Hello-first post to the new board. After several false starts I was able to log in-thanks Admin.! I always kinda " lurked" on the old board, but decided to jump in and get started right this year. Just want to say I m looking forward to all the good times and info to be shared on the new board. I am also wondering how many campers are on board who camp in the South. We tend to stay close to home; SC, NC, Tenn., Georgia, when we camp.[:)]
scpreacherswifeWelcome to the new board!!! I am more of a lurker than a poster. I have a sister in Erin TN and we get down there 3 or 4 times a year.
scpreacherswifeWelcome. Some fine campgrounds down here in Mississippi too.
scpreacherswifeI have " people" in Erwin Tenn. And we have been blessed enough to visit LA, Ala. and Mississippi several times-really neat and beautiful country. The Husband just never seems to get enough time away to travel that far to pop up. Maybe some day....
scpreacherswifewell, you probably won`t think where i live is " southern" , but i consider myself a Southerner [:D] cept i don`t like grits. but, i can eat my weight in that hominy [;)]
scpreacherswifeHi scpreacherswife - I think we corresponded once on the old board. We re from Columbia and are new to PUing. We finally branched out to do some camping in Florida over the holidays. It was our first time going to two different camps in one trip. We spent two days at Ft. Clinch in Fernandina and three days at St. Joe SP in the peninsula. Things went well and we definetely plan to spread our wings a little farther from home this year.
Susan
scpreacherswifeWe re from NC. Have camped at Apache CG in MB SC, once last year and twice the year before. Only other place we have been that may or may not be in SC is the Carowinds CG.
scpreacherswifeWell, I m a little further south.....Panama City Florida! :)
scpreacherswifeTennessee here.....home of the Titans!!!!
scpreacherswifeWelcome Welcome
Nice to see another member from SOUTH CAROLINA on the board[:)]
scpreacherswifeWe are from Franklin, TN, which is just south of Nashville. Erin, TN is not too far from us. We generally camp in TN, because we have beautiful state parks that are pretty cheap, and we like staying in the state. So, take a look at our rig on our website (below), and look for us at state parks! (and at some unknown time this summer for probably a week at Townsend, TN s Little River Village Campground.
Larry
scpreacherswifeYes there are lots of Tennessee folks around here just look at www.tpuc.com You will find a great bunch of people.
scpreacherswifeSpringfield , Oh Just outside of Columbus home of Ohio State football champs.[:D][:D][:D][:D] Do we count as Southerners we are south of the north pole.[:)]
scpreacherswife
QuoteWe are from Franklin, TN, which is just south of Nashville.
Franklin, TN???? Do you know Darrell Waltrip???[;)]
I m a big NASCAR fan (as I sure NO one could have guessed since my board name is " labontefan" )... I m a Bobby and Terry Labonte fan now, but DW was my first fave!
Oops! Forgot to answer the original question. I m from VA, so I qualify as Southern--the SW corner of VA, near TN and KY. (In NASCAR geography, I m about 50 miles NW of Bristol Motor Speedway, and, YES, I have tickets to Bristol!![;)][:D])
scpreacherswifeWe are from the Asheville NC area. We camp mostly in the SC state parks. One of our favorites is Table Rock SC. About an hour and 15 min drive from here. If we go to the beach we stay at Myrtle Beach State Park.
Have fun camping.......... I can not wait to start come on mid March!
scpreacherswifeTPUC member here. Hey, Yellow Xterra! Welcome to PUT. Being from West Tennessee, I joined TPUC a week or so ago when I stumbled upon the site. I think that a lot of our PUT members should take a look at the TPUC site. It s really familiar in look (probably similar or same software) and the folks, after all, are nice southern folk. Most of them live in Middle and East Tennessee. They may be a little too Orange (as in University of Tennessee), but I don t usually hold a person s color against him/her. m
scpreacherswifeNorth Carolina
Central Piedmont area.
A college town called Elon and the town has a University called Elon after the tall oaks that grow there.
I think I heard that ELON is greek for oak or something like that.
We camp at Myrtle Beach Travel Park in North Myrtle.
I was born in Columbia/ Ft.Jackson Army Hospital, SC.
I Have family that still live in and around Lake Murray, Newberry and some other small towns in that area.
randy
scpreacherswifeNice to see so many " locals" on the board. We are from Columbia, SC also. We have been pop-up camping now for about a year and have already influenced 3 of our friends to get pop-ups (working on a fourth family who is ready to start looking). Our favorite campgrounds so far have been Hunting Island SP in the Beaufort, SC beach area and Davidson River CG in the NC mountain area. Both are popular, but both have large beautiful sites and lots of pop-ups every time we go. Life is good.
scpreacherswifeWelcome for another Tennessee camper and member of TPUC.
Come camp with us!! [:)]
scpreacherswifeI am in Southern Maine, does that count??[:D]
Welcome to the board as a poster.
scpreacherswifeWe re in Tallahassee, Florida. This part of the state is known as " way south Georgia!" We re closer to the Smokies than we are to Miami.
scpreacherswifeHey, If it s " south" of something, it s southern![;)]
This board is great! I m really glad to see so many other campers from our region. I would love to make some Florida trips-especially Fort Wilderness w/ the kids. [8D] Maybe soon..
LOVE the NC/Tenn. area for camping. And Slowpez, yep, that was me. I m a waterfall freak and have gotten my family hooked too. We also plan on making many camping trips to the Carowinds Campground in Charlotte, NC. We have annual passes for 2003, but have never camped there. (we only live an hour away, but hey, ANY excuse to PU is great!) Any suggestions @ the campground NCSunshine?
Gamecock Camper: I have friends who rent cabins in Hunting Island SP every year. We wanted to camp there over Thangsgiving, but headed for the mountains instead. Gotta try it there. Also, never heard of the Davidson River CG in NC-Where is it? Good stuff there huh?
HEY BYRD1-I only missed you by a few years @ Fort Jackson!!! I m an Army brat-one of the last born @ the old hospital @ Fort Jackson in Cola.( 63). Grew up In cola., Family all in NC/Tenn area. Even lived in Newberry 5 years! Where do you camp?
Happy Camping or at least thinking @ it! [:D]
scpreacherswifeWe live south of Atlanta and go camping quite a bit. Nothing better than a campfire and a cold one. We camp alot in the state parks since there are several that are within 2 hours of the house. I like the woodsie feeling in the state parks.
wssfetchscpreacherswife,
Davidson River is a beautiful National Forest campground just outside of Brevard, North Carolina. The pluses far outweigh the minuses. It has some of the largest most beautiful natural sites of any campground I ve been to. There is a wide shallow river that has a walking trail beside it. I ve seen people trout fishing there and we always take blow-up swim rings for the kids to float down the river. It is only about 2 miles from Brevard, 2 miles from Looking Glass Falls, Sliding Rock and the Cradle of Forestry Discovery Center (with a discovery center and very nice trails). The only minus is that the campground does not have hook-ups (nice, but not necessary for us). There is water available throughout the campground. It is a very popular campground that you almost always have to reserve through www.reserveamerica.com.
Hunting Island State Park is outside of Beaufort, SC on a barrier island. This campground has both reservation sites and first come/first served sites. There are hook-ups and decent bath houses. The reservation sites are right on a natural (beautiful) beach. Everytime we go there we see the wild mule deer who will come right up to you and eat bread or other food out of your hand. There is a marsh trail within a short driving distance, a lighthouse you can climb within walking distance, a fishing pier and discovery center within driving distance, etc.... We are going here again March 7, 8, 9 with several families. In the summer months I would definetely suggest reservations many weeks in advance as this is a popular campground for good reasons. The non-reserved sites are good during the non-winter months, but the mosquitos are pretty bad in the summer. The mosquitos are not bad in the reserved site area in the summer because of the beach breeze.
Anyway, thought you might be interested and I hope that this post does not make it more difficult to go to these campgrounds for our family, but I m glad to share it.
wssfetchArkansas is south too. Here we are!