Creativity at Croft Lake State Park, Spartanburg, SC

 We arrived to a beautiful lakeside campsite and quickly realized that we were alone at the tip of the  campground loop where the best views are located.  As we began to level our trailer on this beautiful site we soon realized why no one else was snatching up these little slices of paradise on the tip of the loop and I was so thankful for the MacGyver guy I married 32 years ago (yes we celebrated our 32^nd wedding anniversary during our stay here).  After just a few attempts, we (mainly Greg) successfully leveled our little Lilly on a very sloping site that overlooked the lake and made for a convenient launch of our maiden voyage of our SeaEagle 370 inflatable kayak.  The lake and weather were perfect for kayaking and we enjoyed a lovely trip all the way around Lake Craig.  Later we enjoyed a gorgeous hike on the nature trail to Kelsey Creek.  We also survived our first rainstorm that lasted all night and forced us to improvise on dinner and dine indoors as opposed to grilling out as planned.  This stop was an overall success despite the rain and we realized we can survive an evening without TV and Internet. 

 After leaving the park, we enjoyed a quick visit with Greg’s former Eckerd co-worker and enjoyed lunch and checking out his new retirement homestead. Looking forward to visiting again when the house is complete.

Arrived to temperatures in the 50’s at my Mom and Dad’s home in Franklin, NC where we are looking forward to spending a few weeks exploring the surrounding area and getting the house ready for the summer renters before we head north toward Michigan.