180 miles

Had breakfast, stopped by the campsite station, and passed one lone autumn colored tree on the way out of the park

As mentioned yesterday, we did, indeed cross over the J Strom Thurmond Dam

entered South Carolina

and stopped at the recreation area below the dam.

Of course, we went for a short walk:

Yellow Jasmine - The South Carolina State Flower

Wild rose?

Dam cats!

After leaving the dam, we rejoined I-20 toward Columbia, SC.  Instead of staying on interstate highways, we decided to take some smaller roads.  This allowed us to cut across between I-20 and I-26 and avoid Columbia completely.  It turns out that this takes within 5 minutes of the same amount of time, because while you're going through a bunch of small towns, you're also cutting out a lot of road.

Finally, we joined I-26 and headed toward Charleston.  That part of the freeway looked pretty much the same I-20 in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia; forest on both sides of the road.  Finally, as we entered northern Charleston, we got into some very heavy traffic, but that only lasted a little while until we joined the Savannah Highway (highway 17).

We finally reached my father's house outside of Charleston!  Here we are parked in the driveway, blocking their exit, of course!  (We later moved into the backyard and have our own 30 amp circuit and water.)

We'll be here until at least May 5th, probably a few days later.  I'll continue the log when we leave and start our trip back home.

It's been good having you all following us on this long journey!