Big Water Resort, Summerton, South Carolina

Today we arrived at Big Water Resort in Summerton, South Carolina just north of the town of Santee on Lake Marion (Marion...not Marlon).

The resort had nice pull-through spots with plenty of room for the car and small enough trees to present no problems.

If you ever visit, try a game of miniature golf.

Take an hour and sweat off some calories in the workout room.

There's a nice outdoor pavilion for picnics or large group activities.

Members of the resort can rent a park model for their stay.

The laundry room is located in the same building as the bathrooms and showers. This area appears to be permanently open to the weather.

The swimming pool and clubhouse are on the shores of Lake Marion.

The new resort features a clubhouse with a nice wooden deck for relaxation.

The swimming pool area features a lazy river complete with other water toys.

Marlon's favorite thing about the resort was definitely the lazy river.

The big fish shaped pool will soon be joined by another pool, currently under construction.

Doug's favorite thing is getting doused by VERY cold water.

The resort has facilities to clean your fish if you are lucky to make a catch.

Big Water Resort is a very nice new addition to the Coast to Coast Camping network.

For a 35-second (!) video of the resort, click below.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/may/big-water-rv-resort/ .

To be continued...

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Today we visited Hilton Head Island to bicycle some of the Island's nearly 50 miles of public pathways and nature trails.

First we tried the beach...fun but hard work.

We found some wildlife on the beach. Lots of lots of jellyfish.

We started our bicycle ride on Hilton Head's Pathways at Chaplin Park.

The public trails often look like this...nice and shady.

They often have furry creatures hopping around on them too.

The trail we were on led us to this skate park where Marlon demonstrated some skateboarding maneuvers.

Doug could barely stand on this rail in shoes...let alone on a skateboard.

Our trail took us up the Cross Island Parkway, a toll bridge, right beside the traffic.

A view of Broad Creek as we stop on the bridge.

After about 18 miles, it's time for a drink.

We found some more wildlife along the pathway who agreed to pose long enough for a picture...

For a brief video of our bike ride on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, click below. For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/may/hilton-head-island/ .

To be continued...

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

Today we drove just a few minutes down the road to the Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive which is part of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.

The refuge includes portions of 13 former rice plantations.
We found some wildlife here at the Wildlife Refuge. Imagine that!

Here is an alligator head.

Can you find the wildlife in this picture?

We found a cave man who dressed in a fashion popular in the 1980's.

We found some birds who appeared ready to attack like those in that old movie.

We found an alligator butt.

We were able to sneak up on this turtle and snap a few shots before he ran away.

We got to the refuge about an hour before the gate would close...shocking for us. So we did not get to ride our bicycles...also shocking for us. But we did have transportation in case our car was disabled.

Gotta get out fast now. The gate will automatically close any minute now.

The refuge had a lot of lily pad type things in the water.

The last wildlife we saw that day...

We decided to take them home as pets.

For more pictures, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/may/savannah-national-w/ .

To be continued...