Traveling this week

[Rustyinfla]

   Taking the wife through WV this week visiting family while on a vacation. While she was viviting her aunt that is under hospice care, at her sugestion I went into Romney,WV to go see the little museum that is there in town. At the begining of the displays there was a sign that said that these were some of the items that were collected and donated for display that were used "IN THE WAR TO PRESERVE STATES RIGHTS." Boy when I read that it made my heart miss a few beats. Someone got it right.

  One interesting thing I saw was a single shot sawed off shotgun. They said it was in common use by the Virginia 11th and 18th Cav. units.

[SouthernByGrace]

Rusty, I hope you got some good pictures at the museum. I would Love to see that sign!    I've started taking my camera with me almost Everywhere I go. Sounds like a great trip. You gotta give us an update when you get back.

We'll say a prayer for your wife's aunt. 

SBG

[Rustyinfla]

   Sorry, I forgot the camera. Actually my bride had it at the aunt's house and was using it to take a few impromptu pictures. You might be able to get more information through SCV as they also had a framed letter there. There must be a camp there. While there I also purchased a book about the life of Lt. John BlueCSA called"The Hanging Rock Rebel." I haven't started it yet. That will have to wait till I'm back home.

  I'm writing this tonight from just south of Staunton,Va on Rt 11 also know in the area as Lee Highway. We plan on going to Natural Bridge tomorrow. This area is so rich in history it's hard to find a place to start.

[SouthernByGrace]

I'm jealous Rusty!     

You need to steal that camera away from the Missus and start snapping away.

I'd love to see that part of the country. You're right, there's so much history up there, where do you start?

Enjoy your trip my friend! 

I'm serious about the report when you get back... LOL   


SBG

[subdjoe]

I gotta get east again.  Here in CA we don't have a whole lot.  I suppose I could go to Alcatraz and ask what cell Vallandingham was held in.  Heck, at living history days at Ft. Point the only way they include Confederates is if they want to play prisoners.  I guess I could turn coat and be a federal artillerist. 

[Rustyinfla]

 Well I'm home again and plumb tuckered. Tryin to get back in the routine.

   We did go to Natural Bridge. It was the wife's request. When you walk down the 147 stairs to the bottom where Cedar Creek is you start seeing the beginnings of the Natural Bridge. From the bottom of the steps it's 300 yards to the bridge. Some 40' up on the left side of the bridge you can see where George Washington carved his initials in the rock. "GW luvs MC" Juust kiddin... it only says GW. There is also a brass marker that replaces the one Washington himself put there in 1849.

  I asked one of the guides there about the battle that took place there during the Civil War. He said there was a Union Battery that held the bridge it's self for a few hours one day in the war. I said Oh... hardly worth mentioning. He smiled and said, you must be from the south. I smiled back and said, "What makes you say that?" Oh just a guess says he.

  Other than that the only thing we did besides chasing the wife's family was to take a trip to Hillsboro,WV to pick up some banjo music from Dwight Diller to help me further my clawhammer playin.