Day Fifteen - May 25th

Investigating Future Locations

After a nice week with Lee, Julie, and Laurie in Greer, SC we are in Hendersonville, NC checking out the area. Sunday morning we joined Ken Scharf and the folks at Grace Bible Church in Anderson, SC. The first words out of Ken’s mouth after greeting us was, “want to preach?” Ken treated us to lunch afterward and we enjoyed a nice visit with him. That afternoon we spent around the pool at Lee and Julie’s and worked on assembling the thousands, seemingly, of pieces of the recently acquired cedar swing set, slide, sand box, combination – whatchamacallit. Lee still has plenty of work to do to finish the job but it was fun working on Laurie’s newest entertainment.

The campground we are trying first in Hendersonville is okay for the money but is a little run down. Tomorrow night we are moving to another campground nearby that appears to be much nicer. As we travel we are scoping out different parks where we might stay for an extended time. If we are going to be living in the fifth-wheel we might as well have beautiful surroundings.

Today we drove to Morganton, a little over an hour away, where we had lunch with Kathy’s Uncle Glenn and Aunt Carol and my cousins Rich and Carole Fowler. Glenn and Carole have been here for thirty-four years and Rich and Carole just moved here; we are hoping the meeting has prompted a new friendship. Glenn and Carole are selling their home and moving to a continuing care facility, still in Morganton, so we went and checked out their new digs. Before lunch we stopped at Rich and Carole’s and saw their beautiful home. They are still anxiously waiting for their Maine home to sell, which we hope happens for them soon.

When we leave here our plans are to proceed to Bristol, TN to drop in on Aaron, Beth, Leon and Silas. One of the joys of our trips north is seeing friends and family along the way.