Fields of the Woods - Finally

Day 5, June 13, 2018

The sky looked a bit grey as we pulled out of the parking lot at 8:30 AM.  Plan was to head to Fields of the Woods; a Biblical based park which was established in the 40’s.  I’ve wanted to visit the park every time I came to Cherokee but never made it.  The park was 75 miles away and maybe 30 miles into the ride the rain started, lightly at first and then heavy.  A short stop to put on the rain gear and we were back on the road.  Only had 2 roads to travel; 74 and 294.  RT 74 started out as a nice dual highway and it is the recommended route for trucks but it becomes the normal Carolina mountain road with twists and tight turns.  The route runs along a river with a lot of rapids so of course there were several River Rafting companies along the road as well. 

Arriving at the park the rain stopped while we walked around; visiting the tomb of Christ, the Crosses, the Ten Commandments written on the side of the mountain.  We stopped at the alter on the mountain top and offered a prayer of Thanks to God.  Extending from the alter down the mountain were steps (maybe 100 or more) and at every couple of steps were large white tables with a Bible verse and each table was placed by a state.  Todd wanted to walk down the steps and find the table placed by Delaware.  We had ridden the bikes up by way of a small service road.  Well it started raining and Todd reached the bottom before we could get back down and bless his heart he got soaked.  Soaked so badly that we went to the gift store and purchased him a couple of shirts and he put one on right then.  Lunch in the café and then back on the bikes heading for the hotel.  Rain was pouring but as we got closer to Cherokee the rain stopped and the roads were dry.  They had not had any rain back at the hotel. 

Since we got back by 3 PM I figured I’d do some laundry but the guest washing machine was out of order so I asked one of the girls if there was another one and she told me I could use the one they use for the hotel.  Not sure if she was supposed to do that but she put all my laundry in one big commercial washing machine and then put it all in a large commercial dryer. 

Dinner at the Mexican Restaurant across the street and then we played cards for a couple of hours.  Todd even joined the game of Rummy.