Ocean lakes Thanksgiving

You had better check on the conditions there. They had a lot of hurricane damage, not just flooding.

Personally I recommend going away from the coast if you want a break from hurricane damage issues.

Ocean Lakes is fine finally.some tree stuff still being removed this past weekend.
Some of roads to get to SC are closed but most of the main ones are open now. I was just in Tabor City last week. US74 is open both ways but down to one lane each way around the Lumber River(Lumberton) area.
I went down from US220 south/I-73/74 then east on US74(I-74) at rockingham, NC to NC410 south through Chadbourn, NC to US701 south through Tabor City, NC to SC9east to North Myrtle beach(US17).
If you go this way you would just get on SC 31 east and bypass all the beach front roads(US17 and US17 bypass) and come to and then in on SC544 to OLCG.
Randy
PS site# 3019 11/18-27, 7 families on different sites with us.
If you want to ride by..
rb

byrdr1 - we use the same roads you do when coming back form visits "up North". Usually exit I 95 at Exit 13 in NC (last one in Lumberton - don't know about access there now due to Hurricane) and follow your path. Can also take U S 17 South to Hickman Road (RT 57) in Brunswick, NC. That will take you right to Rt 9 just before Rt 31 in Little River, SC.
Another way we go to cut out going through Chadbourn is to go further on US 74 to Whitesville NC to 701 Bypass to Rt 904 to Rt 905 to 9 South. Back roads, never any traffic, and no Chadbourn! Don't know if its faster, but sure feels like it is! Big CGs in MB area are all fine. Not sure about the State Parks, although do know MB State Park is now open.

magnusfide wrote:
You had better check on the conditions there. They had a lot of hurricane damage, not just flooding.

Personally I recommend going away from the coast if you want a break from hurricane damage issues.

Thanks. I have been thru flooding here in Kinston NC. OL was opened 3-4 days after the hurricane. Our school system was shut down for 2 weeks.

2 Retired wrote:
byrdr1 - we use the same roads you do when coming back form visits "up North". Usually exit I 95 at Exit 13 in NC (last one in Lumberton - don't know about access there now due to Hurricane) and follow your path. Can also take U S 17 South to Hickman Road (RT 57) in Brunswick, NC. That will take you right to Rt 9 just before Rt 31 in Little River, SC.
Another way we go to cut out going through Chadbourn is to go further on US 74 to Whitesville NC to 701 Bypass to Rt 904 to Rt 905 to 9 South. Back roads, never any traffic, and no Chadbourn! Don't know if its faster, but sure feels like it is! Big CGs in MB area are all fine. Not sure about the State Parks, although do know MB State Park is now open.

2 retired.
On Tuesday of last week that's the way I went into Tabor City (US74E to Whiteville then onto US701S). I knew NC410 was closed due to a bridge washout and towing the 5er I could not chance it being closed and me haveing to turn around. Later that day My wife drove down after she got off work in our SUV and she said I might as well try it because she had nothing in tow and could take detours or turn around if needed. The road had just opened sometime on Tuesday. When we left that's the way we went home. We stayed at Daddy Joes Yogi Bear CG for the Halloween weekend. US74 was still closed on the eastbound side due to washouts and the DOT was working hard to get it cleaned up and open. BUT the switch of the lanes was not too bad and the speed limit was still 55mph on both lanes. but that's down from the usual 70mph.
When we head back I will follow the I-73/74 US 220 to US 74 but get off at NC38&SC38 and drive into Bennettsville, SC then follow that highway over to US501 thru Conway and catch SC544 to OLCG.
Easy towing on the 4 lane roads until NC&SC38 but it is freshly paved so it's not so bad until you get to the roundabout just before Bennettsville.

Zacks3boys have a safe trip down we'll see you around OLCG.
randy
PS I understand about Kinston and the flooding Neuse River Store open back up yet or just starting the clean up processes.