Friday, September 15, 2017

Greystone RV Park - Pinnacle, NC

Wednesday the 13th we headed to Pinnacle, NC. (near Winston-Salem)

We woke to sunshine and a lovely warm day! We got here in around 5 hours with 2 stops. (one for diesel and turned on the generator to exercise it while we drove plus we grabbed our lunch and the other stop was to turn off the generator and just took a break)

On the way, we passed a water tower in the shape of a peach. Didn’t get great shots as we flew by it.



The Peachoid (known locally as The Peach) was commissioned to be built in 1980-81 by the Gaffney Board of Public Works, and contractors took five months to design and mold the steel. A seven ton, 60-feet long leaf was applied to one side. A New Jersey artist, Peter Freudenberg, painted the sphere after studying local peaches for many hours. It took fifty gallons of paint in twenty colors.

According to official literature, the Peachoid boldly "sets the record straight about which state is the biggest peach producer in the South. Contrary to popular belief, it is NOT Georgia."
 Driving past Winston-Salem



 our first glimpse of Pilot Knob



Wow, this is our most beautiful view yet! It’s a small park with only 10 pull through spaces all with a beautiful view of Pilot Knob. Greystone RV Park. What a great spot!




 the office of the park


 10 spaces lined up facing the mountain
 me sitting at the picnic table
 Eastern Bluebird


 American Goldfinch
 Apache Helicopter flying over mountain
 sun setting on our first night


 sunset our second night









Tomorrow we are visiting Hanging Rock State Park.

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