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Published: November 20th 2009
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November 17, 2009
Before I move on to today’s activities…which by the way were minimal…I wanted to tell more about the ride yesterday from West Virginia into Maryland. First I have to confess once more about my total lack of geographic knowledge…I didn’t even know that West Virginia bordered on Maryland which is where we wound up today. But while still in West Virginia riding through beautiful farmland we came upon a sign in the road that said “Smallest Church in 48 states”. We pulled in and there indeed was a tiny church. It had a tiny alter and a few pews. It even had a miniature confessional! But what was really fun was that right outside the church there was an elderly (90 on his next birthday) man who was as small as the church! He was the caretaker and he told us the history of the church, who had built it etc. I think his wife’s family was somehow involved. He seemed so pleased to be telling us about all of this…to the point that I thought perhaps we wouldn’t get away. He was so sweet. He did tell us that there were no Catholics allowed in the
church which made me laugh to myself since we had all just had a tour!!! I think what he actually meant was that the local Catholic parish didn’t recognize the building as a church. It was a great find and just reinforces the fact that you never know what’s around the corner. Speaking of which...we also drove by Pearl Buck's home on our way!
We finally pulled into a town called Deep Creek Lake and looked for a place to stay…we were actually looking for a cabin to stay in for 3 nights. What we found instead was this really lovely home for rent…somewhat rustic but way nicer than we were expecting. This time, because of our experience in Tennessee (remember the foggy mountain) we got our supplies first and then set out to find the place. Well it was very close by but we did have a little trouble finding it because it was dark and, if you can believe it, foggy!!! What are we…fog magnets??? We got settled in, made dinner and went to bed.
Today, we got up, had coffee and went out to look around and get movies. We found a great little gift shop with
some good buys and then found a video store. The weather was still not great so we finished up and went back to our place. Just as we pulled onto the street, a herd of deer started crossing the road. There had to be 8 or 9 of them…some big, some much smaller. They stayed in the forest behind the house for quite a while and then moved on. We sat and watched movies for the rest of the day…what a treat. We had dinner and went to bed.
Today’s Road Lesson: We seem to be one with the fog!
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