The Travels
of
Barbara and Morris
Trip Log
June 20 – Aug 2, 1991
June 20, 1991 - Thursday
Left at 7:45 AM. Morris and I in our motorhome. Hot Day! 1st night Hamilton Branch State Park near McCormich S.C $5.00 Stopped at 6:00 pm – raining. Slept real good – Augusta, Ga, replace belt on alternator
June 21 – Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Mt. Pisgah, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina $4.00 night! $12.00
Left campground at 7:50 am – very, very foggy. Arrived at Mt. Pisgah at noon. Paid for 4 nights Cloudy all afternoon. Took a walk to the lodge. Rained about 6pm so we couldn’t go to the ranger talk at the campfire. Grilled chicken for supper. Read and watched TV. Nice and cool all night.
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Mt. Pisgah is Mom’s most favorite place to visit on the Blue Ridge
Parkway. Every time I would visit them at their cabin at Fort Tatum we
would have to make a trip up to Mt. Pisgah where we would eat lunch.
Saturday - 55° this morning and the sun is out. Took a long walk. Ate lunch, took a nap, read and finished my book. Walked to the Lodge and had supper. Rainbow trout for me and Morris had steak. 7:14 pm raining, watched TV until 11:00 pm.
Sunday – cool all night. Covered with a blanket. Walked to Lodge for breakfast at 10am. Took a walk around campground – got back at 11:00 just as it stated to rain. Talked a long time to some camper from Tampa who retired last year. Had hotdogs with chili; tomato soup and chocolate cake for supper. Read a magazine all the way through today. Watched a movie on TV. Took another walk about 6:30. Went to bed at 10:15. Rained about midnight real hard for the rest of the night.
June 24 – Monday
Roam Mountain State Park $5.50
Left campground at 9am and very, very foggy driving on the parkway. Can’t see a thing. Got to Roam Mt. at noon. Ate lunch in the camper and the fog lifts. Rhododendron almost all gone. Should have been just the right time but the last 3 days rain ruined them. Got to campground about 3pm. 60° out! Met some nice people camping next to us and went over to their motor home after supper and talked for 2 hours. Had a roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables and sliced tomatoes for supper. Went to bed at 10:00 pm – no TV.
June 25 – Tuesday
Doughton Park $4.00
Left campground at 9:00 and stopped and had breakfast at the campground restaurant. Nice and cool all day. Went through Elk Park, Banner Ele and Boone, then got back on the Parkway. Got to Doughton Park about noon. Parked by a couple from Ocala and another from Pensacola. Took a 2 mile hike though the woods to visit an old cabin! Got back and talked for an hour to our neighbors. Grilled turkey cutlets on the grill, noodles, green beans and sliced tomatoes for supper. Talked some more to our neighbors and watched a movie on TV (Very good reception – no TV at all last night). Cold tonight – about 50°
June 26 – Wednesday
Rocky Knob (BRP) $4.00
Left at 9am. Beautiful drive with lots of rhododendron in bloom. Got to Mabry Mill at 11:00am and ate breakfast – lunch. Spent an hour walking around. Got to campground (only 10 miles from Mabry Mill) at 12:30 – very cool and cloudy all day. Grilled steak outdoors, potatoes, peas and carrots and tomatoes for supper. After supper our neighbor who had a nice fire going invited us over. There were two other couples, one couple who brought their motorhome with them all the way from Germany. Had a nice time talking till 9:45pm (it got cold out!)
June 27 – Thursday
Peeks of Otter $4.00
Left at 8:45am – sunny and only 60°. Arrived at Peaks of Otter about noon. Had lunch. Took a walk around campground and met some people from Florida. Took a hike to the Lodge, the restaurant, the Visitors Center, and the camp store. Got back and I read and Morris took a nap. At 5:15pm went over to the restaurant to eat supper. Got back at 6:30 and called Beth and Grandma Mixson. I read and Morris watched TV. Cool all day. Sun finally came out about 5pm.
Updated: 01-20-2024