Yesterday we headed to a Bed and Breakfast in Grover, North Carolina, The Inn of the Patriot's.
These were taken from the Foothills Parkway, right down the road from our house.
It was a beautiful day!
I guessing the leaves are at peak color, we even started to see a lot of bare trees on the way home today.
We got to Grover early and decided to check out the big "attraction" in the area. Kings Mountain National Military Park
We didn't have enough time hike the trails, but we did get to see a weapons demonstration, check out the museum and see a short film about the battle.
Thomas Jefferson called it "The turn of the tide of success". The battle of Kings Mountain, fought October 7th, 1780, was an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur after the British invasion of Charleston, SC in May 1780. The park preserves the site of this important battle.
On to the B & B...
The Inn and Mansion was built in 1879 by Doctor Alfred Frederick Hambright an Assistant Surgeon/Hospital Steward during the Civil War.
There was a nice gathering area at the back of the house around a fire pit.
This fireplace was part of the slave quarters.
If you look closely at the mulch, you'll see some wine bottles...they were everywhere!
Like I said...everywhere!
The dining room.
A little history... Grover, NC was named for Stephen Grover Cleveland, who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885 - 1889) and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents.
We stayed in the "Baby Ruth" Room. Named for the President's daughter (She also had a candy bar named after her, how cool is that?!).
We did have a private bath... Very creative, the shower was in one closet space, yes, I said closet. It was bringing back memories of Italian showers.
And the toilet was in the other closet space, not quite a cramped as the shower, but we were glad to have it!
This is the main sitting room, they have lots of local history memorabilia everywhere.
The owner's are Marti and Stormy Mongiello, both prior Navy. Marti is a retired CSCS, (you can see his shadow box at the left of this picture) and served at as a White House/Camp David chef under President Clinton.
We had a nice, short, but nice stay. Back home again, we have a lot to do before Friday... We are off to Williamsburg, VA for a week. Can't wait!
