Our next stop was going to be to Charlotte NC but we decided a few weeks back to see if we could get an appointment at the Freightliner Shop in Gaffney SC. We figured it would be a long shot but we called and they said they didn’t have any appointments open but we could come on in and stay at the Freightliner Campground.That way they would try to squeeze us in between appointment.
Therefore instead of spending the July 4th long weekend at Charlotte we moved over to the Freightliner Campground. We thought it was nice they allow customers to stay in their lot while awaiting service. 30/50 amp hookups are at every site and they have a water station along with a dump station on premises.
The suggestion is that customers stay the night before service and the night after service but the receptionist when we called had no problem with us arriving on the Saturday of the long July 4th weekend saying that there would be plenty of open sites as we did see upon arrival!
We parked and set-up for our hopefully short stay awaiting service. Our RV needs its oil changed as well as the lube in the rear axle. We decided to also have the transmission serviced so we will have new transmission fluid once again.Finally we will have them lube the chassis as well.
While waiting for service we took a drive over the Cowpens Battlefield National Monument. “This Revolutionary War site commemorates the place where Daniel Morgan and his army turned the flanks of Banastre Tarleton's British army. This classic military tactic, known as a double envelopment, was one of only a few in history.”
We have visited Cowpens before on a previous service visit but we this trip we wanted to hike the trails.. There are some nice trails in this park and the one we took was a perfect hike of a couple of miles on a mostly shaded trail. We did a little birdwatching as well as imagining what it might have been like back during the war for the young frontiersmen in this part of South Carolina.
Another day we found another hike near Gaffney on the Lake Whelchel Trail. While the hike was too long (6.7 miles) for us, in this heat, to go all the way around the lake we did hike a few miles in and out on the trail. It was a really nice trail with ample shade through dense woodlands with several peeks of the Lake as well.
Finally the day came and we had all requested service completed. Even better there were no major maintenance surprises encountered by the service techs doing the work. We can’t thank the staff enough for working us in without an appointment and we can now move on to North Carolina…
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