In October 2010, we discovered Cashiers, NC, in the mountains, about a 3-hour drive from home. A co-worker at Ministry Ventures had lived there with his family and talked about it fondly. One year when we wanted to go see the fall colors, we decided to take a day trip driving north through a national forest, having a wonderful lunch, and then driving home through Highlands, N.C. The next year Barney and Gina were staying with us, and we all decided to take a drive to see the leaves. That trip we discovered Cornucopia Restaurant. Since then we’ve made an annual trek to Cashiers, missing only one year.
For our second trip in the RV, we decided to stay at Tugaloo State Park by Lake Hartwell (northeast part of the state), leave the trailer at our camping site, and drive to Cashiers. On this trip we took a different road and were disappointed by the lack of color. On the way home, we took our normal drive through the national forest and saw much more of the red in the leaves.
Our camping site came with electricity and water hook-ups, but no sewer. We’ve found that many camp grounds had sewer hookups, so were glad we could experiment this time with how much our gray tank could hold. By the last morning (spent 3 nights there) after the last shower (and Barney took his showers in the camp’s facilities) and washing the last of the dishes, the gray water started backing up in the shower. We had maxed out our capacity. Now we know that without sewer hook-ups, we will use paper plates and plastic silverware. Barney can continue to take showers in the communal bathrooms, and I’ll take quick showers. Of course we could dump the tanks before we left the park, so we were good for driving home.
We made it home with 30 minutes to spare before J. Christopher’s (our favorite breakfast/lunch place 1/2 mile from home) closed, so we parked at home on the street and drove my car to lunch. Yummy. When we got home, we unloaded the trailer, and then drove it to Tom and Sintya’s for storage. So nice to get to see this couple and their daughter more often!
Plans are made for a November trip after Barney’s last day of working and a December trip if the weather cooperates.
