17 June 2017
Hotel Hell. If you read my blog with any consistency, you know, like a Dickensian Scrooge, I find something to complain about. This hotel is it. In Paul Simon’s song “Duncan” he says “…these motel walls are cheap….”. In this case, so are the floors.
I chose the hotel for its easy on, easy off to I-95, economical rate and decent ratings on TripAdvisor. In fairness, the staff are friendly and efficient, the rooms clean and the bed is comfortable. However, the floors squeak and you can hear even low level conversations from one room to another. The walls must be one layer of sheet rock with no insulation and the floors sound like wood.
I had just turned in when two lead footed people entered the room above mine and proceeded to walk back and forth from the bed to the bathroom – continuously. Finally, around 12:45 am, they fell exhausted into their bed and I was much relieved they had not fallen through my ceiling crushing me.
No sooner than the dancing hippos stopped than the couple next door entered with the wife gnawing loudly at the husband’s butt. Usually, I turn the fan on in hotel rooms to provide white noise to allow me to sleep but for some reason, the fan function on the a/c in this hotel does not work. Apparently, all is well with the couple. They were simply bantering back and forth in normal street voices at 1 am. I’ve been thoroughly entertained as they prepared for bed and now, almost 2 am, she is singing to her husband.
The hippos stirred at 5:45am.
I was on the road to Congaree National Park by 8:30 am and was taken aback by the heavy traffic on a Saturday. Like Florida, South Carolina roadways are under construction which didn’t help. I pulled into the park around noon.
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This must be the least visited national park in the U.S. It became a national park in 2003 and is mostly wilderness area. You really have to have a good GPS to find it since the signage to the park is sparse. Part of the boundary follows the Congaree River and a search for the word “Congaree” suggests no known meaning.
In a lot of ways, it’s reminds you of the Everglades. When I stopped in the visitor center, the ranger informed me most of the trails were currently underwater. One elevated walkway was available and I took that. It’s the longest walkway I’ve ever seen. Only part was accessible due to flood waters and that was 1.2 miles one-way of wooden planking. Check another national park off the list. The nice part about the “hike” was most of the walkway was shaded and bug free. I anticipated clouds of mosquitoes but saw nary one.
There are several trails, back country camp sites and developed camping. Again, national parks don’t have shower facilities. Spit baths all around.
I pulled out around 1:30 pm and headed for Greensboro, NC to see Stephen and Jimmie – not without hazard. I was almost wiped off the road by an inattentive pickup pulling a trailer with a vat of some chemical solution. He was behind me and did not notice all traffic coming to a stop on I-75. He could not break in time so he pulled between me and a car in the lane left of me. I caught him out of the corner of my eye and eased to the shoulder to let me pull forward and pass me with millimeters between his rig and my jeep. It scared him pretty badly.
Stephen and Jimmie prepared a wonderful meal of fresh salad, a chicken curry with rice, garlic bread and watermelon for desert. I begged forgivable around 8:30 because I needed a shower after the hike, and because i’ve had 3 hours sleep in the last 24 hours. More tomorrow.
