Day 72 - The Oaks at Point South - Yemassee, SC

Day 72 - March 11, 2016

Before leaving we took one last trek to the ocean to enjoy the view. 

Morning Sunshine

Jewel was very calm this morning despite knowing all the cues indicating we were leaving. Usually she is all hyper and shaking because she hates to  ride. We think she has an internal compass and knows we are heading home. 

Here she is - super relaxed. Who is this dog! LOL

We will be taking our time heading home. Ron has had an ear ache for the last few days and I now have one also as well and a sore throat and body aches. UGGH!

The drive was unreal with stop and go traffic along I-95 for no apparent reason. We have traveled this route more times then I can count and have never run into this type of  traffic before. Very unusual. 

Ron had done research before leaving and found a Passport America (1/2 price) CG for us to stop over tonight. It is an Encore/Thousand Trails CG . We have stayed at one of these before so figured it was an OK place. Thousand Trails and Encore is a huge organization and people pay a big fee to join.

We arrived around 4:30 pm only to find that the place was a little scary. The roads were being graded which was OK but the sites in deplorable condition. After a very long check-in process we were told by the woman at the desk to go and pick a site and let her know which one we wanted. 

We drove around and weren't sure if we would get a site that wasn't deep in mud. We picked the site that looked fairly dry.

Site 24

Most of the sites looked like the one below.

Other people who were passing through were coming only to run into the same problem. Trying to find a dry site they wouldn't get bogged down in.  

The one thing Ron didn't do was check on RV reviews to get input. We checked after we were settled in and the reviews were pretty bad and people said they would never return here. The real joke here is that we were charged a "resort fee" along with the camping fee. Resort it is not!

Ron took Jewel out to the pond but was afraid to walk over the bridge that was falling apart. 

For such a large organization Thousand Trails/Encore does not take care of their properties. Cannot believe people pay a huge fee to be a member. The Thousand Trails we stayed at in Yosemite was better but not by much.

Ron said that this wasn't much better then staying at Wal Mart. What can you expect from a "resort" for $26.00 per night! LOL