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Finally got 2022 camping season underway with a weekend at Sadlers Creek here in SC on Lake Hartwell. It's always a good place to take Jeremiah on the first outing in case we have any issues since it is only 20 minutes or so from the house. We had another Camp Inn, Oconee Bell, in the site next...

If you are going to be camping in SC in the next 13 months, you can get 25% off your reservations at some of the parks. You will need to be prepared to make them on Dec 2 at the parks listed in the paragraph below that I copied from the SC State Parks website. I did include the link that shows...

Spent the weekend camping at one of our favorite campgrounds, Keowee-Toxaway State Park at the base of the SC mountains. This got us to 150 nights of camping in Jeremiah. We had the first nights below 40 in SC since last spring so a campfire was in order. Fall color was close to peak but not...

We had perfect fall weather, especially the temps, for a 3 day weekend trip. Saturday, we did have some pretty strong winds all day as the cold front moved in, but that brought us our first overnight temps below 50 since April. It’s hardly been below 60 much at night so this was welcomed...

We had a good weekend at Oconee State Park which is one of our favorite local places. We had site 24 like we did back in April. Good view of the campground lake and a short trip to the Bathhouse plus it’s kinda of isolated. Got in just before dark on Friday and put up the side tent but nothing...

Found our way to Lee State Park on Friday to be in the Sandhills of South Carolina for the holiday weekend. Our main reason for going to this park, besides it is one of favorites for camping, was to attend the Southern 500 NASCAR race in nearby Darlington. Friday and Saturday were lazy days at...

Had a great 4 days at Hunting Island State Park near Beaufort, SC. The park is really beautiful and if you like the beach, you kind of the place to yourself if you stay down on the beach at the campground. Day use up the beach by lighthouse was busy. The lagoon at the far end is worth...

Somehow we got a week of low humidity here in SC in June. Three night getaway to Table Rock State Park at the base of the SC mountains was really nice due to that. Normally, I expect to use the AC to sleep this time of year, but we made it without it this week. Our neighbors were another Camp...

Even though we had been to all the state parks in the SC State Park system, Table Rock was the one we had not seen the campground at the park. When we were doing the the Ultimate Outsider challenge to go to all the parks, Table Rock was one of the early ones and we were camping at a nearby park...

South Carolina State Parks has their 12 Days of Christmas specials starting tomorrow, Dec 1. They just posted this today. Day 3 on Dec 3 is where there are some 25% off camping at 14 different parks. None are the coastal ones but you have some nice spots there to choose from. If you look in...

Finally got to do some camping away from the driveway in 2020 and it was an awesome 4 days. We met with fellow Camp Inn owners David and Treva at Hamilton Branch State Park. Mostly, just hung out in the state park. Got in some daily walks around the park which is massive. One day we walked...

South Carolina State Parks have announced the parks that will be a part of their 50% Black Friday Special. There are 12 parks that you will be able to get the discount that day and you can book up to 13 months out. There are three of them on there that we I have camped at and two are our...

A wet Chau Ram County Park was the scene for us to meet up with Jeremiah to meet up with David & Treva and their Oconee Belle for the weekend. This was our first time camping with other Camp Inn owners. With the weather forecast looking gloomy with the remnants of a Tropical Storm passing...

Had a great weekend camping back at Lee State Park over Labor Day Weekend with our daughter who met us there. When we camped at Lee State Park back in June we mainly used it as a hub to connect to other stay parks in the area, so Saturday we took it easy there and did a little exploring there...

For anyone who is looking for place to spend winter or at least a month in your teardrop, there are some half price camping deals from the state parks here in South Carolina. If you look at the link below, one is the Snowbird special and those parks are in the Lowcountry with 2 of them on the...

We made our last visit to a South Carolina park today at Croft State Park in Spartanburg, SC so we have visited all 47 of them now. This park was originally Camp Croft and served as an Army training site during World War II and was turned into the park afterwards. The park has a huge trail...

Made the short trip to this state park on the South Carolina/Georgia border where I-85 crosses the state line. Lake Hartwell is located about 1.5 hours from downtown Atlanta to the South and to the North is Anderson (25 miles where we live and Greenville is about 45-50 miles.). Lake Hartwell...

Headed up to Durham, NC to visit our daughter who is there until December and camped in Rolling View Campground at Falls Lake State Recreation Area. This is one of the nicest campgrounds we have stayed in. We were in Loop A for 3 nights on Site 16 (pull through) which proved to be a great...

Normally, we are not a big fan of commercial campgrounds but we wanted come to this area and we had long since missed the window for a reservation at one of the 2 state parks in the area. We had recently heard of this place and decided to try it. We liked it and actually after seeing both the...

This is a beautiful place on the South Carolina coast and if I was going to visit the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina or the Grand Strand, this would be my first choice of campgrounds. The whole park is beautiful and both campgrounds are really nice. The park is named for Anna Hyatt...