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Went to Rockport yesterday and had a great time. Beth and Lori, remember our trip last year? I wanted to go to that same half price bookstore but hadn't paid any attention to how to get there. I found it easily though, it's right on the main drag. Wanted to go back to Jama's, the restaurant with all the cheesecake. I was abe to find it but it was closed and couldn't figure out what was going on. A lady in this gift storetold me that Jama had a roof leak but recommended another place to eat. Karen, you should visit this store when you come down here - they have lots of flamingo stuff.
I walked around town a bit and took these shots of the harbor
and this statue outside the art center
Also toured the Fulton mansion, built in 1870s. Some of you may remember when Beth and Sparkle went there, but there are lots of new sisters on here now. The owner, George, was way ahead of his time, he had indoor plumbing, including a flush toilet and hot and cold running water.See his bathtub See this fireplace, there is one in every room as would be expected in a house of this era, but none of them ever had a fire built in them. Instead they acted as heat registers for the furnace in the basement. Each one has a damper which controls the flow of heat into that room. Look at this plaster work - all done by hand

And the woodwork on this newel post - original to the house
This is the front lawn which was done by later owners. At one time this was an RV park. They had a brochure for it there. The first week was free and the second week was $1.25

The craftmanship is beautiful.....

I've been there! That was a beautiful mansion with so many things that were neat for that time period, like the troughs that carried the running water to keep the food cold. And if I remember right, the years that the house stood empty that no one messed up the mirrors over the fireplace.

Love the tour - feel like I'm looking at my own pics from when I was there Great job. Now, did you go past the bookstore and the restaurant that was closed, take a left and then a right and go down the street with my dream houses along the water? If not, if and when you head back, do so. I LOVE that street. And these are NOT mansions. Just lovely houses on a lovely location. And some not so lovely ones. I could live there.

Think the store with all the flamingos is where I got my big flamingo wind thingy. The tail keeps coming off if the wind is strong. Last year in Silver City I chased that blasted tail all over the campground and people kept bringing it back saying, :Isn't this your's? I always wanted to be known as the lady with the big bright pink flamingo tail.

Thanks for the tour, Kelpie. Interesting place to visit. Great pictures of the details.

retiredhappy wrote:Think the store with all the flamingos is where I got my big flamingo wind thingy. The tail keeps coming off if the wind is strong. Last year in Silver City I chased that blasted tail all over the campground and people kept bringing it back saying, :Isn't this your's? I always wanted to be known as the lady with the big bright pink flamingo tail.

When people talk about "chasing tail"? I don't think that's what was meant!