We pulled into our campground, Dan Nichols Park, in Salisbury, NC on Monday, July 2nd. It is a county park with a very nice campground.
The sites are quite spacious and we we joined on Tuesday by Bryan and his family. This is from our site to Bryan who was next to us.
This is the back of our site.
The walkway behind that opens to the lake.
We finally got to hang our hammock - most campgrounds we stay in don't allow things tied to the trees.
We picked up Bryan's oldest son Bobby, on Monday at the airport so he could enjoy the holiday with all of us and Tuesday all of us went to the Park where the campground is located. It has lots of fun stuff for kids.
The train ride
The Carousal. Big Bob and I rode in the Chariot
(I guess we are old now).
The hit of the day was Gem Mining.
The next morning we were up early and we went to my Aunt Gayle and Uncle Vohn's house to watch the Faith NC Parade (my families' home town) from their front yard. This is a real old time parade.
Honoring the Veterans
Firetrucks
Firetrucks
Confederate re-enacters
Tractors
Bikes
Scottish Bagpipes
Sillies
And, of course, Beauty Queens
Brody waving and hoping for candy like the other kids and some adults.
And Bobby enjoying a break in the actoin
Afterwards, we had the traditional chopped park sandwiches for lunch. Every year just before the parade is over, a couple of the men walk down to the park (amusement rides have been brought in for the celebration that starts the week before) to get our sandwiches, Then we all have some great time together, catching up with family and friends who we haven't seen in a year or more. I saw Robin, a second cousin, I probably had not seen in 50-60 years but we recognized each other from each of us looking like our mothers, plus face book photos on other folks' pages and I saw many others that I have kept up with the same way - a positive for face book
Afterwards, we had the traditional chopped park sandwiches for lunch. Every year just before the parade is over, a couple of the men walk down to the park (amusement rides have been brought in for the celebration that starts the week before) to get our sandwiches, Then we all have some great time together, catching up with family and friends who we haven't seen in a year or more. I saw Robin, a second cousin, I probably had not seen in 50-60 years but we recognized each other from each of us looking like our mothers, plus face book photos on other folks' pages and I saw many others that I have kept up with the same way - a positive for face book
While Bryan, Angel and Brody went putt putt golfing later in the day, we took Bobby with us and went to the Salisbury National Cemetery, (in honor of the meaning of the 4th of July.)
The historic cemetery there tells the story of the civil war in Salisbury, where approximately 3,700 men died between October 1864 and February 1865, and close to 500 bodies were recovered and are buried n the cemetery
Thursday, Bryan, Angel and Brody left for their next destination, Enota campground in GA, and we took Bobby to the airport, but first the three of us had lunch at Winks. Another tradition - chopped pork sandwiches and foot long chili dogs. Of course, on the way back from the airport, we made our mandatory stop at the Harley Dealer! So much for not buying shirts on this trip.
We had a great time camping with Bryan and his family. We were just missing Janel and family. Hopefully next years we can all spend the holiday together!
Fun in the campground
Brody helping Papa
Brody riding through the campground
Bobby the official fire builder and his helpers
Eating s'mores
Playing cards - Bobby was the winner.
We leave today and are head to Gladys VA for 4 days, where we will be exploring more civil war history and lots of other stuff.
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