The Hottest Sauce In The Universe

After returning from our Fantastic Falcon Voyage, I spent about a week in South Carolina with George.  He had scheduled a slew of doctor's appointments, tests and follow ups for his heart throughout August.  I was planning to drive to Florida to visit my sister for a couple of weeks and stopped to visit him on the way.  While I was there, Mark came down to visit.  We had a lot of fun.  I accidentally dumped a ton of the Hottest Sauce in the Universe on my eggs one morning at Barnwood Grill and experienced a very violent reaction.

We took the boat out on the lake and enjoyed the warm South Carolina summer.

Not-So-Sporting Dual Sport

After our work at Camp Courtney was complete, upon returning home I decided to take a shortcut through the neighborhood using the "old road."  This is the dirt road that led into this plot of land before it was a subdivision, and offers a few hundred feet of offroad fun.

Unfortunately, it proved to be just a little too much for the Green Streak this day, as the back end of the bike became very squirrelly and it was soon discovered we had a flat tire.

I had to push the bike home the rest of the way, and remove the rear wheel to have to inner tube replaced.  Fortunately, we were able to get it fixed quickly and the bike was back on the road within 2 days.

Camping at Lake Keowee in South Cove County Park

We spent our last night out, prior to heading back to Anderson to check on the roofs, at the South Cove County Park on Lake Keowee.  The setting was beautiful.  

This was the first campground we stayed at with water and electricity hookups.  We were so excited, we almost didn't know what to do with ourselves!  We hooked up to the electrical and water outlets and were living large.

I made some sandwiches for lunch and we were enjoying them when we heard the unmistakable sound of water dripping.  Suddenly we jumped from our seats ripped the couch apart.  Sure enough, there was a small puddle of water.  George tore open the cabinet under the sink and began hurling things out of the cabinet and a lot of curse words out of his mouth.  He stripped off my wonderful tape job around the water heater while I sopped up as much of the water and moisture as I could.  In his haste and animated anger he nearly pummeled me with an elbow!

I peered under the water heater and saw one of the pipes leaking.  We think the pressure of the city water was too much for our poor little pipes to handle.  I guess we weren't going to be living large tonight after all.

We tucked some towels underneath the water heater and put the van back together.  When we return to Anderson we will need to take it apart and see if we can fix it.  Let's hope it will be an easy fix!

Stumphouse Tunnel, Issaqueena Falls & Dinner Guests

We got our motorbike down the first morning we spent at Grapevine Camp and rode out to see Stumphouse Tunnel and Issaqueena Falls a few miles away.

Here we are at the entrance to the Tunnel park.

There is still an old flatbed freight car outside the tunnel.

I'm standing in the entrance of the tunnel.  The tunnel cave photographed nicely at the expense of my face!

This was the view from inside the tunnel.

The Issaqueena Falls is just a few hundred feet down the road from Stumphouse Tunnel.

That night we made a campfire and George cooked some chicken over it.

The smell of the chicken cooking brought an unwelcome dinner guest.  I was in the van making a salad when George came in and said, "darling, pass me my gun.  There is a raccoon out here trying to steal my chicken!"  I laughed so hard.  When I finally came up for air, I made sure George wasn't going to actually shoot the raccoon.  He assured me that he would only use the gun to scare it off if it would not leave his chicken alone.

I didn't want raccoon blood on my conscience so I took the salad out and sat by the fire with George and kept watch.  Fortunately a little yelling and throwing rocks in its general direction managed to keep it away long enough for the chicken to finish cooking.  We had to forego eating by the fire.  Instead we ate our dinner in peace in our van.  

Grapevine Camp

We decided to leave Anderson for a few days knowing we would need to return to check on the new roofs being put on at Courtney.  Before heading out of town we met Ricky the Roofer at the video store and paid him for the roofing materials.  Next we stopped by Walmart to pick up some supplies.  Then we went to the old taco shack that is now Taqueria "El Guiri Guiri" (it used to be My Taco Mexico) for some quesadillas and tacos.  After running our errands and filling up on dinner we headed towards the Sumter National Forest to Grapevine Campground.

Our camp was right by a stream.  During our two days here we saw several fisherman trout fishing.

Supercar Rises Again

The Supercar rises once more...though it hasn't been so super lately as we lost power steering. The idler pulley on the power steering belt seized and burnt the belt completely off the car in a huge cloud of white smoke billowing out from under the hood.

Oh, and there's a hole in the floor and the rear bumper is about to fall off. But other than that, she's Super!

My Taco Mexico

We found this taco shack near Camp Courtney.  It had incredibly high reviews and was also listed as being very inexpensive so we decided to check it out.  It was the best Mexican food I have ever had.  Everything we had was to die for delicious.  I liked the quesadillas best but only by a sliver.  It was hard to decide on a favorite, but the quesadillas finally won out over the tacos only because when compared to other quesadillas in the world this one was so unique.  You have to get one for yourself to truly understand.  The tacos looked like other tacos, although they tasted more amazing than any taco I've had, but the quesadillas looked unusual and tasted amazing.

Get the Quesadillas and Guacamole, they are out of this world deliciously yummy!!!


It may look like a taco, but this is the best Quesadilla ever. Just try it.




George recommends the Alambre Quesadilla


Since our original visit in September 2013 My Taco Mexico has moved locations and is now located in downtown Anderson.  We have not been back to Anderson since they moved but are looking forward to visiting their new location the next time we are back.

Smoking Pig

30 days after arriving in South Carolina George finally gets his BBQ!

Camp Courtney

Our version of Camp Courtney...

Sweet awning

The scalloping adds a nice touch :)


Beautiful lawn views

Palmetto Moonshine!!!

My favorite was strawberry,
George's was peach,
Since we couldn't compromise
We got one of each!