"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

Stopped at the city park after having the Roadtrek fixed at Don's Auto. Ready to drive North

Still in Orangeburg,SC. The battery is not charging. And so here we sit.

Well, the started stopped working and we were parked at a wonderful farm here in Cope, SC. Bobbi and Reese were sweet enough to let us stay the night parked where we were till Monday morning when AAA towed us over to Don's Auto. Don got started on us right away and we were back on the road in no time!

While hanging around the Orangeburg, South Carolina area waiting for the Red Head Express concerts we went exploring. We found Congaree National Park! It is a world of primeval forest landscapes, chamion trees and a diverse plant and animal life haven. It is the largest contiguous area of old growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the United states. The forest canopy at Congaree has been said to be taller than any other deciduous forest on earth, taller than the hardwoods forests of Japan, the Himalayas, southern South America and Europe! Our favorite tree is the Loblolly pine; it reminds us of a really tall lollypop as all the needles are at the top and they grow 160 feet or more!One is more than 15 feet in circumference; it is among the park' chamion trees. We had stopped in the visitor center where a really nice volunteer told us about the 2.5 mile boardwalk trail. He told us our feet might get wet. We put on our hiking boots and headed out. Well, yea our feet got wet...

November 13, 2009 We spent a wonderful weekend in the area of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Our reason for going to that area was The Red Head Express, the bluegrass/gospel group we have fallen in love with. This weekend they played at three different Baptist churches: Gethsemane Church in St. Matthews, Willow Swamp in Norway, and Two Mile Swamp in Cope. The Red Head Express is, for us, first a wonderful family. We presented the family with a one-of-a-kind “Alaska’s Red Head Express” figures collectors set. The story on the back of the box goes: Snowy Apryll, the fairest at the mall in Palmer, creates a home full of little people (as we now like to call them) and dreams of fulfilling the desire of her mother to have a family band. She finds happiness teaching the little people all about music, until the handsome Prince Brett tempts her with the golden apple of fame and fortune. And like the transformation that comes with “Love’s First Kiss.” The Red Head Express is created. And they li...