DH and I are planning a trip this February from Virginia down to SC (Myrtle Beach), then Savannah to St Augustine. We have not planned after that. Welcoming suggestions where to go next! Thinking of Florida West Coast, maybe Atlanta. Any other suggestions? Traveling in a 34'Class A with toad. Love history, not into anything physically demanding. Thanks for your help!

South Carolina has a lot of interesting and beautiful places to visit. Start with a search of "historic sites in SC".Georgia has a number of historic sites and state parks, the Savannah area is a good choice, especially Ft. McAllister State Park just south of Savannah. They often have re-enactments there. You can camp there and use it as a base for exploring the area. Wormsloe Historic Site with an oak avenue is on the edge of Savannah.St. Augustine, FL is another good historic area to visit. Tarpon Springs FL on the west coast has a Greek community there with a beautiful Greek Orthodox church to visit. Come back north on I-75 on your way home and check out the Aviation Museum at Robins AFB in Warner Robins GA. It's one of my faves. Free admission and free parking. They have an SR-71A Blackbird on display there that still holds the airspeed record. You can get information for planning your visit at this link. It's just south of Macon GA.Atlanta traffic and urban sprawl is bad. If you can try going around it as in far outside their beltway. There are a lot of interesting historic places to visit away from the urban mess. I recommend shooting on over to Alabama with its Talladega Speedway and then head home via Chattanooga TN. Plenty to see in Chattanooga and you can even visit Rock City for an old time kind of vacay with interesting things to do.Enjoy your trip.

Charleston SC is chock full of history. 90 miles south of MB.

When in MB there are two great state parks. MB state park is just a few minutes from south MB, close enough so if you want to go into MB for shopping or entertainment. Also near several RV sales and service location should you need it. Huntington Beach state park is further south closer to Pawleys Island, Murrels Inlet which has great seafood. Across the street (aka hwy 17) from Brookgreen Gardens which is a nice way to spend an afternoon even in February.

Charleston was semi-locked down when we were up there a month ago. St Augustine is loaded with historical sites being the oldest settlement in the US. There is Ybpr City in Tampa if you get over that way. I hope you have reservations for Florida tho there may be open spots since there is a Canadian shortage. There are a number of Florida State parks with historical themes. That is true for Georgia and SC too.

The different springs in central Florida are amazing. Many are just pretty to look, but many offer kayaking going down stream, not real demanding.Honestly I live on the edge of Atlanta, and I would avoid it like the plague. The mountains in North GA are really nice with some great state parks.

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2_Retired
Explorer
Dec 22, 2020
Ken56 is absolutely right! Angelos in Montross is about the only good choice. There is a place called Yesterdays (we don't enjoy it) and a small Mexican Restaurant that has some good choices, but Angelo's is honestly the only place in Montross I could recommend.
Colonial Beach has several, including Suki's, a great Thai place with awesome Pad Tai! January 6th - an area update. Covid is running wild in our county, particularly in Colonial Beach. Would suggest not visiting now if that's possible.
ken56
Explorer
Dec 20, 2020
Was in Montross to pick up a trailer for a friend and I ate at Angelo's Pizza and seafood restaurant. I had a seafood platter and I had no complaints. The pizza looked good too but being so close to the Chesapeake Bay seafood was on my eating list, not pizza. Not much else in Montross either to eat at, it's pretty small.
LindaAnn
Explorer
Dec 18, 2020
Just a couple of suggestions for St Augustine. We stayed at an RV park, North Beach Camp Resort...great sites AND it is directly across the highway from the beach. In St Augustine, we took the Old Town Trolley, a wonderful way to see all the historic places in the town. If you like museums, the Lightner Museum is wonderful!

Since my husband is a Nascar fan, we drove down to Daytona and toured the track there.
magnusfide
Explorer II
Dec 18, 2020
We discovered another gem a couple of years ago on the opposite end of SC state. Paris Mountain State Park just north of Greeneville, SC is a gooder. It's close enough to Greeneville to visit but it's also on a small mountain. Greeneville has a nice downtown park. We liked the easy trails for our tired legs.
pbeverly
Nomad
Dec 18, 2020
magnusfide wrote:
Mayor30 wrote:
Try staying in Huntington Beach State park. Some FHU the rest W&E, You can walk to the beach. They have a great nature lodge and have ranger talks in the lodge and outside. The home of the Huntington's can be toured for a small fee. Drunken Jacks in Murrell's Inlet is a good place to eat.

Double ditto. Huntington Beach SP is our favorite SC coastal camping spot.

Tripple ditto on Huntington Beach.

Funny thing. The beach is HUGE. When they dump sand on Mrytle Beach to save the beach the sand works it's way down to Huntington and makes it bigger. Something about the jetty at Huntington helps make this happens.
magnusfide
Explorer II
Dec 17, 2020
Mayor30 wrote:
Try staying in Huntington Beach State park. Some FHU the rest W&E, You can walk to the beach. They have a great nature lodge and have ranger talks in the lodge and outside. The home of the Huntington's can be toured for a small fee. Drunken Jacks in Murrell's Inlet is a good place to eat.

Double ditto. Huntington Beach SP is our favorite SC coastal camping spot.
Mayor30
Explorer
Dec 17, 2020
Try staying in Huntington Beach State park. Some FHU the rest W&E, You can walk to the beach. They have a great nature lodge and have ranger talks in the lodge and outside. The home of the Huntington's can be toured for a small fee. Drunken Jacks in Murrell's Inlet is a good place to eat.
pbeverly
Nomad
Dec 17, 2020
Merrykalia wrote:
We HATE Myrtle Beach, just too much! Too much traffic, people, etc.

HAHAHA, I live in SC and I hate MB in the Summer. In the off season it is not bad at all. We have been able to park right smack in front of the Sky Wheel in the winter. Off season a good time to visit and do non beach things as they are not crowded at all.

However, MB is really a tourist trap.
Merrykalia
Explorer
Dec 16, 2020
It will be COLD until you get east enough to get the ocean breeze. Then it'll be cool. We HATE Myrtle Beach, just too much! Too much traffic, people, etc. We enjoy smaller parks and ocean destinations. If you like the crowded cities, try Myrtle Beach, but even North Myrtle is too much for me. Head a bit further south (warmer, too) and check out Hunting Island SP (outside Beaufort, SC). Campground right on the beach. Jekyll Island is really a fun trip, but you will also still be on the cool side in February.

We were in Miami last year at the end of February and it was in the high 70s, but up in GA, it was 40 degrees. At home in the mtns of Va, it was 10!

Gulf Shores, AL, Destin, FL, Pensacola, FL are all great visits. If you are wanting warm temps, you must head to south Florida and good luck getting a reservation there.
garmp
Explorer II
Dec 16, 2020
Crooked River State Park in the St. Mary's area of Georgia has been getting rave reviews lately. We are thinking about trying that area the end of October/early November. And then you aren't that far from St. Augustine, FL, which is a must especially of you're into history.