After 10 days in the Smokey Mountains for the elk rut, we headed home for three days, scrubbed up, repacked, and were off to Alumalina. This is the last camping trip/rally on our agenda for this season, although I am sure there will be some additional impromptu getaways in the next few weeks. Indeed, I feel like we need to cram in as much as possible to prepare for a winter at home. Alumalina is a unique rally held at a large camping resort in Marion, NC, that can easily house hundreds of Airstreams gathering in little self-defined camping conclaves. The rally has been held for 10 years, and is true to its word for offering food, fun and fellowship on a grand scale. A lot of NOVA peeps were joining in the fun. . . NOVA @ ALUMALINA! It is a 10 hour drive from Van Wert, so we broke up the trip with an overnight at Boonsborough State Park in Kentucky. The Park was recently opened after 7-months of reccovering from a major flood. Bathrooms were completely redone, but the campground sites still showed vestiges of dried mud in the grass, liberally sprinkled straw, and occasional dried-mud ruts. Tom managed to secure the last site available on this Tuesday night! When we arrived, the campground was decked out in Halloween decorations; later we found that this is a longstanding tradition and the campground residents were grateful to be back in Halloween business after the flood! It was a Tuesday night, but there were lots of families with children out enjoying the event. . . maybe it was a homework assignment! Unfortunately, Fort Boonsborough was closed on Tuesday! We were just there for an overnight, but enjoyed an afternoon walk, dinner, and another evening walk around the campground to view all the decorations with lights and animation turned on! Pippa wasn’t at all intimidated by the moving and screaming ghouls. Here are some pictures of my favorites! I went inside to finish a movie, but for a long time I could still hear the swarm of stalkers roaming the campground.
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October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
Tom & Ella Brown |