We had a low-key day yesterday, visiting with old friends and looking around Thomasville a little bit. There is a lovely park, maintained by the city, which has beautiful rose gardens and a lake with cooking/picnicking facilities beside it. While the roses were in full bud, they are not blooming much yet. We did manage to find a few and I was fascinated with the variety of colors, as well as the complexity of some of the blooms. Hopefully, we can come back a bit later in the month another time and see the gardens in bloom. Thomasville is known as the Rose City, so roses are everywhere.
The town also boasts a Big Oak, which is over 300 years old. It is maintained by the city as well, sporting any number of cable supports to protect the limbs from breaking. While not nearly as old as the Angel Oak in John's Island [1550 + yrs] is majestic nonetheless.
Thomasville is quite lovely, with a lot of history, and it was fun to see it from a resident's perspective. After having a nice[BIG] lunch at a local buffet style Greek/homestyle restaurant, we visited for a while longer, then wandered back to the campground.
Spent several hours fighting with the satellite setup, to see if we could figure it out, but I guess that will be for another day. This morning, we took a long walk around the park, it is quite big, but most of it is for permanent residents. While it is a nice piece of property, with a couple of small lakes and lots of trees, I am not sure I would see the draw for the locals to camp here. Not much recreation to be found. Most campers do seem to be as old as us or older, so maybe it is just a low-key kind of place.
The town also boasts a Big Oak, which is over 300 years old. It is maintained by the city as well, sporting any number of cable supports to protect the limbs from breaking. While not nearly as old as the Angel Oak in John's Island [1550 + yrs] is majestic nonetheless.
Thomasville is quite lovely, with a lot of history, and it was fun to see it from a resident's perspective. After having a nice[BIG] lunch at a local buffet style Greek/homestyle restaurant, we visited for a while longer, then wandered back to the campground.
Spent several hours fighting with the satellite setup, to see if we could figure it out, but I guess that will be for another day. This morning, we took a long walk around the park, it is quite big, but most of it is for permanent residents. While it is a nice piece of property, with a couple of small lakes and lots of trees, I am not sure I would see the draw for the locals to camp here. Not much recreation to be found. Most campers do seem to be as old as us or older, so maybe it is just a low-key kind of place.