"My Delight is in Her"

Hephzibah (where we parked for 3 days) is truly an unusual name, and it has kind of been in the back of my mind that it might have a Biblical origin.  I don't think I have mentioned it previously, but I studied theology in college, so one might think I should have known immediately.  Well, finally, this morning, I did a Google search, and sure enough.....Hephzibah was kind of a pet name King Hezekiah called his wife.....Hezekiah was a king of ancient Israel.  The word is only used twice in the Bible, so forgive me for not immediately recognizing the name.  At any rate Hephzibah means "My delight is in her".....what a nice sentiment for one to have for one's wife.  Hmmmm....kind of like TLE?

Tuesday it was time to move on from Hephzibah, and Gray Stone Ranch.  I turned on the block heater around 5:30 am, and went back to sleep.  The outside temps at 5:30 were around 29 degrees.....WOW.....I thought we were done with those kind of lows.  Around 10 we began our maneuvers to extricate our 62' from our parking spot, and just as I surmised the day before, it was not that difficult.....way easier than getting out of my sister's property in Chelsea, Michigan!

We decided we would only move about 45 miles up toward Columbia, SC......just too cold further north still.  On the way we stopped off in Augusta, GA.....one of my bucket list things is to attend at least one round of the Masters Golf Tournament, and while that is not in the cards this year, I thought I would at least drive over there and get my picture taken in front of the entrance.....unless you are a member you cannot enter....so here is my picture, taken by the Lovely Elaine.  The whole surrounding area is one large mansion after another.

I may have shorts on, but it was NOT short pants weather Tuesday....the high was only forecast for 53, but I'm not sure where that temperature was attained.....it was about 48 when this picture was taken around 1 pm.  After driving around the golf course on local roads.....by the way you cannot really see anything from the road....we headed over to the local Fresh Foods and got a cup of coffee to chase away the chill, then headed back to the Walmart in North Augusta, SC, where we had parked.  On the way we stopped off at the 1102 Downtown Bar and Grill on Broad Street in old town Augusta to have lunch.....NO beer this day....just a few cups of hot coffee with some delicious fried chicken.  Broad Street seems like more of a "night life" kind of street, because most eating places did not open until 5 pm......we didn't pick "1102" because it had a high Yelp rating....it was open, and in spite of its 2.5 star rating by Yelp we liked the food and service, so go figure.

We arrived back at our "home" around 3 pm, and I took care of some insurance work, and it was good I had something to do because while we were gone someone had parked right behind the trailer so we couldn't put the car away....finally about 4 the cars moved, and we loaded the car and were on our way to our destination for the day...Aiken, SC.  I had found a Passport American park there called Pine Acres Campground where we could stay for a couple of days at $15/day.  We arrived in Aiken around 4:30, checked in with Dave, the manager, who was able to put us in a spot big enough for our entire 62' length......great!  We came in thinking we would have to drop the trailer, but as serendipity would have it, the only pull through spot left was the perfect length for us.  We'll stay here in Aiken until at least Thursday, then continue up to Asheville, NC weather permitting.

We had a nice evening watching NCIS and NCIS L.A.......we had cable so we didn't have to wait until 11 pm!

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