2 Sep 2025 - Arrived at Shibby RV Living (RV Park)

 

We waved goodbye to Myrtle Beach this morning at 0826 hrs and headed NW towards Greeneville NC.  The trip was uneventful, the weather good, the roads mediocre.  We stopped a couple times to use our facilities we drag with us and to stretch.  Even at rest areas we still use our own potty. We can do that without deploying the slideouts.  All we have to do is unlock the door, and fold down the stairs.  That also gives me the opportunity to have a look inside and make sure everything is OK.  The roads really shake the heck out of these coaches.  When we stop I do a walk-around visually inspecting everything such as tires and suspension, slideouts, etc.  I have a handheld infrared thermal measurement device that I shoot it at all four trailer wheels as I walk around to measure their relative temperature.  One abnormally hot can indicate bearing failure.  

Right at 1300 hrs we rolled into Shibby RV Living after our 222 mile trip today.  Seems like kind of a strange name for a campground so I looked it up. A "shibby" is a "positive slang term meaning "cool" or "awesome," popularized by the movie Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) and used similarly by other groups and online communities. It can also refer to marijuana in some contexts, as seen in user-submitted definitions of the word."  Know you know...!  So back to the campground, this place has been strange starting with registration.  They require proof of insurance and registration for your coach when you register.  They also require proof of valid drivers license.  I have never been asked for any of that at any of the hundreds of campgrounds and RV parks over the years.  And it is not like this is some sort of luxury resort or anything.  It is a common, run of the mill campground located about 20 miles SE of Greenville SC in Fountain Inn SC.  

We checked in and drove to our site.  The campground is on a hill and the sites are unlevel, gravel pads and very tight.  Later after we set-up we deployed the awnings and they impinged on the site next to ours.  Luckily it is vacant along with many other sites here, otherwise our awnings would touch the coach next door.  

As we were rounding the corner to pull into our pull-through site, we noticed another Alliance coach (seen in the picture above).  Doreen talked to them later and they are from California here visiting their daughter and her family.  We enjoy meeting other "FamAlly".  They said most of the campers here are seasonal and have been here for literally years.  

In the corner of the campground near us is their laundry facility, definitely the highlight of this place.  Other than the broken window, the place is beautiful,  It looks brand new and the machines and interior of the building are spotless.  Doreen slipped over this evening and did a couple loads of wash.  We are only here for two nights as this was just a stop-over on the way to Georgia.  As explained yesterday, we have Alliance friends that live relatively close, and we have Alliance friends that are camping not far from here, so we are all going to meet Wednesday evening and then go out to eat.  Other than that we have no other plans for our short stay.

I have been working our modified trip and have all reservations made for our return trip now.  All cancellations are complete also.  We will be arriving home on 13 Sept now, spend a few days unloading, cleaning, waxing and repairing, and then it will be taken to our off-season inside storage facility.  Then the fun begins getting caught up at home on projects that have been neglected during our travels.

We got word that grandson Private First Class (PFC) Lucas is getting settled at Fort Sam Houston at San Antonio TX and his medical training there will be underway soon.  Exciting times!