We left James Island on Saturday morning headed to Ebenezer Park in Rock Hill, SC, about 30 miles south of Charlotte. It is situated on beautiful Lake Wylie with many nice homes along the shore front.
We were originally supposed to take I26 --> I77 which would have been about a 3.5 hour drive. However, I77 was closed for about 10 miles just after I26 for much needed roadwork. We wound up going US601 --> US378 & back to I77 (past the construction). This took about an hour longer & when back on I77 it wasn't bad ... except for overpasses which were very rough all the way to our Rock Hill exit.
We had site #40 which looked to be very private ... on the map. It was private on either side but the site backed up to a slight hill & there were campers on that hill that looked down directly into our site. Not a big deal but goes to show you never know what you'll encounter until you get there.
It was level enough & we decided not to even put rugs or table cloth out since we weren't spending that much time at the CG itself.
On Sunday we drove over to Lancaster (about an hour away) to spend the day with our good friends Debbie & Bob from
Fox Trot Farm. They prepared a wonderful lunch & then we went over to visit friend Jeff & meet his new girlfriend Alice. It rained off & on but anytime you're with friends it makes for a fun & relaxing day.
The public area in this park had been renovated about a year ago & you could tell they put a lot of money & effort into making this a great place for the locals to come. It had nice boat launch area with plenty of parking, a huge playground, picnic areas & beach area for swimming. It also had a walkway that went around the beach. You could fish from the walkway & there were covered areas where you could sit & relax. Here's an arial view from their FB page.
There is a campground area beyond the parking lot but we opted to stay in the wooded area, a bit away from the public space.
As usual, we decided to go for a walk around the CG. We met the CA couple that owned this monstrosity (The Dawg Haus).
They were just a few sites over from us & Greg said that he probably wouldn't have even attempted to park this in that spot (it was tight). They were out walking their two dogs - a daschund & a little white dog with an orange stripe down it's back. They had dyed it for some silly occasion & it didn't wash out.
Back at the camper relaxing while sitting outside, a guy came into our site. Startled us a bit but it was just a fellow camper from just across the way that was camping with his girlfriend in a pop-up. He needed to borrow a can opener, which I was actually able to find! He opened his can of - whatever & went back across the way to cook it over an open fire. They went for a walk a bit later & brought their pup Tucker over to say hi. He was a Chi-Doxie rescue. Brown, long haired daschund with the cutest chihuahua face & very friendly.
The next day we just relaxed & packed up to get ready for our last leg.
Note: On Sunday evening, there were several large parties packing up from a day spent at this beautiful park. Before we headed back to our site, Greg went in to use the restroom. He told me to come look inside. It . was . trashed with toilet paper. All the doors, the floor, the sinks, even the heating/ac unit in the ceiling was COVERED with TP. There was a large group of teens with the group & they probably did it. But it makes you wonder why people would do such a thing? Made us feel bad for the park rangers/keepers that had to clean it up the next day.
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