Saturday, July 5, 2014

Cowpens & Peaches

July 5, 2014  
Ivy Acres RV Park
Piedmont, South Carolina





Our luck proved good today when we visited Cowpens National Battlefield.








 


We not only found a good parking space but it was also one of the few days that the park had reenactment groups and additional special programs.













Visiting the site of a major Revolutionary War battle was a change from all the Civil War sites we had been to lately.










On the way back to our campsite we went by this water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina.  When this water tower was first constructed many thought it looked more like a giant mooning the highway instead of a peach.  South Carolina actually grows more peaches than Georiga, but most people consider Georgia the peach capital of the nation. 












Gaffney thought the erection of this water tower would end all the talk about Georgia.  They were right - only the talk turned to the similarity of human posteriors instead of peaches.  The town had to hire an artist to give the tower a more peach-like appearance with the addition of a stem, leaf and various colors.

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