Well, this is our last day at Lake Gaston. This is a beautiful place, but there are hardly any people here and no activities, at least this time of year.
We had rain on Wednesday which was really kind of nice. It allowed us to remain indoors and not feel guilty for not going out. We did drive to Littleton. We planned to have lunch at a local cafe. There are basically three places to eat in Littleton: Hardees, Grandpa's Kitchen and a pizza place. Since Hardees does not qualify as a local cafe and the pizza place looked like a drugger hangout, we chose Grandpa's Kitchen. We were there at 11:00, the time the door notice said that Grandpa opened. We waited, drove around a little, went to a hardware store and went back. Still no Grandpa. We could see people and lights back in the kitchen, but the Closed sign remained out and the Open sign remained dark. We ended up finding a Food Lion and picking up a frozen pizza to bake at home. On the way to Food Lion I saw a sign that advertised Grandpa's Stump Grinding. I guess Grandpa got busy with a stump and didn't have time to cook. Oh well, my loss!
On Thursday the weather turned quite cool. We walked the perimeter of the campground and fed the ducks and geese. There are baby ducks and geese on the lake and we have enjoyed watching them get in a row. I also baked a loaf of bread. I have lugged that bread machine all over Florida and now here. This is the first time I have used it. The bread was OK. I made it with all whole wheat flour, and it was quite heavy. If anyone knows how to make whole wheat bread not come out like a heavy wet sponge, I would love to know the trick. We still enjoyed our livermush and onion sandwiches, a treat we don't enjoy often because you can't get livermush in many places outside of western NC. Actually we had liver pudding here. Larry said it was the same thing, but it isn't.
Looking forward to heading to Williamsburg tomorrow. I hope we can't get our bike and trike down there and get some use from them. Should we go to Busch Gardens? If you've been, give us your thoughts. It's a little expensive, and I'm not sure we are theme park people. And I didn't see anything on the website about beer tasting. Opinions welcome!!
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