Greenville

This morning we met another Airstreamer. Josh and his wife, along with their 16 month old son and two dogs, are in a campsite close to us. Josh, who has a masters degree, is a stay at home daddy while his wife is a traveling physical therapist. They are from Vermont but bought an Airstream and are traveling the country. She gets contracted to work for a time as a physical therapist and when the contract ends they move on to another state. What a cool thing to do while you are young. I didn't mention it earlier but when we were camping in Grayson Highland State Park we met another couple, also in an Airstream, raising three children on the road. They also had a German Shepherd. The father was a traveling nurse and the mother (who was homeschooling the oldest child) was studying to be a nurse practitioner. I find it interesting that both families we met are traveling in Airstreams. At the campground is one more interesting family. I haven't met them but they are a young couple with four or five boys and they are living in a converted old school bus. The older boys ride their bikes through the campground and you can hear the little one squealing from time to time. This is a state park so their is no laundry facility or sewer hook up. Basically whatever water that comes into your camper goes into your holding tank. I personally use two tubs in my sink when I wash dishes and then many times I dump the water outside instead of letting it fill the reserve tank. Once the tank is full we would have to go through the hassle of hooking back up the Airstream and driving it to the dump station to deposit the water. That's a pain. It's better to conserve what water goes into the tank in the first place. I don't know how the family in the bus do it with all those children. Today I walked by and she had so many clothes hanging on make shift clotheslines. That means she washed them the old fashion way in buckets.

Today we ventured into Greenville. The downtown area is very nice. We visited Falls Park on the Reedy, a popular park with trails and gardens surrounding the falls in the heart of downtown Greenville. We walked over the curved suspension bridge which overlooks the falls and meticulously groomed gardens below.

On part of the walk we ended up at Furman University. There was a tree on the path with its roots exposed. Unfortunately people had carved their initials all over the trunk and roots. It's amazing how it stands tall with so much of it's backbone exposed.

Along the trail are many restaurants and shops. We stopped at Papi's Taco Shop for Tuesday $2.00 tacos. Jim and I both got two tacos each and they were authentic and delicious.

 Before leaving Greenville we stopped at a local Brewery and sat outside with Boo, checking our emails on their free WIFI. I had a cider which was pretty good. We went to Whole Foods to buy some fish and returned to the campsite for a delicious dinner of Rockfish on the grill and salad. 

Tomorrow we head north.