Mama's Boat AKA Philpott Princess

Well it's July and we've yet to crank the boat. She has been under going a partial restoration.

View from up top...

The photo above is of the centuries old land mark, Buffalo Mtn. And the one above that is Leslie

Shealor's Greenberry House. By the way thank you for the linky-love Leslie ! I'm loving the new blog,"Life in Meadows of Dan" The rest of the pics are Lovers Leap and the old zoo.

I took a little trip to Hillsville tuesday with my husband and like most men it's hard to get him to slow down for anything. I myself have more work than time. It's been a long time since I last posted but I promise to pick up the slack.

Year round camping on Philpott Lake

Corps of Engineers - fall and winter park schedules for Philpott Lake.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Philpott Lake announces the fall and winter fee schedules for parks located in Henry, Patrick and Franklin Counties . The following parks are open for use year round: Philpott Park , Goose Point Park , Ryans Branch Park , Twin Ridge Park , Deer Island and Smith River Park . Launch Ramp 1 at Philpott Park has a $3.00 Area Use Fee in effect year- round. Likewise, there is a $4.00 Area Use Fee in effect at Goose Point Park .
Goose Point Park has nine sites available for camping on a first-come / first-served basis. Deer Island has 21 sites available for camping. Camping fees are $5.00 per night from November 1 through March 27, 2008. Campers with more than two vehicles must pay an additional $4.00 per day for each vehicle over the two per site limit. For the off season campsites have been rendered somewhat primitive with no water or electric hookups available. Toilet and shower facilities have been closed to avoid problems with freezing plumbing. Portable toilets (porta-johns) have been made available for visitor use. Park regulations continue to apply to off-season use. Any questions may be addressed by calling the Visitor Assistance Center at (276) 629-2703.

Henry Co. is peaking with color

Most of Patrick Co. is past peak and leaves are all but gone. However I ain't been over around Kibler Valley but I would quess there are still some good pockets of color still to be found.The above shots were taken on the Goosepoint Rd. yesterday. Cloudy and rainy but still showing vibrant colors.

The good old days...

Hopkins store sits right on route 8 in the Buffalo Ridge community. It's nice to see it with a fresh coat of paint. For years it sat with paint pealing and I thought , well one day somebody will think it an eye sore and want to tear it down.Bless the one who saw fit to save it and picked up that paint brush. Job well done.
I can remember when it was still a working store. Every Sunday moma would take me to Floyd see her grandma. Granny Boyd I called her.Although her name was Beaulah Epperly.After her first husband, Charlie Boyd, passed on she married Posey Epperly.
Now granny and Posey's house was fun. They had everything we didn't.Land to run around on,cows, a big old white cat and a refridgerator full of 10 ounce bottles Dr Pepper in the basement.Granny was a firm believer in that children should always drink milk. I didn't like granny's milk. You see granny bought milk from a lady named Lillian Haden.She lived a farm or two down from granny and she raised milk cows. Seemed like she charged 25 cents a gallon if you brought your own jugs. Always after supper and after suffering through a glass of that straight from the cow milk,Posey and I would would slip off to the fridge in the basement. There Posey would open the fridge,reach in and feel for the two coldest bootles.He would then pull the caps from both and hand one to me. Then we would walk over to the door that lead outside and as he unlocked and opened it he would always say"Don't let her(granny) catch you with this pop".I would go out the door and up the steps as fast as I could.To the left of the house under the grape vines is where I would hide. I wonder if she ever knew.

Happy Bithday Lisa

A Lake Shot

We are heading to the the beach this morning. Fall Bike Rally at Myrtle Beach that is. 5 days of beautiful places and smiling faces but no computer. So I'm leaving ya'll with this beautiful shot of Goosepoint Va. This photo was taken Sunday, from my moma's front yard.