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Another day, another attempt.
The teenagers, valiant, noble, and brave in their determination to reach civilization, education, work at McDonald’s, and basketball practice.
Morgan struggled with the over-heavy bag she packed for the journey. She’s probably got more of my jeans in there. Notice how lightly boys pack.
Down the driveway they trod….
….to the car Ross got halfway down the day before. He found his emergency brake frozen, which almost stopped him. Assured the brake would thaw as the car warmed up, he set out again, and with renewed resolve, got his car the rest of the way down and to the river crossing.
Afraid of the ice, he backed all the way to the farm. Assured the river was low enough and the ice would break up under his wheels, he went back to the ford, steeled himself, and made it across.
I breathed a sigh of relief. They were on the other side, on the hard road, which was still somewhat snow-covered, but school was on (albeit with a two-hour delay, which allowed time to navigate all these difficulties).
My cousin met them at the head of the road where the country road meets the two-lane highway. He picked up Morgan to take her back to our little town, to school. The boys drove on to Spencer, to the high school. Ross will stay in town with friends, close to work. Weston and Morgan will stay with my cousins.
I watched them disappear down the hard road across the river ford, not sure when they could come back. Tomorrow is Morgan’s 13th birthday….
Clover: “I’m gonna just stay here and eat another cookie.”
“Wanna make something of it?”
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Yesterday I proposed ATV’s but I gotta tell you, that looks like an awesome ski slope, even with the uphill both ways, they could do cross-country skiing. Just a thought
So, you’re all alone up there?
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AT LEAST YOU HAVE WATER. OH WELL!!!!!
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I hope Morgan makes it home to celebrate becoming a teenager with you.
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I can’t imagine celebrating the big day without the ‘baby’ there…
Happiest of Happy Days Princess Morgan!
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Happy 13th Birthday Princess!!
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Hope your children make it back home to you safely. Now they can tell their children they walked to school uphill both ways in the snow!LOL Sarah in Sanford
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Of the road system. It had been ages since we had visited, so my
aunt came over to my cousin’s to meet us, and we were to follow her to her home. I remembered vaguely how to get there, but it had been a long time. Anyway, she also gave us directions, which we dutifully wrote down, should we get separated from her. One of the last turns, we had written down, was turn (R) on Rockbase RD.
Well, we couldn’t find that road sign to save our lives. Luckliy, something looked familiar and we finally turned onto the correct road.
When we mentioned to my aunt that there was no sign for Rockbase RD, she looked at us like we were complete imbeciles! That evening, we were schooled in the counry road systems. You have your dirt rd,
your rockbase Rd (gravel), hard road (paved but no lines painted on it), the two lane( one lane each way with lines)and then the big four lane with a median. We still get a good laugh at our ignorance of navigating in West Virginia! Now we live in the country and know all the country terms!
So glad the kids got out. I bet they were going stir crazy. Fording that river makes me nervous!
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Happy birthday, Princess!
Blessings from Ohio…
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Can you believe she’ll be 13?
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What would happen if you ever ran out of cookies
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She needs one of those sleds without runners to haul her stuff. Toting a bag in those conditions has got to be tricky
M
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Suzanne, what happens with the river crossing during periods of heavy rain? Are you still able to drive across it? Is there any other way out?
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You need a
for your B-day present!
I cannot even imagine living in the Boonies w/hills that only go UP UP UP……..then DOWN DOWN DOWN!!!!!!!!
Learning to drive must be a white knuckled affair!
You will have many wonderful outrageous memories to tell your children one day…..about living in the wilds of W VA…….and how totally awesome it is!
Hope you have a truly Fantastic Birthday!
Liz in PA