We hung around the RV Tuesday, just trying to stay cool. It was 96 before the day was out, funny - we delayed this trip to avoid hot weather and it keeps getting hotter! Yesterday it was 100. We needed to go do something yesterday, so we drove 60 miles south down Interstate 81 to 
Staunton VA to the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia. This museum houses authentic homes from the English, Irish, Scottish and German people from the early 1600's and 1700's. Then you stepped into "New World" American settlements - frontier homes/farms from 1740, 1820, and 1850's. This picture is the 1820 farm. They (museum founders) went to the old world countries, dismantled the homes, brought them to VA and reassembled them just as it stood. For the American frontier homes - these came from places in Virginia - again actual homes/farms dismantled and then reassembled here. Quite impressive. And brought all the interior with them - furniture, fireplace cooking utensils, clothing, etc. The staff was working on a West African site and similar slave quarter home from a plantation was to be finished by the end of the month. The last piece was American Indian and they have it in their plans.
Staunton VA to the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia. This museum houses authentic homes from the English, Irish, Scottish and German people from the early 1600's and 1700's. Then you stepped into "New World" American settlements - frontier homes/farms from 1740, 1820, and 1850's. This picture is the 1820 farm. They (museum founders) went to the old world countries, dismantled the homes, brought them to VA and reassembled them just as it stood. For the American frontier homes - these came from places in Virginia - again actual homes/farms dismantled and then reassembled here. Quite impressive. And brought all the interior with them - furniture, fireplace cooking utensils, clothing, etc. The staff was working on a West African site and similar slave quarter home from a plantation was to be finished by the end of the month. The last piece was American Indian and they have it in their plans.From there we found a bookstore that says it has 500,000 books. And do they! Unbelievable. We were on sensory overload when we walked in, and then I discovered that alot of the authors were recognizable but the books weren't. I think these were overstocks, titles that never made it big time, etc. And cheap. Every catagory you could imagine. I found 4 books, Dave found 1 for a total of $19.46. Was worth stopping and browsing for a couple of hours.
Today, again we watch for Hurricane Earl - Virginia is in a state of emergency and I don't know how that will affect me grocery shopping. Supposed to be passing through tonight, but a quick passing. Hopefully with Earl passing on, the Shenandoah will clear up and we will drive back up there again and get clearer pictures. I want to get a picture of the Appalachian Trail as it criss crosses the Skyline Drive. Maybe I'll see a bear again?!
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