Little
Pee Dee State Park, SC
When
I was walking the dogs in Myrtle Beach this morning, I saw a sign on
the door of the Dixie Beverage Store that said:
All
liquor stores close at 7 PM in South Carolina.
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Yes we know it’s a stupid law.
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Yes the store across the street is closed also.
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Yes the whole state.
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Yes we know in your state and many others you can stay open later.
We can’t.
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No this didn’t just start. It has been this way for over 20 years.
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If it’s after 7PM and you are reading this sign, we’ll see you in
the morning.
You
think they get asked this a lot?
The
beach was only about 4 blocks from the KOA so I took the dogs down
there. I’m pleased to report that the Atlantic Ocean is still
rolling along as usual. It seemed to be a nice beach, hard to tell
though because it was only 5:30 and very dark. (I’m not a fan of
daylight savings time.) Fortunately nobody else seems to go to the
beach at that hour so the dogs could roughhouse for a bit – the
first time in a while for them and they loved it. Rolling around in
the sand and all.
While
I was here, I tried out some pork ribs in my crock pot. I learned a
month ago that the outlets near the kitchen sink don’t work very
well – when I try to charge up the phone or the camera battery,
they only get partly charged while saying they’re fully charged.
So I wasn’t able to just stick the crock pot in the sink, as I had
hoped, but instead had to put it on the table and use the plug down
by Gracie’s bed underneath. That actually worked well, but the
potential for real trouble came when I left Dexter behind while I was
walking Gracie. There’s absolutely no way I could trust him with
such access to those ribs. He can and does jump up on the table –
actually, he can and does jump up on the bed, and that’s a standing
3½’ jump. He’s very athletic. Also very willing to ignore the
heated crock pot in search of pork ribs. I unplugged it and moved it
to the back of the stove while we were gone, and that worked fine. I
just cooked them a while longer than I would have. The moral of that
story is: people who can’t be flexible have no business full-timing
it in a 24’ RV with 2 largish dogs and 2 cats.
Before
I left the KOA I took a photo of that trampoline/hot air bouncy
thing. You can see a little kid on it – that thing is huge.
As
I was going through the last town before getting to this park, I
passed North Mullins Primary School. Apparently they don’t have
elementary schools in South Carolina.
Not
many people are staying in the park right now, which is nice
considering Dexter barks when I take Gracie for a walk without him –
not as many people to disturb. The roads and the campsites are
entirely of sand, which seems odd since we’re a ways from the
beach. Like about a 100 miles away. Trucked in or left over from
when this was covered by the ocean a million years ago?
I
can’t pick up a wi-fi signal at my campsite. I have to go back to
the ranger station at 4:00 to sign in so I’ll see if there’s a
signal there. Odd because I’ve got 2 bars on my phone, and my hot
spot usually gets a signal even when my phone doesn’t. Some parks
I’ve been in the signal comes and goes. Maybe here too.
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