No photographs today
Santee was more of a truck stop than a place of interest and was next to the Interstate I-95 which runs from Canada down to Miami, enroute you get off at a road junction for a night's rest and this was one of them. We should perhaps sue the Santee County website for false pretences as it's not what they said it was!!!. However it would appear that there was plenty for the truckers to do as a number of establishement's offered 'totally nude'. What?? I thought are they talking about. One day I guess I will understand what they mean.
So we left Santee as the rain started and decided to take a route via Orangeburg (very nice place) until we could find somewhere reasonable to stay. The road went thro' a number of State Parks and Forests and with what they call rolling countryside we had a pleasant journey. However the rain continued so we decided to stop in Anderson, an Industrial town, not a great place but there was a big choice of Hotels... We ate chicken at a restaurant called 'Wild Wings' not a bad place and very busy. We decided not to go to the Hooter's Restaurant where the young ladies who serve you are well established (endowed) I mean.
During the past few weeks we have passed many Churches, always beautifully kept and large and often in much better condition than the houses that surround it. One night whilst watching TV, one religious station was referring to Easter and for a minimum donation of USD 200.00 you could have a small prayer said for you and this will ensure that the Lord recognises you in your future life. If you donate more then the world is at your doorstep!!!. I do wonder about the religion aspect in this country and although recognising that religion plays a very important role in this Country's small communities, the financial side seems questionable.
During the past week we have also listened to BBC radio and some of the old shows including 'Beyond our Ken', a great prgramme and although US TV appears to be adverts with the occasional TV program to muck up the schedule we did see a 25 minute uninterupted episode of Monty Python followed by Fawlty Towers, this gave us some hope for this country. However, when the Vice President of Home Security is picked up by the police for talking dirty to a supposed 14 year old on the internet and at the same time he personally approved US wide adverts against this problem, where to go???
On the contrary , the UK Department of Transportation could learn a thing or two about road building. Our journey of approx 200 miles today was smooth tarmac with very little traffic, I know it was a Saturday, but with the amount of cars in the USA there should be more, perhaps, they are all in New york, Chicago etc.
With regard to cars there is a habit here, which I don't understand that is when you car fail's at the end of its life, you just leave it in your garden and buy a new one. Sometimes you see four or five dead cars in a 'yard' (garden to us), can't see this happening in Wey Road somehow!!.
You may well ask what my(our) comments are to do with our travel but you cannot do 2000 miles and not notice how other people live and then not comment on it. .
Tomorrow we move on to Asheville, "What again" you ask, however it is a good stop off for our return jouney to Charlotte where we are due to stay on Monday before we depart for Las Vegas (the Clacton of USA) for a few fun charged days before we head off for mountains and parks.
