Fort Macon State Park | Atlantic Beach, NC | NC State Parks - (Outside the Camper)

Live 'n' Learn RV (-less) is back!! Checking out Fort Macon State Park at the northern tip of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina was just one part of our week-long trip to this beachy-tourist destination. After Hurricane Helene tore through our home area in the Central Savannah River Area (near Augusta, Georgia) the week before, this previously-planned getaway was a much-needed break! Fort Macon’s historic charm, ocean scenery, and fascinating Civil War history took us back in time, while the surrounding beaches and marshes let us soak in some relaxing coastal vibes.

Mission 035 - Sesquicentennial State Park | Labor Day 2022 | Columbia, SC

Welcome to Sesqui! (that's what the locals call it, anyway...) Labor Day long-weekend saw us buzz over to our capital city of Columbia to visit one of South Carolina's original state parks. With this weekend being an off-from-work holiday, our wedding anniversary AND the first Saturday of the college football season, we had a lot to celebrate! Tag along with us as we see the very-nice day-use area and walking paths that the locals love so much, and then venture into the throng of 70,000 rabid Gamecock fans for some Saturday night football! Of course, we did some hiking through the sandhills and forests of the park on Sunday, too... 🥾

Mission 030 - RV'ing Ft. McAllister State Park for Halloween 🎃

Halloween down on the Georgia coast! 👻  As we tend to do this time every year, we spend another All Hallows' Eve exploring a new camping destination.  This time around, we visited Fort McAllister State Park, a little south of Savannah.  With the lovely hiking trail along the marsh, the Spanish moss-draped campsites, and the site of some Civil War history all right there, the park turned out to be a great choice!  Watch as we show you how we spent just a part of our long weekend in this fantastic example of Georgia's state parks! 

Mission 029 - Hamilton Branch State Park | Smokey's Birthday Weekend!

South Carolina's Hamilton Branch State Park, located between the small towns of Modoc and Plum Branch, is a park we'd been meaning to visit for quite some time, and Smokey's birthday weekend was the perfect "excuse" to finally spend a three-day weekend there! Of course, as is usual for us, the rain had to put in an appearance... 🌧 Take a look as we show you around this lovely, heavily-forested park on the shores of Lake Thurmond, and you'll see why it's so very popular with Central Savannah River Area campers!

Mission 015 - "Shakedown Cruise" to Hickory Knob State Resort Park

South Carolina's only State Resort Park was our destination for Aluminum Falcon 2.0's "shakedown cruise" over the Valentine's Day weekend. Less than fifty miles from our home, Hickory Knob was a great choice for a quick "run up the road" sort of trip to experience how hitching, towing, setting up and living in the new rig would be. Take a look and see how we spent our shortest RV trip to date (less than twenty-four hours!!) and what we thought of this campground on the shores of Strom Thurmond Lake.

Campground Review - Lake Greenwood State Park, Ninety-Six, SC

One year of RV ownership!! To mark the occasion, we returned to the site of our “shakedown cruise,” our very first RV camping trip last September (2018), Lake Greenwood State Park! Since we’re a little more comfortable with the camping process this time around, we devoted a little more time to our surroundings so we could share our opinions with you. Take a look at our latest video over on the YouTube channel, as we take you around the park and show you its high points… and low points… so you can decide if you’d like to see this lovely camping destination for yourself!