HEADIN' SOUTH

We left Siler City, NC on Monday morning and headed south. We settled in at an RV park located outside Greenville, SC. Since we don't need to be in place at Sebring, FL until Sunday, we decided to spend Tuesday in Greenville. We found a city which has worked very hard to bring beautiful development to the downtown area.



Much of the four lane Main Street has been reduced to two lanes to provide lots of space for trees, benches and wide walkways. The tall trees form a canopy which cover Main Street much of the distance along the development. There are many new, tall buildings as well and at least two huge buildings currently under construction with others being planned.

The Reedy River flows through the downtown Greenville area and was, at one time, lined with mills and heavy industry. Now this same area is filled with paved walkways, amazing foot bridges, beautiful shops and artist studios, many of whom are working at their craft just outside their studio doors.



There are ducks meandering up and down the river looking for a handout from those enjoying the waterside benches. And everywhere you look there are water falls and fountains. There are falls in the river as well as multilevel, manmade waterfalls flowing down between huge buildings. There is a children's fountain area with a railroad theme complete with pulsating bursts of water which they can play in, railroad tracks painted on the sidewalk and an old steam engine just peaking out from a tunnel. There are several other fountains located along Main Street along with plazas with chairs and tables where people gather to relax, chat, read, drink coffee or whatever. There is a wide variety of shops all along Main Street with just about anything one can imagine on display for sale.



Bob sampled the coffee from one of the many coffee shops while Fran was drawn to an ice cream shop which mixed items such as crushed candybars, chocolate chips, crushed nuts, etc. into one of the many different flavors of ice cream available and served in a waffle cone or bowl being made fresh before your eyes. Oh yes, she didn't eat ice cream alone! Temps today rose to about 72 degrees with lots of sunshine.



Tomorrow we will, once again, hit the road as we head south on Interstate 85. We hope to be well into Georgia by tomorrow night leaving one more driving day needed for us to reach our destination. So, until our next post we'll say "thanks" to all who keep us in their thoughts and prayers and look forward to seeing you, as always, "on the road".