September 5. Short Ride and Heavy Rain

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Today we knew it was supposed to rain, and was supposed to be lighter this morning.  When we set out it was just drizzling slightly and later quit during our ride on backroads through the countryside, which included in the Rockland Rural Historic District which has a lot of of preserved farmlands, roads in their original locations and historic farmsteads in the Shenandoah River area. 
We even ended up on a gravel road for a short time. 
We crossed the river on a bridge located at Morgan's Ford, which has been an important place to cross the Shenandoah River for millenia.  Beyond the crossing was a parking lot so we pulled in there to look at the river. People were fishing from shore and we saw some swimming upstream of the bridge. 
When we were about to leave, a black pickup truck pulls in and stops about 50 feet from us and the dirver opens the door and sticks his head out and does some spitting and/or retching and/or vomiting.  Then as he is leaving the parking lot, he stops about 10 feet from us and rolls down his window. This makes us nervous because about 5 miles back a black pickup blew the horn in a nasty way just as they passed us which we interpreted as they resented us being on the road. (By the way, this sort of occurance has been extremely rare) But this driver asks, "Were you in Winchester?  Didn't I see you in Winchester?"   
When we nod, he says, "Yes, I saw you there!"
He shared with us in a southern accent that we had a little trouble understanding that he was on call today and installed and repaired air conditioners. 
We got to Front Royal, stopped at the visitor center, got some ice cream and started a walking tour but cut it short as it started to rain.  So we were a little wet by the time we got to the hotel,  but we were thankful to be under the roof by the front door as it started pouring much harder.  

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  1. Bill and PennySeptember 5, 2022 at 1:45 PM

    Never a dull moment....glad we pray for you daily! Stay safe. Love the photo of Kay by the river.

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