We went to a farm up near South Mountains State Park to see a small farm festival, with blacksmithing demonstrations, tractors to look at, crafts, etc. Here is sorghum being crushed to provide juice, which is boiled to become molasses:
There was a lot of strange machinery out there; this particular piece appeared to be designed to blow large smoke-rings every 30 seconds:
The farm was up in the mountains, which you can see in the distance in this next shot, along with some of the area tractors on display:
They were selling BBQ there, but we didn't buy any; here's a shot of the BBQ shed, though, showing how pretty the day was:
The reason we didn't eat at the BBQ shed was that we had planned to eat at a BBQ house in Shelby, called Bridges:
Bridges proved to have good BBQ, and the hush puppies were sweet and good (according to my theory, hush puppies shaped like dog turds are good, while those shaped like balls are bad). There was a huge crowd and we had to wait for a table, but the BBQ was worth the wait, being perfectly cooked and juicy. The sauce was the typical NC vinegar based stuff, not all that memorable. Sodas came in cans rather than draft.
After lunch we drove down to Chester State Park in Chester, South Carolina, and sat by the lake there for a while:
Here is a shot looking directly overhead from the picnic table we were seated at:
The campground at the park was busy, lot of people happily enjoying the fall weather; at the ranger station, one ranger snoozed in a hammock. It was a lovely day, and we had a nice time.
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