Pacolet Mills

I am still on our little outing to the Peach Festival in upstate South Carolina.  When the parade was over we made our way back to the car with our stiff and sore bodies that aren't used to standing for so long.  It just felt really good to sit down!

We decided to head on back south but to take the back roads as much as possible.  We aren't used to so many hills and were really enjoying them and joking about the altitude getting to us.  We took highway 150 out of Gaffney and our first stop was at Pacolet Mills.  This old mill town is pretty sad looking today with most of it in ruin but you could see that it was a thriving little community at one time.  We stopped to take a look at the river which was pure muddy.  I looked it up on google maps and can't find the name of it but it does flow into a larger river which then dumps into Lake Marion which is just north of Charleston.  You can read about the history of Pacolet Mills by clicking HERE.
Mr. Gerald Teaster wrote this very interesting history of the mills which I think you will enjoy.

When we finally got back to the interstate we were hungry so we found a little neighborhood park in Clinton.  Jake is really needing a break by the time we get there.

What do you think he is thinking here?!  I think he is almost wishing he had stayed home!

 The park wasn't much to write home about but we were the only ones there and it was neat and clean.  By this time Jake didn't even have the energy to explore.