and found a beautiful location with water behind us. It was a little chilly and overcast. We slept like bears and headed out the next morning for Clewiston, FL.

Photo from the internet/Photo by Daniel Marques

On Wednesday morning, Nov 13, after leaving Brunswick, GA, we called ahead to the Vitambi Springs Resort (www.vitambi.com ). Martin said that he did have a spot for us but we needed to be there by 7pm as they closed at 6 but he would stay later for us as we would never be able to find the site in the dark. We called him back at 4:30 to let him know where we were. One GPS said that we would be there at 6:58pm and the other GPS said that we would be there by 6:30. Clewiston, FL is just south of Lake Okeechobee and out in the middle of nowhere! Thirty minutes to the closest town.

Well, Martin had to leave earlier than expected so he gave us directions on how to get to the open RV site and also his cell number in case we needed help. NEEDED HELP??? These two RV pro’s??? LOL We slowed down our pace a bit since we didn’t have to worry about anyone waiting for us. Stopped to get fuel and a coffee and arrived at the Resort at 8pm. We found our site without a hitch and were set up within the hour. The mosquitos and little natty flies helped us set up a little faster than normal.

The location is directly across from a beautiful little lake and not too far from the Main Lodge, bathrooms and showers – which can be VERY important when staying in a park. Again – lots of driving that day and we both slept like bears. We had plans to head to Port ST Lucie the next day to visit and have lunch with my Uncle Roger, Aunt Tina and Cousin Steve Farkas.

See Y`all next time!...

By Mike Farkas

Photos by Daniel Marques