Dave & Ellen Plumpe - Retired to Lake Keowee
Greetings from Ellen & Dave Plumpe on Lake Keowee in the far northwest corner of South Carolina!   We retired here from N.Virginia in late 1995 to cut down on traffic and enjoy the friendly natives and splendid lake and mountain scenery in the Smoky Mountain foothills.   When we're not working on the house or socializing, we're into hiking, boating, modelmaking, knitting, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, counted cross stitch, MG cars, azaleas, etc...

One spring, we took pictures of sample blossoms of our more than 30 varieties of azaleas, most of which we brought as cuttings from our old house.   Here are most of them:


       NEW 6/1/06!  
GeeBee E
Thermic 100
Quaker 54		   NEW 4/18/04!  
Olivia Jane
Privateer
J-3 Cub

Photos   of some things that interest us.    Click on the thumbnails for larger photos and discussion:

Sights near our home:

Brasstown Falls
Glassy Mountain
King Creek Falls
Issaqueena Falls &
Stumphouse Tunnel
Smeltzer
Mtn
Firetower
Station Cove Falls
Thompson River
Trail
Twin Falls
Whitewater Falls
Winter Dawn
in Our Backyard

Ellen's Interests:  
 

Counted
Cross-Stitch
Ellen Knits
for a Grandchild
Giant Pandas
Our House:  
 

House
Ellen's Kitchen
Sailboat Inlay

Dave's Hobbies:

0.28ci
4-Cycle IC Engine
Model Airplanes
"Titan 60"
2-Cycle IC Engine
"Miser"
Stirling-Cycle Engine
    E-size Plotter    
  1955 MG TF-1500  
 Model Metal Lathe 

John and Jennifer:  
 

their Wedding
Olivia Jane
their House

Mike and Annemarie:  
 

their Wedding
Molly makes Three
their House

Some Links:
Hurst Bowers' model airplane plans
Keowee Key Community Keowee Key Realty