Back on the Road - Lake Wateree State Park

We're back on the road in the RV!  We left West Virginia in early October, it turns out just a few days before the first freeze of the season - just in time!  

We followed a typical path down south - stopping at a Cracker Barrel north of Charlotte overnight and ending our trip to Florida with a stay at the Thousand Trails Oaks at Point South - but we switched things up just a little bit in the middle, stopping by Lake Wateree State Park just a little north of Columbia, South Carolina.  One of my friends at Duke had recommended this to me when we first started our journey, so I was excited to finally try it out!

Our campsite at Lake Wateree

View of the lake from the front of the RV!

Although we weren't lakeside per se, we did have a campsite on the inner side of the road that had a relatively unobstructed view of the lake!  We enjoyed watching the water from our campsite and several hard-to-access beachy areas around the park.

Aaron 'swimming' in Lake Wateree - this was a beach across
from our campsite

We enjoyed dinner from the campfire and found an adorable frog while we were out hiking.  We were promised views of a beaver dam on the hike but couldn't identify it anywhere along the route - the cute frog made up for it somewhat!

Building a fire

Fireside dinner!

Can you see the frog?

The most fun part about this park was the over-the-top Halloween decorations throughout the park.  We only took pictures of a few decorations, and I won't bore you with even all of those, but it was just really cool how much effort the state park put into making everything festive!  Based on one banner we saw we think they may actually host some sort of Halloween event at some point.

A skeleton family's campsite near the road

Skeleton fishermen!

If you're into fishing, there was a large boat ramp at the main office and then places to tie your boat up near the campground, so it looked excellent for that.  We're not into fishing, but we thoroughly enjoyed the serenity of the place and of course all the decorations!  I'm glad we finally checked this place out!