We’ve been here at Nina’s sister’s place for several days … it’s sometimes hard to count time! We left Daryl’s on Wednesday, December 10th, stopped in New Castle, Deleware to get a new 2meter antenna for my ham radio (which lasted not quite two days … see below), and drove to Bracey, Virginia where we stopped for the night at a campground on Lake Gaston. That was a very nice campground and looked like it would be a lot of fun to visit on a vacation.

The next day we drove the rest of the way to Ninety-six, South Carolina and parked our RV in Nina’s sister’s driveway. They have a nice home on one of Lake Greenwood’s inlets. We’ve been here a couple of times before and always enjoy our visits with Marsha and Billy. They are both retired and manage to stay quite busy. The weather is delightful … 60º days and low 40º nights.

The arrival was a bit eventful, however. I didn’t check the address exactly and we drove down the wrong driveway. The home owner had a garden with a fence covered with netting with a wire cable going across the driveway up into a tree on the opposite side to hold up the fencing. The ham radio antenna snagged on the cable, pulled it down the tree (and the antenna snapped off in the process). When the cable went across the top of the motor home, it literally sawed the refrigerator vent off the roof. That then necessitated me climbing up on the roof to guide the cable back across the motor home as Nina backed it out of the driveway. By that time, Billy had run over on foot to guide us back to the right driveway.

A local RV shop (Jody’s RV) in Greenwood had the necessary part. Yesterday I spent the afternoon on the roof replacing the vent and patching up other places where the roof is leaking. The roof is 15 years old and probably needs to be replaced, but that’s not going to happen anytime soon.

We went to Church today at the Greenville Ward for a very nice Sacrament Meeting. The Ward is very friendly and we felt very welcome for the time we were there. Tomorrow we’ll drive to Ashville to visit the Biltmore House which has been beautifully decorated for the holidays followed by a visit to a world-class gingerbread house competition / display. It’s feeling rather festive!

Life is very comfortable!