Charlotte NC, Hikes and Disc Golf…

We felt pretty happy our wallet didn’t get hit too hard at the Freightliner shop in Gaffney SC. The free camping made it even a little better and now that we are all fixed up, we are ready to roll once again. Our next stop would be in North Carolina.

It was another uneventful drive (our favorite kind) as we rolled into Charlotte, NC.  We settled into our next campsite at the Camping World Racing Resort in Concord, NC just north of Charlotte. We have never visited Charlotte and are looking forward to our stay to check out the area.

The campground was nothing special but was in the perfect location for us to explore all that Charlotte had to offer. Sites are large with full hook-ups but there is little to no shade and lots of gravel. This park is really here to cater to the Charlotte Speedway which we could see (and HEAR!) easily from our site.

We found lots of nice parks near us offering hiking and disc golf. We enjoyed several of them and were pleasantly surprised how much we like this area. It will be in consideration for a possible final stop on our travels. While the state has a state income tax which we hoped to avoid we’ll just crunch the numbers to see if it makes it onto the list of our top five locations to land for our next chapter on the road of retirement.

One great disc golf course we played was at the Reedy Disc Golf Course in Reedy Creek Park. The course is a moderately hilly and heavily wooded 18 hole course covering about a mile from the first hole to the last. Of course we never walk in a straight line nor do courses add in the distance between tees to the course length so on most courses we will walk just less than 2 miles to as much as three and half miles.

The greater Charlotte area has at least four Nature Centers and Preserves with Reedy Creek being one of them. These parks have some great hikes within them and while hiking along many of the trails it gave the wonderful feel of escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.

We spent a day visiting the large University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC) which also has a really nice botanical garden.  We were also impressed with the city’s excellent roadway system to what I consider to be the result of exceptional city planning. These added to the reasons why we found Charlotte an attractive place to land. After a week in Charlotte we will move on to Raleigh to visit our daughter and her family along with taking care of some medical appointments for Sharon.