Happy…

Halloween!

My next stop was Fort Boonesborough State Park. It was a good stop over place between Beckley, West Virginia and  Campbellsville, Kentucky, where I was going to work for Amazon as part of their CamperForce.

It was a rather long drive. I think I was behind the wheel for almost five hours, so when I got there, I pretty much got backed in and hung out inside until it was time to sleep.

The next day, however, I just had to get out and enjoy the decorations.

It turns out that the campers in the area come back year after year to celebrate Halloween, and they go all out with their decorations. I was there mid-week and people would come over to the campground after work to put up their decorations.

Some of the decorations were kind of understated…

yet elegant – in a Halloween-y sort of way.

Incidentally, do you notice the golf car parked under the awning? I was surprised at how many people had them here at the park. A major activity seemed to be driving around.

I came upon these folks relaxing in the shade. They filled me in on what was going on with all the decorations. They also handed me books that their children had made of trips they made with their them and their grandchildren. Beautiful photos. Of course I returned them.

I can only assume that these people were not finished with their decorating.

Near the camp store there was the pumpkin patch.

Really – there were golf cars all over!

People must make trip after trip to get all this stuff out to the park. And, would you look at that trailer?! It’s full of firewood!

Speaking of firewood, I noticed that many sites had stacks of lovely dimensional lumber. I came across a guy who was working on unloading some from the back of his pickup and asked him about it.

He told me that there were companies that made trusses. When they had cutoffs available, they would sell them by the pallet-ful.

Just in case you are not up on your building terms, this is one example of what a truss is.

There were massive inflatables all over.

I particularly  liked this black cat.

It moved its head back and forth!

Isn’t this classic set up wonderful? I love how they match!

I came upon this guy who was busy building things for his display. When I stopped to talk with him, he told me what he was building.

He was going to decorate this Christmas tree for the season, too. He took me to meet his wife, who was busy peeling and dicing apples for apple sauce. He wanted her to show me the photos from last year’s decorations that she had on her phone.

These folks are really proud of their displays.

These folks had a small haunted house in their display, along with tombstones and skeletons.

Across the way, this rig was really into the skeletons.

I mean, they even had a flamingo skeleton!

Believe me, there was much more, but you get the idea.

I hope you had a happy Halloween, a wonderful Thanksgiving and that your Christmas is going to be delightful!