August 12, 2015, Spartanburg, Greenville, SC

This is a restaurant painted like a train. 
This plaque is at the old train depot in Spartansburg, which is now a Railroad Museum. 
I learned to type on a similar manual typewriter way back in 1968. These are some of the artifacts in this small museum. 



This train had maybe 70 carloads of ethanol each weighing about 60,000 pounds or so, if I read the markings correctly. 
In the rebuilt caboose at this Museum, was a model train set up.  Below is looking out the back door toward the main building.   This place is staffed by volunteers. 

We went to the Longarm Network Shop in Greenville, SC, and got a RxR license plate and pattern.  This shop sells mainly longarm quilting machines.  This swan quilt was done completely on the longarm and is just gorgeous.
http://thelongarmnetwork.com

Stephen took us to The Lazy Goat restaurant in downtown Greenville.
 http://thelazygoat.com     It's connected to the Hyatt Hotel in the refurbished warehouse section of the city.  The Reedy River runs through it and was at one time heavily polluted, but is cleaner than it was, although the water is still brown.  The ducks seemed to find something to eat, though. 
Just the right amount of dressing on this scrumpteous salad. 

The youngest and oldest of the Ward clan. 
A statue of baseball great Shoeless Joe Jackson. 
This Pepsi display was inside the Upcountry History Museum.  The TV showed a series of commercials which were really funny sometimes. 



Textiles industry was a big part in Greenville's history.  Sadly most textiles  are now made overseas, so the city has had to renovate/reinvent the downtown area.   

We ate lunch at Zamby's, a fast-food place with good food. 

This cemetery had beautiful flowers on the graves. 
I loved this picture at the Gideon Baptist Church in Easley, SC, where we went for Wednesday evening service.

This train was keeping pace with us on our drive to McDonald's after church. 
That's my blue arm there, enjoying a dessert at McDonald's with some of the people from Gideon BC.

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