We set up like normal and decided to eat at a buffet we had seen along the way. They had good hush puppies and cherry pie. After we left the resturant we went to a stand along the road hoping to get apples. We not only found apples,we got apple butter, cinnamon pecan bread, and... wait for it, fried peanuts! Yes, fried peanuts that you eat the shell and all. Surprisingly, or at least I was surprised, they tasted good.
The next day we took a trip through the town of Bat Cave pn our way to see Chimney Rock state park. Upon arriving at the park we learned the fee would be around fifty dollars! We decided to skip that hike and instead we stopped at the little town with the cheesy tourist shops. It reminded us of what we thought Gatlinburg would be like but wasn't.
After our visit to Chimney Rock, We also checked out a little RV park where we are planning to stay when we come back down in a few weeks.
The third and final day of our visit was the best!! We decided to drive to another state park in South Carolina called Caesars Head. After months at the beach, We finally used our jackets! No more bathing suits for us. I did make the mistake of wearing shorts however, which was chilling!
Anyways, the drive there was gorgeous and along the way we stopped at a rock outcropping. It was covered in spraypaint but thats not what caught your attention. It was the view! You could see all the mountains with the beautiful trees turned gold and crimson for fall. It was also neat because at first you thought the rocks ended in a cliff but really it was just a steep hill. We climbed down one of the less steep parts and if you walked over to the side there was a little waterfall.
We then left there and continued up the mountain. It was a rainy overcast day and the clouds were hanging low so we got to drive through them. It was pretty cool. In fact, the visitors center was right in the middle of a cloud.
We took a short hike to see a waterfall which was great exercise. The drive leaving the park was really cool. We went through Transylvania county and it was beyond beautiful. It had a really homey feel to it. It was forest on forest with cute unique houses spaced out from each other. We really liked it.
When we got to our resturant in Hendersonville "The Dugout," the place was packed. We barely got a table but the nice thing was we were able to watch the Raven's game; who for the record beat Kansas City.
Afterwards we headed home and got ready to leave. We really liked it and are definitely heading back in November
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