...I spent an entire day with my old college chum Amy...y'all have seen her here before...and we often have little meetups...but it's pretty rare that we spend an entire day together...
...and we had lots on our agenda for the day...first up was a hike up Pilot Mountain...
...all those times driving past it on the way to and from West Virginia...and we always said we'd do the hike...but never did...
...so this was the day...
...close up of the sign...
...we stopped at the visitor center and got a map...and we learned that Pilot Mountain is part of the Sauratown Mountains, which is a chain of mountains that was named after the Native American tribe known as the Saura. As the earliest known inhabitants in the region, the Saura called Pilot Mountain "Jomeokee,'' which means "pilot'' or "great guide.''...
...and again we marveled at all the fall colour there still is...
...Amy and me...she knit the scarf I'm wearing...it's called the potato chip scarf...
...the views were pretty spectacular...
...all the crags...
...and sheer drops...
...the knob itself is inaccessible on foot...but we had some parishoners who grew up in the area and they said that back in the day...there used to be an old rickety wooden ladder and you could actually climb up to the top...
...and we also learned that Pilot Mountain is a quartzite monadnock. A monadnock is an isolated rock hill, small mountain, ridge, or knob that rises up from a basically level plain or gentle slope...
...after spending the morning at the rock...we drove a short distance to Old Salem...
...and got another map...we've been there before...but it's been years and years...Amy used to live in Winston Salem...so we used to go there a lot...
...absolutely nothing has changed...
...and the Christmas decorations were already out...
...the main intersection...
...some of the little shops were not open...
...the backyard of the Church...
...the tailor shop...
...but the bakery was open...
...you can almost see the baker through the little window...
...inside the bakery...they were having a demonstration...and I took some photos...but I don't think I should share them without permission...it's neat to see the reinactors in costume though...
...some of the houses are still private residences...I can't even imagine that...
...Amy going into the Tavern for lunch...
...our lunchtime view...
...another private house...we had a great time just strolling around and going into the shops and buildings that were open...
...and then we had a couple more stops on the way home...because Winston Salem has an actual knit shop...
...I loved this little sweater...
...it was dark when we got home...but so much fun!
~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
What a fun day!! Thanks for sharing all the lovely photos. I can imagine a little girlie wearing that sweater to school someday. Love, K
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely day, so much fun meeting up with old friends.
ReplyDeleteHi Maureen,
Delete...we had so much fun!...and Old Friends are the BEST!
~Affectioknit-ly,
Teresa