On The Road Again

We arrived at the Rainbow Plantation RV Park in Summerdale, AL and spent about a month not doing too much, seeing old friends and getting moved back into our fifth wheel.  It sure was great to get back into the larger rig.  It is nice to have more than one place to sit down.  We have stored our small trailer in South Carolina at Barbs nephew.    We also waited out Ida. The storm didn’t give us much wind but we had a lot of rain.  Two days of rain.  We also drove down to the gulf and watched some guys fishing with cast nets.  One guy was having a lot of luck and the others were not catching anything.

These guys were hanging around for a hand out.

One of the fishermen throwing his cast net, and the results.  The fish are mullet and sheepshead

        

Barb checking out the catch.

We left Alabama and are on our way to Greencastle, PA.   We spent a few days in  South Congaree, SC where Barbs nephew lives. Barbs nephew Jackie  Carter is a bike rider and has built and painted  his own bike.  I think he did a great job.

 

                                       

 

We then went on to Hendersonville, NC to visit Stan and June Golowski.  Stan was my radar officer in Vietnam.  They are such nice people and we try to see them when we are in this part of the world.  We had a nice visit with Stan and June.

The next day we went to The Biltmore Estate to see the Christmas decorations.  It is America’s largest home with 250 rooms on an 8,000 acre estate.There are 43 bathrooms in this house, a rarity for houses of that era (1895) as very few homes had indoor bathrooms.  A little trivia from that time: the servants lived in 21 rooms on the fourth floor.  They were allowed two hours off daily but were on call. They received one afternoon and one evening off per week, and a half day every other Sunday. That sounds like a tough job.There sure was a lot of walking up and down four stories.   I was disappointed I couldn’t take pictures inside.  Sure were a lot of Christmas trees in the house almost every room had some kind of tree or other decoration. The banquet hall had two huge Christmas trees beautifully decorated. We took a walk down to the conservatory where  I did take some pictures in the greenhouse.

Some of the orchids and other flowers.

   

Outside views of the Biltmore house.

 

This time of the year there wasn’t too much in bloom outside in the gardens but here are some of the bushes and a large tree.

    

This tree looks like it has three trunks.  There wasn’t anything telling what kind of tree it is but it must be old.

   

Tonight we are in Natural Bridge, VA at a KOA park.  The temperature is 46 degrees. We are on our way further north to Greencastle, PA to visit our daughter and her family for Thanksgiving.  I hope it doesn’t get too cold while we are there.