Kelly walks from West Virgina to Maryland

June 16 – Bill headed to the VC this morning.  He was anxious to hear and meet one of the last family members that lived at Ferry Hill.  This man comes every Sunday during the summer and gives a talk on his life there and stories handed down and about the town of Sharpsburg.  It was nice to have 4 hours to myself but I kept busy.  I made 2 trash round pick ups of the camp sites and on the last one I saw a box in the canal and cut my leg on a bush I guess when I went down to get it.  I did the dishes, made crackers, emptied the litter box and the trash and did come blogging, email and internet research.  Before I knew it Bill was home.

                                                                                                                                                  

Chief Nut at Nutter's

The weather was pretty iffy all day and we had planned to ride along the towpath towards Ferry Hill and see if we could manage about half way, which would be 3 miles round trip.  We decided the weather was not going to cooperate so we drove into Sharpsburg to have an ice cream at the well known Nutters.  Each time we’ve gone by there have been lots of people outside eating ice cream and the shop was full.  We’d been told it was really good ice cream and generous portions.  They had about 32 flavors of ice cream, sherbert and yogurt and soft serve.  They make sundaes, shakes, floats and blizzards.  We had to wait in line and the

Railroad bridge across the Potomac

 line didn’t end even after we had finished ours.  I didn’t tell her what size just that Bill wanted 2 flavors and I had non-fat peach yogurt and I was thinking she gave us a large.  Well it was the small:  2 huge scoops hand dipped for $2.00 for each person.  No wonder they draw a crowd.  We walked a little down the main street where a lot of buildings are pre-Civil War.  Checked out the only restaurant, Captain Benders, and made some phone calls since we had full phone coverage.  We drove over to WV and I walked back to MD and took some photos of the Potomac. Yes, I walked from state to state!

 

After dinner Kam called and while we discussed wedding plans I could see deer in the field behind our RV.  The wildlife is always one of my favorite parts of being in the parks.  Bill mapped out our day tomorrow since we have 2 days off now.  Yee haw!!!