South Carolina, Greenville - Thursday, May 14, 2015 - Ivy Acres Lodge and RV Park

We are in site 315 at Ivy Acres Lodge and RV Park.  It appears they only have 6 spots for short time stays so reservations are pretty much required.  There are other sites here but they are for long term stays.  We have the only site that has cement strips for parking, the others are stone.  Everything seems to be very well kept.  Roads are good, mowing is done, utilities are good and the Wi-Fi at our site is great.  There are no shower or laundry facilities that we have seen, but we have both of those ourselves so we don’t really care if the campground has them.  The only downside is we can’t get any TV reception.

 

 

When we left Alabama headed to Georgia the weather was great.  Ignore the windshield streaks, in some of my pictures they look like a meteorite is coming in to take out the traffic in front of us.

Going through Atlanta was inevitable, Greg doesn’t seem to mind this, but it makes me crazy.

We did get a glimpse of the 1996 Olympic structures as we came into Atlanta.

Coming into South Carolina on I-85 we saw a huge lake, I think it was Hartwell – will have to check out this area for another time.

Out our side windows we can see the huge pasture field where pets can get some exercise.

 

 

Out the kitchen window this morning I saw a rather large snake in a tree.  By the time I got the camera out it was about half gone.  I’ve cropped the picture so the snake can be seen, it really wasn’t this close to us.

Greg got my seat to go down so we can get to the door a little easier to get out and look around.  We don’t intend to do any sightseeing this time through Greenville.  We need a couple of days in a nice place to get some laundry and work done so we can play tourist again in Ashville.

After lunch we walked down to see the fishing pond.  The owner says he has landed a couple of nine-pound largemouth bass out of here.

From the pond we walked a well-maintained trail to the river.

 

When we got to the river we discovered they have all the makings for a party there :).  I didn’t take pictures of it all – there was a shelter with a stocked fridge, grill and stereo.

 

 

 

Throughout the property there are fire pits ready to light.

And some inviting swings.  This is a 45 and older park so it looks like they are trying to makes things comfortable for that age range to just kick back and enjoy the country.

There is a lodge here also that can be rented.  We walked up to that area hoping to get a better look at it but they were having a party there so we didn’t intrude.

The owners are the staff here and are usually out working in the park.  I had to chuckle at the “ring the bell” sign.

 

 

While we were out walking we noticed lots of shiny almost mirror-like rocks along the trail.  I picked up one and brought it home for some further research.  There are shiny scales throughout the rock.