October 30, 2009 – Adding On with Observations

While driving through South Carolina (I think), we saw a GM plant that was shuttered tight. A few miles later, we passed a Nissan plant with a full parking lot. The same was true of a BMW plant we passed.

I understand dry counties in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, but we’ve stopped at several campgrounds that prohibit the consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages. It seems to me that you could always enjoy an adult beverage within your RV, just don’t display it outside. But these are privately owned campgrounds which prohibit possession.

Large acorns, striking the RV from a significant height, make a considerable noise.

Fall fell. The farther north we came from Atlanta, the more evident it became that the fall colors had peaked and passed. Where we had been seeing scarlet, gold and yellow, we were now seeing burnt orange, brown and some slow to molt, yellow. Late fall has a similarity to early fall. In the early fall, you see the occasional early changer. As we came north, we would see a single tree, surround by trees bereft of leaves, still clinging to leaves bright with color. They seemed to be saying, “no, not yet, the ball isn’t over”.