Willow Tree RV Resort & Campground ~ Home for the next 10 weeks!

Monday, 7 January 2013.  Arrived safe and sound at the Willow Tree campground early afternoon on Sunday, 6 January.  We traveled as far as Roanoke Rapids, NC, our first day out of MD and had an overnighter at The RV Resort @ Carolina Crossroads, just over the state line from VA.  After checking in and getting set up for the night, we did some scouting around and found a nice place for dinner at Logan's Roadhouse.  Good steaks and wonderful, very HOT rolls.  Some of the best I've ever had.  Smothered in butter, of course.

Had some minor issues with our leveling jacks the next morning (they didn't want to retract) that cost us about 30 extra minutes to resolve the issue before we could hit the road again.  Always seems to be something that gets us off our schedule.  Still, we made good time driving straight down I-95 -- and even with light rain we were soon turning onto I-74 just past Lumberton, NC.  From there it was a fairly straight shot -- although not much interstate -- on several different state routes until we crossed into SC and picked up State Route 9 that took us into Longs, SC.  The Willow Tree RV Resort & Campground sits on a small lake just a few miles northeast of Longs.  A very nice park (check out their website), well-maintained, with loads of amenities.  We'd definitely consider staying here in the future.  Very friendly staff, too.

This morning brought us one more issue to deal with; this time it was a dead battery in our Saturn.  A call to AAA brought a quick response from a local garage.  The tech determined that our 7-year old battery was completely dead and we would need a new one.  Fortunately he had a brand new one for our Saturn VUE with him, and for only $160 installed, it could be ours!  Such a sweet deal!  Sigh.....  We've discovered over this first 6-months of full-time RVing that there is always something we have to deal with and it usually costs us money.  But as the AAA guy told me: we have a 3-year full replacement warranty in addition to a total of 6-years warranty on our new battery.  Wow!

Anyway, we're here for the next 10 weeks and are anxious to venture out and "discover" this Myrtle Beach area of SC.  Believe there might be a couple seafood restaurants in the area.  You think?  Here's a shot of the Willow Tree campground from their website; will post more pics as I get out and start taking some pics myself.