Mountains Under Foot

From Hazard’s notes:
Day 43: June 21, 2009
Travel:
From: US 220 Daleville, VA
To: ‘Zero’ day
Weather:
AM & PM: Sunny and hot. Blue skies and fluffy clouds.
People: Our caretakers, the Leonards. Mama Ava’s sister and her husband.
Animals: Dogs and cats abound.
Money: $22 for resupply, $783 cumulative.
Notes of the day:
AM: Woke up generally at the same time as Spoon and immediately turned on the TV in Charlene’s room. We laid there for awhile surfing the channels but mainly stuck with the Discovery channel. Ava called us down to breakfast which was eggs with biscuits & gravy. Yum. Afterwards we went back upstairs to get back into bed for more relaxing and figuring out what we needed for our next resupply. Then it was time to hit the store.

PM: Ava, Zeke (her son), Spoon, and I jumped in the car and drove to the grocery store where we split up. Us to the grocery and them to the Verizon store. We loaded up on 6 days of food, the most we’ve carried so far, because our next stop is in Waynesboro. Then headed back to the house to drop off groceries and then back into the car to go down the street to Ava’s sister’s house where we could use their Internet. Down in the basement we stayed for hours writing up blog posts and uploading pictures and video. Ava’s sister was amazing, directing us to the garage fridge with cold drinks and even going so far as to bring us a plate of nachos and salsa. Also in the garage was a fully restored 1960 Ford Starliner. This car was restored with almost all original parts and done all in that very garage. It was an absolute beauty of a car and we got the full show by the owner himself. Apparently, the Starliner was only made in 60′ and 61′ and this was honestly the first I had ever heard of such a car. But with its 400+ horsepower engine I’d be hearing it a lot on the road! He also had an 85′? Honda Goldwing and a much newer Valkyrie (motorcycles). Quite the impressive collection. We didn’t leave until almost 6pm and we were getting hungry. Back at the Leonard’s a pot roast was already in the works and the meat was so tender it just melted in your mouth. Along with potatoes, carrots, and rolls it was the perfect meal. Then back upstairs to digest and veg out in front of the TV until we got tired and fell asleep.