Visit to New Martinsville, WV photo dump - Sept. 2024

 

September 23rd through the 26th I was in NC.

 Last week, September 23rd through the 26th I was in NC.

Monday was terrific at the Billy Graham Library; Tuesday was an OK day, but Wednesday was stressful; that's when the rains started.

We were trying to find the Blue Ridge Parkway Skyline Drive entrance; GPS got us spun around leaving Ashville.

We stopped at the Black Mountain visitor center to ask for directions. After joking with the lady telling her, my parents took me here as a kid, then in 2000 I came back, but there was a freak weather system with such heavy fog I couldn't see anything, and now I am here, and it's supposed to rain. She said well, you may not see it again. I just got off the phone with my friend who works with FEMA, and he said to get prepared. It's going to be bad, really bad. But she never suggested turning around and heading out. We arrived at the entrance of Skyline Drive, but they had locked the gates. I was upset, thinking I had driven through worse, so I got back on 40 E to where we stayed when the heavens opened...

This was just the start of the hurricane; it was madness on the freeway, driving through such heavy downpours it was hard to see with the highway already partially flooded.

The beginning of this video shows where we were on Wednesday.

The photos are what I took while driving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lruqWTU3Rqc

This is where I received the info from the visitor center, in Black Mountain that also was hit with catastrophic flooding from Helene that had a critical dam breech that wiped out Chimney Rock. I am fairly certain the visitor center is wiped out or severely damaged.

Billy Graham Library in NC

 A travel suggestion.

Believers and non-believers.

You should tour the Billy Graham Library in NC.

The setting, the life story, and the guides were all amazing.

I felt peace and uplifted, and it made me reflect.

Though it is about Billy Graham, it is more about his journey of preaching the Gospel, how many lives were impacted, and how many high-profile leaders and homeless people he took the time to talk to.

I took the tour, and then 2 days later the tropical-like rain started from Hellene and we had to leave.

Carey On...

Roar on the Shore

 Hey Gang,

Besides Sherry winning but not winning, it was a fun and productive day.

I made new friends, 15-year-old Jason and Ken.

I thought Roar on the Shore might be boring, so I brought my metal detector. Jason saw it in the van, and we talked about metal detecting at the park where we were and all the items he had found. He also gave me tips on where to look. 

If they keep the same format, Roar on the Shore has turned into a must-attend event. I bet there had to be around 400 cars and the setting was perfect by Lake Erie. 

Later, I met Ken at Annabelle's, who showed me his Ford Model A. It was enjoyable listening to him talk about his various jobs at gas stations and stories of working on cars and customers.

And to top it all off, I sold four books.

So it was a fun, productive day.

So Sherry won an award, but I didn't win.

 So Sherry won an award, but I didn't win.

Huh?

I was at Roar on the Shore car show.

15 minutes before they were calling out the winners, a volunteer stopped by my van and yelled who's van is this.

I said mine.

He replied, Where's your registration.

Um, I didn't register.

Oh well, you won best non-car, It's too bad you didn't register; maybe next year.

So I won but didn't.

And then it got worse when word was going around about a man winning but didn't register so he didn't win.

And that sums up my day.

Carey On...

Pepper Patch

You heard of Dr. Pepper, Sgt. Peppers, well, here are my peppers.

Cucumbers are long gone, I had a good crop, a decent amount of zucchinis, insects ravaged the broccoli, tomatoes did eh OK, but my pepper patch was amazing.

I've been frying them, adding them to my omelets, grilling them with olive oil, just about every meal I have a pepper.

Some are so bloody hot that they gave me hiccups and made my head itch, so I dried them to use them in chili and spaghetti & garlic.

Carey Pepper

A few photos from the Lexington Ohio Blueberry Festival.

 A few photos from the Lexington Ohio Blueberry Festival.

Not much to see on the last day other than this booth with good eats however I didn't try the burger but the muffin and scone were delicious.

The photos of the community prayer garden was on the grounds of Resurrection Parish 2600 Lexington Ave Lexington, OH 44904

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