From Roanoke Island we stopped at our first Harvest Host overnight. It was a brewery in Williamston, NC. It was quite the place. Friendly people, sodas for the kids, lots of great artwork, Halloween costumes for sale on the cheap (Reece got some accessories and Matt got a costume), and our favorite – $5 gifts. Like a whole pile of wrapped gifts (Christmas wrapping). You could buy one for $5, but you have no clue what is inside. And we hear it’s very mixed bag. We bought one as a host(ess) gift to give out to an upcoming stay. 🙂 There was an article written online if you want to read more about Hook Hand Brewery.
The next morning we got tasty, greasy breakfast sandwiches at a local place and hit the road for a long day of driving. We saw cotton fields for the first time. It’s almost harvest time here, so we also saw big bales (like round hay bales) of cotton.
We made it to Brunswick, GA that night and stayed at a Walmart parking lot. The next morning we went to the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, GA. (Thanks, Kristin, for the recommendation!) Then we travelled around the island to check out Driftwood Beach and saw an alligator! So cool!
After Jekyll Island (a long used vacation spot – read history here), we finished our drive to Titusville, FL. That afternoon/evening/overnight Titusville received 11-14 inches of rain (depending on your exact location) in about 12 hours or less. (For perspective, the ANNUAL rainfall in Colorado Springs is 16.5 inches on average!) We were there for most of the rain. It was CRAZY! We kept hoping it would stop, but it just poured for hours straight. Grateful for super sandy FL soil and flat lands that don’t create rushing rivers, but there was plenty of flooding – Matt’s work was blocked by massive puddles, so the owner came and picked him up in a big truck.
Our camper fared fine as far as we can tell (Great job Richard!). Here’s a picture of our set-up. There was a lull in the rain after we had been there for a bit that allowed us to set-up. The yellow blocks at the stairs were stepping stones over the massive puddle we were parked in. At one point in the evening those washed away under the van, but we retrieved them and set them on higher ground.
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