Blackwater Falls

 The last day of our trip to Petersburg, WV. We said goodby to Lee's sister, Linda and thought we would be back to Bedford, KY at least by suppertime. Not to be. There was to much sight seeing to do. We had been to all of these places before but it had been so long ago we decided to see them again. We first stopped at the Smoke Hole Caverns. We knew there was a good gift shop there to get a few souvenirs. At this point trying to be good and get on down the road we decided to by pass actually going on the cavern tour since we had done it in 1992.

And because I was wanting to stop at Seneca Rocks. A large up-thrust of rock that the Indians used to camp near. It is now supposed to be a great place for rock climbers. I don't do that kind of thing so don't know if it is or not. I do know it is a picturesque place, but on the morning we were there the lighting was not that great as it was very hazy. Lee did say that he had been as far up as the notch in the rocks with a group of his friends when he was a teenager. That it's self would be a heck of a climb.

 Right in the area of the parking lot to Seneca Rocks was an old homestead that the Forest Service has taken over. It wasn't open on this day but I did take photos of the outside. The first part had been built in the 1960's by Jacob Sites. It was remodeled several times. There was a garden on the side that had been planted as it might have been from that time period. There were lots of herbs in it as well as corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins. There was a pumpkin vine on a rail fence that had a big blossom on it the day we were there making a nice photo.

Fall Trees

 A photo of the South Branch of the Potomac River that runs right through Petersburg, WV.

 Golden Rod. The Photo was taken in WV but golden rod is the state flower of Kentucky.

 A different yellow flower, name unknown

roses are everywhere here. We had to fight to keep them alive in NM. Guess I will have to get some when we have our own place.

 It was a bit disappointing that the trees hadn't turned much on our trip. Here are a few I saw in the Monogahela National Forest which is near Petersburg, WV

the red leaves are mostly on the sugar maples

50th High School Reunion

One of the main reasons we went to Petersburg, WV at this time was so my husband Lee could go to his 50th high school reunion. There was not quite 200 that did graduate in June of 1967, and I was surprised and glad to see that 48 made it to the reunion. There was a handful that sent messages and said they couldn't come for one reason or another. Lee ended up on the left hand side on the end. He has the blue shirt on. In the second photo he is in the back about the middle. The only other 2 I can name is the gentlemen in the white shirt kneeling in the front of the second photo, Leon, and in the third photo Rodger is the man in the bright pinkesh-purple shirt sitting down in the middle of the front row. The last 2 photos show the Petersburg High School band. The 1967 class had decided to do something for their high school and took up donations to help the band buy new band uniforms which I understood they were in desperate need of. They wanted to raise enough money to buy at least one uniform and after the great performance of the band by such a small band there was enough raised to buy six uniforms. The band did a great job in playing some old songs from the late 1960's. The reunion was held at the North Fork Ruritan Club Hall near Petersburg. There was the beautiful hillside just across the highway from the club Hall making a great background for the photos.