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We arrived home today a little after 3 o'clock. Nice drive through Indiana's countryside. We camped just east of Anderson, IN last night and drove all the back roads until ST 13 connected to US 131.

Now, there is alot of cleaning both inside and out. Tons of laundry to do also. Not to mention yard work. Those weeds sure did pop up in the garden.

Well, Maverick Miles will close for now. When another trip is planned, I will notify everyone again. Thanks for reading about our adventures.

Camping in Maggie's Valley, NC

Some people go camping and take just about everything. But, what was so strange, they never took anything off the van to use.


This is the little rabbit that stayed by our campsite and entertained Jasper. Then, there was the raccoon who tried to open Jasper's pail of cat food. He couldn't so, he started dragging it into the woods. However, Carl had to go get it in the middle of the night. There was this female cardinal that kept pecking at our car outside mirrors. The lady from the campsite opposite ours told us that she did it to the other peoples car too. They think she doesn't like it that we were camping in that spot. Maybe she has babies or eggs in the bushes and doesn't want up around.



Below 2 pics of Jasper being entertained with the rabbit and a little bug he was trying to catch.

This is the layout of the Atalaya house at the Huntington State Park. The actual home is the square around the courtyard. It is all brick and cement.

Pre-wedding photos and graduation pictures were being taken while we visited. This is the courtyard.

This is a pic of the outside. Each room had a fireplace--those are some of the chimneys sticking up.

Carl and I took a long walk through the woods toward the ocean. But, we ended up at the sandpiper pond just before the ocean. It was a long trail that we ended up having to repeat to get back.

We are staying tonight at Creekside Farm RV Park in Waynesville, NC. It is a beautiful park on a creek in Maggies Valley overlooking the Smokey Mountains. It is sure a clean park--one of the vest we have visited. The bathrooms are each individual rooms with larger shower, counter sink and toilet (your own bathroom, just like home.)

Tomorrow we will head over the mountain to Knoxville on I40 to I75 to Cincinnati. The weather was in the 80's today and suppose to be about 75 up to Indianapolis where we are heading. However, could have rain. Hope weather will be good when we get home.

On Our Way Home

Well, this is the last day for us down here. We just came back from the beach and heading out for a bike ride and then a walk on some trails. We are at Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet, SC. Very nice park.

We are leaving tomorrow and going up to Asheville, NC. From there onto Knoxville, TN to Cincinnati, OH to Indianapolis, IN, to home. Hope to be home either Wednesday or Thursday.

Yesterday, we toured this very different home here at the state park called Atallaya. I took pictures and if I have internet next stop will try and upload them. I forgot to bring my camera to the internet area of the park this time.

I Lied--We are still in South Carolina

This is pic of the pier at the Myrtle Beach State Park where we were staying. There was a little cool wind that evening when we walked, but it wasn't so bad. We were suppose to leave the state park on Sunday but decided to stay longer; however, they only had room for one more night. It is still pretty busy down here with spring breaks.


We took a little walk on the long boardwalk in town. It really is beautiful with great landscape between the beach and the hotels. You can see the Sky Wheel in the background. We wanted to ride it, but the whole area down there was extremely busy. Parking was a problem too. The lot next to the Sky Wheel was charging $7.00 an hour.


Between the beach and the boardwalk was a another path of harden sand. Think that might be used for runners.

We moved to a new campground called Pirateland. This picture shows how much room there is between the rv and the covered picnic table. You back into your spot to line the back of your rig to the back of the picnic table. We originally decided to stay here for 2 nights, but ended up signing up for 2 more nights. Had to move to the spot next to us though. We decided to stay down here a little longer since it has been so nice.

On Saturday, we are going down to Huntington Beach State Park between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach. It is about 15 miles south of here. We are almost to Surfside Beach now. We got reservations for Saturday and Sunday night. We couldn't get in earlier that is why we are staying at Pirateland those 2 more days. Might reup for Monday if someone hasn't taken our spot yet because that is all they have open. Then we will head straight home. Should be back middle to late next week.

The End of Myrtle Beach

Eric and Caitlyn had a great time in the ocean.

We all went to this Pirates Voyage Theater. If anyone has been to the Dixie Stampede, it was like that. However, it has a 15ft. deep pool with a simulated ship. It was great and enjoyable. The meal was good and we even got a fork. The pictures below are of Caitlyn out front of the theater.

The night before Eric left we had a big storm. When it stopped raining, we went down to the beach. It was high tide. There was a storm surge and the waves were coming right up into the campground. The water came right over the entrance to the beach. It covered the road and into some campsites.

We are at Myrtle Beach State Park now. Thinking of staying a little while longer as the weather is good here. Don't want to move north as long as it is still cold. But, will probably be leaving here by Thursday to head back.

Fun at Myrtle Beach

Eric, Mom and Caitlyn went to the aquarium at Broadway at the Beach. While they were there a couple of hours (Carl and I were there before), we walked around the area. They have all kinds of shops, restaurants and amusement places to visit. We ended up sitting in Adirondack chairs on a simulated deck of a ship in front of a wine tasting store just relaxing.



We stayed for awhile on this bridge (one of many) that cross over their little "lakes." We watched the birds, ducks, turtles, and the speed boat.


We watched this boat with a Corvette engine in it give people thrill rides.



Eric is stretching before one of his runs. He runs miles down the beach. The campground takes him 20 minutes just to run the perimeter it is so huge.


Went to the beach on Monday and what a beautiful day. It was sunny and 84 degrees with a slight breeze. These next two pictures show how crowded the beach was; however, you could always find room to sit without having someone right on top of you.


Caitlyn tried her hardest, but couldn't quite make the sand castle. She went to the camp store and bought a pail and shovel. She also bought sunglasses the other day. She goes down to the store with her money in an envelope. She took her money out of her wallet before she left and put it in the envelope. The cashier told her he liked her billfold.


Carl, as usual, sitting in the chair. If not to windy, umbrella up. He has his 95% blocked sun shirt on too.


Cait and I went in the ocean. It was cold and thought we would just wade. However, as the tide was coming in, we got caught in the waves. It didn't seem too cold then except my feet. I put on my crocs and stayed out quite awhile with her. That was not my plan when I started out.

Today is Tuesday and we moved to a different park. We are now staying at Myrtle Beach Travel Park in North Myrtle Beach. A quieter park because they don't have all the golf carts roaming around. The golf carts were bothersome at the other park because they let they kids drive them and they weren't paying attention or driving the speed limit. This is a little smaller park.

Eric and Cait are up at the pool area. She wanted to go in the lazy river for awhile. It is about 4 o'clock and we arevheading up to the grocery store to get some more grub.