The next morning, we got up and packed up to leave. The hurricane had passed through Florida and it looks like a few of the tenters were starting to break camp as well and head back to Florida. We look to see if we could stay a little long at Lake Tobesofkee but there wasn't anything available.
So, we hit the road around noon and set off for Spring Villa Campground in Opelika, Alabama about 106 miles away. It is just a few miles outside of Auburn, Alabama. This County Park had really nice sites with full hookups for a reasonable price. A little bit out of the way in the country but well worth it once you got there. Also across the street from the park were two disc golf courses, a perfect place to stay for us!
We did take a day trip into Opelika one day to just a walk around and check out the town. We came across a historic plaque with a photo that depicted what the town looked like many years ago. Interesting in that there was a church that was still standing today depicted in the photo.
Speaking of his history, our RV park has a really old home built in the 1850s out front that was purported to be haunted. As we learn more about the story It became apparent as to why it was thought to be haunted.
The house was originally used my William Penn and Mary Young built and built by a freed part African/part Indian slave named Horace King who also amazingly had built the Alabama state capital in 1850. William was a wealthy man who spent a lot of his money on lavish entertainment and had died in 1879. It is said that he was not the nicest person and he died when a servant hid in a cubby hole on the staircase and stabbed him to death on the 13th step of his home and then he beheaded him.
It is said that the 13th step rotted away until the stairway was repaired in 1957. A dark red stain, said to be the man's blood, was found on the steps. Even today, visitors are told to carefully avoid stepping on this haunted spot. The house does look a bit spooky but it is an impressive structure nonetheless.
You never know what you'll see on the road of retirement....
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