Cartersville Country Winery – Timmonsville SC Lake Gaston RV & Camping Resort – Littleton, NC

Cartersville Country Winery was a one-night stopover on our way to our first campground using our Thousand Trails membership.  Our arrival was on a Sunday, and wine tasting was closed, but they offered self-serve tastings. The winery was unique with its antique cars.  Once settled, we went to try their wine selection.  Not a fan of fruit-flavored wines, but if you are, then their wines would be appealing.  They had peach, elderberry, blackberry, and even pomegranate at reasonable prices.

Lake Gaston RV Camping Resort was what I had pictured summer camp might be like.  A beautiful lake, tall trees, and pine needles blanketing the ground.  We were fortunate our site gave us a great view of the lake. This only reaffirmed my desire to live on a lake.  This resort had full-time sites where most people in the surrounding areas put their RVs all year round.  The park is open from mid-April to November. Full-time residents can enjoy being on the lake all summer.  Many of the full-timers had not yet returned during our time there, so it was quiet and very peaceful.

We strolled in the woods and found a unique flower lying on the trail floor.  Its light green and yellow color was an attention-getter.  I had never seen one before.  We tried to see where it came from but could not determine if it was from a bush or the trees.  We looked it up and found it came from a Tulip Tree.  It will be surprising if many of you have heard of such a tree.  I am afraid we may have been spoiled as I don’t believe the remaining Thousand Trails campgrounds will be as appealing as this.  Only time will tell.

P.S. The accident on our way here was a semi-carrying boxes of tomatoes. Pounds of tomatoes strewn about. There goes the price of tomatoes!

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