{"id":4488,"date":"2015-11-14T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:28:27","slug":"last-two-days-with-greg-sandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/?p=4488","title":{"rendered":"Last Two Days with Greg &#038; Sandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5-Fireplace_thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Living Room Fireplace\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/5-Fireplace_thumb-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Living Room Fireplace\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/6-Greg-252527sBreakfast_thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Greg's Breakfast\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/6-Greg-252527sBreakfast_thumb-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Greg's Breakfast\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent the first 3 days of our trip with Greg &amp; Sandy Lewis in SC. It was like staying in a 5 star resort.<\/p>\n<p>We have known Greg since he was in high school in the 70\u2019s. He is a great friend, kayaker &amp; a fantastic host. He loves to cook and entertain and we truly enjoyed his Southern Hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Greg prepared gourmet meals each night while also entertaining us each day with local hikes and a boat ride where we could really see <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1-Greg-252527sTransportation_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Greg's Transportation\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/1-Greg-252527sTransportation_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Greg's Transportation\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>the million dollar homes all along the Lake.<\/p>\n<p>His home is near the street and the path down to his boat dock is so steep he needs his high power transportation <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2-ReadyforBoatRide_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"2-ReadyforBoatRide\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2-ReadyforBoatRide_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2-ReadyforBoatRide\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>which is almost an amusement ride of it\u2019s own.<\/p>\n<p>When you drive around the Reserve you can barely see any homes but from his boat these mansions are very visible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/4-Reserve_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Reserve\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/4-Reserve_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"4-Reserve\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lake Keowee was created by Duke Power company. They dammed up the main river and all the little tributaries <a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/3-Falls-into-Lake_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Small Falls Into the Lake\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/3-Falls-into-Lake_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Falls into the Lake\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>that drop into the lake making for a very long, narrow lake with many fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally you can see a small stream falling abruptly into the lake.<a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/7-ViewsfromMtnBridgeWilderness_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Views from Mtn Bridge Wilderness\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/7-ViewsfromMtnBridgeWilderness_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Views from Mtn Bridge Wilderness\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The weather has been cool at night but warms into the high 60\u2019s during the day, with bright blue skies.<a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/8-ViewTowardPiedmont_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"View Toward the Piedmont\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/8-ViewTowardPiedmont_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View Toward the Piedmont\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9-ViewtowardTableRock_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"View Toward Table Rock\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/9-ViewtowardTableRock_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View toward Table Rock\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday we took a longer drive to Caesar\u2019s Head State Park where we were 2000\u2019 above the surrounding valleys with views to the Piedmont and Table Rock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/10-TripleDropFalls_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Triple Drop Falls\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/10-TripleDropFalls_thumb-25255B2-25255D-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Triple Drop Falls\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We drove into NC to view two very scenic waterfall area with a\u00a0short hike to Triple Falls and High Falls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11-HighFalls_thumb-25255B2-25255D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"11-HighFalls\" src=\"https:\/\/bcpoa.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/11-HighFalls_thumb-25255B2-25255D-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"11-HighFalls\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The foothills of SC are a really nice area and both a vacation destination along with a beautiful place to live.<\/p>\n<p>Greg &amp; Sandy have been lucky to be able to retire early and afford a place like this. Sandy was an interior decorator and the home shows her artist touch. Hopefully we can get back another time in the near future. They are only 1 hours drive to the Chatooga River where we have spent many years paddling in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the first 3 days of our trip with Greg &amp; Sandy Lewis in SC. It was like staying in a 5 star resort. We have known Greg since he was in high school in the 70\u2019s. He is a great friend, kayaker &amp; a fantastic host. 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