Day 1 Miles: 485
Total Miles: 485
Day 1 Expenses: $317.50
Activities- $62
Food- $136
Lodging- $40.50
Groceries- $79
* We left home @ 7am. Our 1st stop, almost 4 1/2 hours later (284 miles) was for lunch @ South of the Border in South Carolina.
Did you know? The South of the Border neon welcome sign with "Pedro" is the "largest free-standing sign east of the Mississippi"...
Lunch: Pedro's Hot Tamale- $18
* After lunch, back on the road again, another 2 1/2 hours to Charleston, South Carolina (161 miles).
Next stop, the highlight of the day:
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens- America’s Oldest Romantic Garden; Ancestral Home of
the Drayton Family (1676)
Our $31 tickets got us: a one-hour self-guided walk through the Gardens, a half-hour guided tour of the Plantation House and a 45-minute Nature Train ride (600 acres of marshlands, forests, and all kinds of habitats-- we saw an alligator, a heron & some egrets).
* From here it was only about a 20 minute (8 miles) drive to our first campground of the trip. We got settled in fairly easily, although it wasn't at all like we expected, and we were pretty close to our neighbors. Still a nice campground, though, with a pretty view of a lake. We only took about 30 minutes to drop the camper and get changed to go out to dinner.
* 26 min. drive (10.9
miles) from campground to really fancy dinner @ Charleston Grill- $118 (Chef’s 6 Course Tasting
Menu)- probably one of the nicest restaurants we've ever eaten at! Among the foods on the menu we probably would have NEVER ordered, but ended up being surprisingly delicious: Octopus Salad, Guinea Hen, Thai Fish & Passion-Fruit Chocolate Pate for dessert.
* Didn't get back to campsite till 10pm so we went straight to bed!
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