November 4th - Columbia

We went for a very long walk along the river today with Patti - after having breakfast in the Vista area of Columbia.  Columbia is the Capital of South Carolina and as such has all the requisite buildings, fountains and monuments to view, it is also very beautiful and loaded with parks and walkways.

People are very friendly here and sooo polite, I think they must be taught at a n early age to be polite - it might even be a Southeren Gene, although I am not positive about that.  I am begining to think my name must be "ma'm".

Gas prices are really low but there is a range from $2.99 to $3.39 a gallon.  You have to know your area of town before you go for a fill up.  Sometimes one side of the street, like down the street from were we are parked, will be $2.99 while the other side will be $3.09.  Doesn't make any sense at all.

We finally dug the GPS out of the glove compartment of the car and started using ti.  Sometimes it wants to take us out of the way but for te most part gets us where we want to go in sort order and it really cuts down on the bickering.

 This is an Australian Shephard puppie we met on our walk, isn't he cute!

There was actually someone swimming in the river when we walked by, look in the pool by the opposite bank.  It was warm that day but not that warm.

November 7

Dalton finally got a golf game in.  One of Patti's friends took him to his club.  Dalton had a great time, the golfing wasn't his best but the beer was good and the 19th hole was really interesting.  The place was full of Republicans and Dalton proceeded to point out the error of their ways.  He just loves that type of thing.  After all of that, he didn't get tossed out on his ear and he had everything paid for.  Some people are just so lucky.

The South really is into its College sports, the place goes crazy when a football game takes place.  The RV park filled up with Carolina Gamecock fans, all of the Carolina teams are called Gamecocks and they are loyal fans, believe me, they really know how to show support for their teams.  You just don't want to get in their way.  Apparently all winter long all they do is watch football, it appears to be a religion with them. Needless to say, you can't get a Hockey game on any screen in any of the Sports Bars in the Carolinas.