Gingerbread House Competition

We went to Asheville, NC today to the Grove Park Inn to meet our friends Bob and Anna and to see the Gingerbread House Competition.

The Inn is beautiful!  The fireplaces are HUGE!

These are carved into a few of the rocks on the fireplace. 

Lots and lots of gingerbread houses...

I think the only rule was that everything has to be edible, everything!

It was a rainy day, a good day to be inside!

The Inn reminded me of The Balsams Resort in New Hampshire. 

And we thought we had a lot of rock walls!

The halls were decked...

The spa down below.

This was my favorite, remember all edible!

The main lobby, with carolers in the distance.

Sleigh and reindeer...check.

And there we are!

Bob and Anna in the front and Stu and I in the back.

And that is Anna's friend Sherry in front this time.

This is the grand prize winner for 2012.

All the little trees down the hallways were all decorated differently, this one had a wine theme.

This was the winner for the child category (5-8) "The house at Pooh corner".  Very cute, that's a pretty talented 5-8 year old!

Twin Lakes Campground Continued...

I snapped a few more shots of our site this morning...  

We are on Lake Hartwell, and unfortunately it's down quite a bit, but still a great view!

Assuming we were here in the Summer and there was more water, this would be a great site to be at.

But we are pretty happy with what we have.

The fire pit is in a much better place than the last campsite we had, and we can bring our own firewood (next time).

All set up, let's eat!

Our new friends, Bob and Anna, that we met at the last campground we went to (Calhoun Falls, SC) joined us for lunch.

With their two cute little dogs, Millie (with Bob) and Mortie (with Anna), unfortunately they didn't let us "borrow" either of them.

How is that for sunset!

Beautiful!

Heading home tomorrow.  We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!  Spend most of the day cooking, 20 minutes to eat too much and football for the rest of the day...  Yup, sounds like a holiday to me!

Twin Lakes Campground

We made it to the Twin Lakes Campground in Pendleton, South Carolina, about 2 1/2 hours from home, yesterday after taking the scenic route...  Not the best directions to get here, but we did get to see Clemson University, which is only about 6 miles from here.  We have a beautiful spot (#92)!  

We'll run around and take some more pictures today, the sun is out and it's going to be a beautiful day, in the 60's!  Yahooo!

How About That!

Yahoo!  We got the "bus" down the driveway!  Stu is so brave, our driveway has some crazy turns and it was leaning pretty good, I never would have attempted it, but then again I won't drive it on a flat, straight road either!

Our neighbors Jerry and Ruth make log furniture and made us this great bed.

We are also using the apartment as a greenhouse...

Veteran's Day In Asheville, North Carolina

For Veteran's Day, as last year, the Bed and Breakfast Assn gave Veteran's free rooms at participating Inns.  We chose the Carolina Bed and Breakfast in Asheville, NC.

It was very relaxing!  

Our room was very comfy!

After we arrived the owner's James and Susan served wine and appetizers for everyone before leaving for dinner.  Yummy!

I love this lamp, and the color of the room!

The dining room...  Breakfast was delicious and powered us up for the ride home.

As I told Stu the other day... I'm enjoying the military much more now that I'm retired!

Let It Go...

I love this...

Another Project...Done!

Taa Daa!  Woo hoo, another project to check off the list!

Stu did such a great job with out new mailbox!  We still have a few things to add to it, but it was already soooo heavy, we didn't want to add any more weight to it. 

I'm sure it will out last us both!