The House of David began as a Christian commune apparently around the early 1900's. They had strict religious rules and even practiced celibacy which may have contributed to their demise around the 1950's. They built fine mansions for themselves and even had a musical band that traveled all around the country. They also had a softball team that traveled as well. At some point around the 1930's, there ended up being a split over the spiritual direction and accumulation of assets. A Benjamin Pernell was very prominent, if not the founder, and he died in 1927. Pernell's wife, Mary, split off and founded Mary's City of David adjacent to the original area. At some later point, they welcomed Jewish people and allowed a synagogue to be constructed. There is a very small vestige (Van's word for remnant) left.
What's ironic is as we pulled into the area, we discovered that the original House of David and Museum had closed and there is a remaining rundown, dilapidated museum for the City of David which is only opened on the weekends. From the looks of it, it wouldn't have been worth seeing anyway. So, we turned around and headed back.
Van had to get some prescriptions refilled so the Sam's Club is located on the way back on exit 49. We picked those up, stopped at a Wally World and continued on back.
There is a Burger King at this exit 49 so, of course, Van let's me get a fountain drink as we pass it. It just so happened that there is a quilt shop on this exit so since we were returning so early from our wonderful visit to the House of David, he agreed to let me go to it. As we pulled up to the store, there is a sign on the door that read "Closed on Mondays." Of course, this is Monday!! So again, we head back to the campground.
Our spray nozzle to the toilet and a toilet seat needed to be replaced. For those of you who don't know what the nozzle is for, it's when you flush the toilet in the motorhome, you push the nozzle button for extra "rinsing" when needed because it works on gravity. But a few days back our nozzle started to spray every time we flush which means that we have hold the nozzle over the toilet opening or it sprays the walls. Also, our toilet seat brackets have been cracked so we are trying to get Camping World to order us both pieces since it's only about 20 miles for us. Wish us luck because we keep forgetting to hold the nozzle when we flush and are getting everything wet!!!
It's beautiful today. Cool and breezy and we are sitting out. Missing everyone.
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