Well, we had another storm roll thru again last night on the 9th.   The rain was first blowing so hard it got our windshield wet then the winds switched and the rain was getting the back of the boat wet!  The power went out just when the rain started.  Gary suggested we play Domino’s (Chicken Foot).  Will wonders never cease?  I guess desperate times call for desperate measures 🙂  I even let him win ;).

The next day the workers came to work on our boat again and they said this is unusual to have so many storms.  Holy Hoot!  Must be those Damn Yankees tryin to live down south!

On the 12th the weather was pretty nice and it wasn’t too hot so we decided to visit the Waverley Mansion.  Back in the day it was 100,000 acres and had 5,000 slaves.  Here is link to some history on it http://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/waverly.html

When we got there I took some pictures of the outside

Mansion Entrance

Of course we were greeted by their security dog

Security dog

Here he is playing dead, the sly old dog 🙂

Security dog playing dead

They also had the highly trained stealth cat, Scratchy

Scratchy the Guard Cat

Once we passed security, I was disappointed to find out they wouldn’t allow any pictures.  I found the inside ones on the internet (sneaky huh?).  When you walk in you notice the very high ceiling

High ceiling

The house was fashioned after the white house with the domed roof.  There were two doors facing each other to enter the home and along each side of the doors was a double staircase

Double Staircase

There were 4 floors.  Three of the floors had 4 rooms, 2 to the left, 2 to the right

Floors

We had a guided tour of the 4 bottom rooms, a sitting room, a dining room, a smoking room and the music room.  The home was left abandoned for quite some time after the civil war.  The people that own it now, the Snows, lived in it for a quite a while after they bought it.  They were also antique dealers so the rooms we were shown had a lot of original pieces from the home and antiques the Snow’s purchased for the home.  The 2nd floor held four bed rooms.  There was rumored that a child ghost lived in one of the bedrooms and would say “MaMa”.  Ohhhhh, spookie :).  The 3rd floor just has storage in it and the 4th floor gave you access to the very top and the best view in the house

Top of Mansion

They had a 20 foot pit where they put their ice.  It was hauled in from up north someplace.  It is pretty grown over now

Ice Pit

They did have Peacocks that were in cages.

Peacocks in their cage

Did you know they lose those beautiful feathers after mating season is over?  I bet men are glad they don’t loose their hair each time mating season is over, heehee.

They have some huge Magnolia trees on their property, they say one is over 250 years old

Magnolia Tree

They look like good climbing trees.  I posted a few more pictures on the “Points of Interest” page if you want to look for them.

It was a 2 hour drive from where we were but it was very interesting.  BTW, if you decide to visit it, as you are traveling down the dirt road and you see the boat ramp in front of you and a mailbox on the right hand side that says Waverley, take a left…..you have arrived!