Sunday, December 20, 2009

Trish is in her glory, we saw over 20 hawks today! Two and sometimes three at a time, Trish says they are welcoming us back to Old Virginia! We mentioned last year that Paul's ancestors came to Chezzetcook, N.S. from Virginia, they first came to Jamestown in 1607. Also we discovered a Crawford died at the Alamo, he was from Virginia. Small stores along the route sell No DoZ at the counters and many have Erection Correction pills!
We saw a beautiful Holly Tree in full bloom, must have been 10 feet high! We seen many cars buried on the side of the highways from yesterdays storm, the ploughs almost take their door handles off in some cases! One truck on it's roof. Highways are nice and clear today and everyone is shovelling out as we pass! Eggs Benedict for Brunch, used the toilet dump station at a Flying J truck stop, you can camp there free with (legal elec), but it was too early in the day.
The hawks are looking out for us, we found a state park, not open officially, but we have elec., hot showers in the mens only, don't know what Trish is going to do. And oh yes, free wi-fi! It is called Hungry Mother State Park! Believe me, we are the only people here, haven't seen a soul, across the street we did see two sheep and a turkey.

Mable Marley's husband was killed by Indians, she and a young child escaped over the mountain, they lived on berries for days, Mabel died and the child made its way down a brook to some houses, she could only keep saying, "hungry mother ",over and over, they eventually found Mabel's body, that place is called Mabel's Knoll, hence the name Hungry Mother State Park in Western Virginia!

1 comment:

Lucy and Andy said...

When we see Hawks here in Louisiana we know there's a dead critter around close. See them alot in the summer and we always holler up to them "WE'RE NOT DEAD YET!!". Love reading about ya'lls ventures so keep em comming.