Through Maryland, W VA to Virginia

There are headstones along the roads and off under trees all over in the east. This would really make it difficult to located sites while dong genealogy.
We took a mountain drive near Fort Chiswell VA. The GPS shows part of the road we were on. Most of it was like this. Great sights, slow travel and another good day in retirement.
We were rewarded for taking the above road by this fawn who just stood looking at us. It is nice when they pose for the camera.
The following sign was outside of Fort Chiswell and the one lower takes about the use of the lead.


This old truck won't use much gas --but better watch out for matches.
We ran across a fish hatchery alongside the road. Wouldn't you know it Bil did not have his poles. But then the man who owns it came by as we were looking at it . He mentioned he had taken someone to court who had been fishing the ponds. Soooo it is a good thing Bil did not have his poles. Knowing him he would have wanted to fish, me not so much and so a big fight was averted.
This tree appears to be growing out of the rock. The rock at first looked like it was a big burl on the tree base.
Reclamation at it's best is in action everywhere due to the Kudzu everywhere.
This old house is tongue and grove with mortar in the cracks.
This old headstone was part of a town from 1730 and most of the headstones are the Brubaker family. It was the Massanutton settlement. The old house following and it's sign are part of this settlement.


This old wagon was setting along side the road near Front Royal Virginia.
This was an old church in the same area.
There are fields of wild flowers every where you look.
The Lord always rewards with nice wildlife views.
This tree lined road is one of the many like this in the east. It really makes for a nice drive.

A skyline drive of about 110 miles gave us some really nice views. No it was not in the coach.
The tunnel was through solid rock and about 700 ft long and 12'8" the coach would have fit right down the middle, but I am not going there. LOL
Across the valley from the top of the world.
We saw several large crosses like this along the way through the states here in the east.
This bear was across the valley in the top of the tree. At first it looked like something black just caught in the tree. Telescopic lens are great to see what is really there. The claw marks in a tree mark the brown bears territory. The higher the marks the more superior the bear.
The campground at Front Royal was very hilly as is a lot of the area in the east. This was common to see with the big rigs. We have wood blocks for under the tires so we are not hanging out like this one.