Well Tuesday was rather chilly to start the day and with no humidity present if seemed much cooler than usual, but there was plenty of sunshine and blue skies. It stayed in the low 50's until the afternoon when it finally reached the upper 60's. We took off on a trip to some of my old stomping grounds and then we explored an area I had never been to before and found the old church and grave stones of some distant relatives in the Rock Enon area which was almost in West Virginia.
I started the day with a 6'ish rollout to most of my usual routines that always start with the cup of hot green tea while posted this ramble, did some quiet moments with my Creator while looking out on the beautiful blue ridge mountains that surround this Shenandoah Valley here in Woodstock.. There is no doubt this is such a serene place to observe the majestic of His creation in the valley.
We picked up Paw Paw in Wardensville. W.Va. and visited an old friend of his and ours who is close to 90 but has had some physical issues the past few months. Her son now lives with her and helps out with her care. We had a grand visit with her then took the scenic route back to Mountain Falls where I as a small child lived with my grandmother until the age of 4 or 5 when I went to live with Paw Paw at what we call the old home place where I stayed until leaving home after graduation. We took some old gravel roads and ended up at the old store which use to house the post office, one gas pump and some groceries. The building still stands and my grandmothers house is still standing although needing some much needed maintenance behind the old store.
We headed over some more old roads and ended at a local diner on the mountain for a light lunch before heading back to try and locate and old church north of the Gore area. But before we travelled the back roads we made a circle drive around the old school where I attended until the 7th grade. It's no longer a school but the brick building looks as if its been maintained and now houses some kind business as several vehicles were in the parking area.
We found the old road which led to a gravel road and the now abandoned church building and overrun with weed filled cemetery. We found several headstones with the distant Triplett relatives one of which was an indian maiden brought back to this area as a bride of one of the young men who headed west. Most all of these died before the 1900's with a couple exceptions and they were a link to our part of the family which settled in the Mountain Falls area. It was very interesting and brought some closure to that side of our kin folks who we met some for the first time ever a couple years back with a cousin reunion. It was cancelled this year due to the virus.
We dropped Paw Paw off at sister Pat's then headed back to Woodstock to sister Dee's for a delicious supper of corn on the cob, Cole slaw, sliced 'maters and barbecue ribs. Wow they fed us high on the hog while staying with them. We head out for the cabin this morning and hopefully to warmer temps but Fall is coming and this cols snap is a good indication of the season changing. It was such a grand visit seeing all three sisters, Paw Paw and some of the old places that are and were near and dear. On a sad note the Lightning loss last night but are still ahead 3-2 in the playoff's, LATER
