Alumilina Aluminati

Hi all! So we are outside of Waynesville, NC, on the other side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

And on our first day here, there were at least 2 other Airstreams here. They were on their way to Marion, NC (over 1 hour away on I-40) for a gathering of Airstreams called Alumilina.

 It's the 2nd largest gathering of Airstreams outside of the International gathering club. They had over 300 coming. This is how many we saw.

 They come from as far away as New Hampshire and Massachusetts on the East Coast and California on the West Coast. There are new ones, vintage ones, and in-betweens. It was really cool to walk around and see them. And for our friends at twopeasandthepod.blog, this one's for you! Alas, it's not on the side of a Tommy Bahama, but nonetheless.....

And I found out pink flamingos are often associated with Airstreams. That's why you see them at a lot of people's trailers. I always thought it was a Florida thing, but it's an Airstream thing. We are not getting one, we'll just look at other people's flamingos.

We had dinner with this fabulous couple who showed us around and told us neat places to visit in Waynesville. He is also a Master Arborist, so he was telling us about the trees while we were riding along to and from dinner. Neat-o! I also happen to be related to them! HINT:  It's my uncle and aunt 😁

Since tomorrow is expected to be sunny, we will take a ride around and look at the new changes in the foliage. Hopefully there are some more color changes. The reds are really poppin'! Ya'll come back! 😉