Headed to Greenville, SC

July 2nd, 2017:

We left Savannah, GA on Sunday morning and headed out for Greenville, SC to visit my brother and stopped by his beautiful home in Pelzer, SC.  Barbara had a nice spread for lunch before we left to our campground for the next 3 nights.  My brother rode with us in the RV down South about 30 miles, it was the only campground we could find that wasn't full for the holiday weekend.  We finally arrived late afternoon, setup camp and drove back to my brother's house.  They wanted to take us downtown Greenville for dinner. Mainstreet downtown was really nice with lots of restaurants and shops.  They had made reservations at the Nose Dive, a great little place.

July 3rd, 2017:

On our 2nd day in the Greenville area we got organized and went swimming at the campground pool and explored the area down by the lake.  Its a beautiful area with rolling hills and lots of trees.  Our RV lot included a wood deck right next to us so we decorated it for the 4th of July in preparation for a visit from a Grade School classmate I went to school with from 1st grade through 8th.  I hadn't seen him since we moved to Miami back in 1963. 

Dale and his wife Pam arrived at our campsite about 5pm.  I'm sure we have aged quite a bit since 1963, but we both recognized each other right away and picked up where we left off so many years ago.  There were lots of stories told, most of them reminiscing about our grade school days and a few stories I can't repeat here. 

I cooked a pork loin on the grill and Debbie prepared the fixins to go with it.  It was a great BBQ out under the trees.  After dinner we went down to the lakeshore, Dale brought his drone, and he flew out and around the lake area taking photos and video.  He shot a selfie of our group standing on the shoreline, minus Mikayla, she was back at the RV making chocolate chip cookies for dessert. 

Dale spent a lot of years in the Army and Civil Service in Germany and became quit the bier connoisseur.  He brought several growlers of German brew and we drank it all.  The stories got better and better.  Preston & Mikayla listened intently about a couple of old Kansas farm boys and their young adventures and shenanigans in Harper, KS. 

That German bier was good, but I had to introduce Dale and Pam to a little taste of the Bahamas so we poured a little after dinner shot of Pineapple and Banana Rum.  That was a great end to a great evening with a long lost friend from way back in the day. 

Tomorrow is Independence Day and my brother is having us over for a Rib BBQ.  I'll let Debbie chime in on the next entry.