Now N Then

Jack of the Wood. Irish Pub equals Shepherds Pie

inside

The Basilica of St Lawrence outside. From the pulpit: For our visitors, “If you park in the wrong lot you get towed”.

Inside

Black Mountain is a neat town near Asheville, NC. We chose to have lunch at Peppers. Apparently some owner past or present liked Dr. Pepper. Trick question: an old Dr Pepper bottle with holes punched in the cap was used for what?

Outside

Inside: the food and service were excellent

Curb Market – an inside farmers market open three days a week. On a rainy day it was warm and dry

Mast General Store. They have a little of everything. Also dry and warm.

We made the 420 drive from Kings Bay to Asheville one day before the rain. Which meant that our first day in Asheville was wet. But not to worry. We put on our rain gear and headed to Hendersonville to explore their Curb Market and wet cute town. Then we drove by Chimney Rock and up to Black Mountain another tourist town and then we made it back to Asheville to the Basilica of St Lawrence for 5 PM mass. Dinner at a downtown Irish Pub then home. Second day was devoted to Biltmore House. It took two more days of driving for the about 800 miles home from Asheville. Rain, Lightning, storms, and high winds were predicted all along out route but we only hit minimal rain and got home before 3 pm today. Will start unloading the trailer tomorrow. Meanwhile from our day in the rain in Asheville.

Eastern Continental Divide. I thought there was only the Continental Divide out west.

The view from Chimney Rock. Just kidding but it would have looked like this if we had gone up.

Great shot of Turns (I think) on the pilings.

And a Dolphin riding our wake

and at play

From St Mary’s the two of us and John and Nancy took the ferry to Cumberland Island. Nathanael Greene bought land on the island in 1783 and his widow Catherine Greene built a four story tabby home named Dungeness. In 1884 Thomas Carnegie (brother of Andrew)with his wife Lucy began building on the foundation of Dungeness. The island is home to herds of wild horses and is where John Kennedy Jr got married.

The ferry

The house (if I had waited for these people to leave I would have been there all day

The horse. It seems that all of the horses were on the beach that day except the lone ranger below

Went 415 miles from Kings Bay to Asheville today. Nothing exciting so we will revisit Amelia Island. The Island was named after the daughter of King George (I think). As soon as you cross the bridge to the island there is Barbara Jeans restaurant. Those who had the she crab soup said it was excellent. The shrimp salad sandwiches were great and John seemed to like his grilled cheese sandwich.

Fernandina Beach in the main town on Amelia Island. It is a tourist seaside town crammed with shops most of which have a pirate theme. All the good looking chicks seem to hang out with the bad boys.

The nuclear sub display outside the gate at Kings Bay Naval Base

Looking out our front door at the Eagle Hammock RV on Lake D at Kings Bay Georgia.

Saw this gal on the way to somewhere yesterday. I guess Liberty was free for teachers this week

A picture of the USS Tennessee returning to port past Fort Clinch on Amelia Island. This isn’t free at all.

The nuclear sub display outside the gate at Kings Bay Naval Base