This is the big one, 070707, what did I win?
After breakfast we set out on the day's adventure to see the Steamboat Era Museum in Irvington Virginia. The Farmers Market and Crafts seemed to fill the town. We were about to leave when we found parking nearby the activities and museum. We took a tour of the museum and were struck by the importance of this area during the Civil War. We hear so much about the great land battles that the small town skirmishes and coastal battles get lost. The Chesapeake played an important role during the war because who controlled the water highway controlled the war. Also we noticed that on one of the TV monitors was a presentation on the Ticonderoga. As we talked to some of the staff we learned that the person who was responsible for the restoration of the Ti had been to this museum to review the possible restoration of the pilot house of the Chesapeake steamboat.
We then hit the farmers market and after looking at all the crafts and ignoring the political stands we bought some corn and old time squash. Next adventure Reedsville Fisherman's Museum.
On our drive to Reedsville the hungries hit. Where to eat? We wanted seafood..... There's a resteraunt, look at all the cars, must be good, lets turn around and eat there. Good choice. They had large crab cake sandwich's that were excellent and as a bonus it is a non-smoking restaurant. So if you are down this way eat at Newsomes in Burgess.
As we were entering Reedsville we noticed a sign for parade line up. Oh is this the town that is having their 4th celebration on the 7th. A drive through town soon confirmed that small town America was doing their thing. We drove to the end of town, which is right on the bay, made a U'ie and headed back looking for the Fisherman's Museum. We found it but decided to leave it for another time since the parking was full and people were lining the street for the parade. We returned to the state park with a short grocery stop on the way.
When we arrived back at the campground we found the Ryals waiting to get into their site. We talked with them for a while and had Jean join us while they set up camp. Suzette gave Susie the shirts we had bought for them in Vermont. We were invited to picnic with them and family friends while waiting for the Blowing Off the Dust concert. We had a good picnic dinner and made new friends.
There was quite a large crowd for the concert which was quite good. After the show we returned to the campground where the performers had a jam session with any of the campers who came to pick. That was a good evening campfire.
One of the backwater areas
Suzette paddles on
The crowd gathers for the concert
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