August 16, 2007
I feel like I’ve been on vacation and am finally back to visit with an old friend. A lot has happened since my last post. My Internet is gone… my landline telephone is gone… long story.
I have a lot to share about my last few weeks of summer with my daughters. I took them to a 1950s style diner across the river, to an old caboose museum, and to see some train tunnels and a train bridge. Today, we went wading in the Coal River. I have a lot of pictures to share of these adventures later.
Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to get online at the school next week anbd post some of those pics. It’s good to be able to write again.
Until later… here are some pictures of the places we have been…
The Coal River, just above Upper Falls.
The Red Line Diner… they have goooooood burgers.
A grainy picture of the St. Albans train tunnel…
The train bridge in St. Albans… This steam engine no longer passes through… shame…
Although this is not the EXACT same caboose, it looks exactly the same, same rail company, same color. The one in Hurricane has been converted into a museum. And the shock is that very few people know about it because it is in a bad location. But it’s really neat.
That’s it for now. I’ll share some more pics and some history of a few of the places where we visited. The coolest part about this is that it became a learning experience for my daughters. We went home and read some books on trains.
Take care…
