And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's almost a ghost town now. The coal mines aren't the industry they were in the 70s. In Welch, the nearest big town, the Walmart closed due to lack of customers. When's the last time you've heard of that happening?
Back in '74 I toured solo all through the West Virginia Appalachia countryside in my yellow VW Beetle. I had long hair and dressed the Hippie part. It wasn't till many years later that I realized how close to death I came during that sojourn.
I grew up in Northeast GA, right where GA, SC and NC all join, when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s my family would take our motorhome and travel for 8 or 10 days after Christmas, with no destination, only rule was no 4 lanes, and dirt roads were acceptable. and my father would let each kid choose the direction for an hour each.
he;d pull up to a stop sign and ask a 5 year old, "which way?" we drove down alot of country roads and dirt roads all over Appalachia, western NC, east TN, KY and W Va its something I will never forget.
Wow! Wonder what it looks like now?
ReplyDeleteYou can see it on Goog StreetView.
DeleteIt's almost a ghost town now. The coal mines aren't the industry they were in the 70s. In Welch, the nearest big town, the Walmart closed due to lack of customers. When's the last time you've heard of that happening?
DeleteMy father played minor league ball in Welch, to the SE of Davy.
ReplyDelete1963 Impala.
ReplyDeleteYou could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road.
ReplyDeleteYes! '63 Impala. Had many a fine ride in the back seat of one of those
ReplyDeleteBack in '74 I toured solo all through the West Virginia Appalachia countryside in my yellow VW Beetle. I had long hair and dressed the Hippie part. It wasn't till many years later that I realized how close to death I came during that sojourn.
ReplyDeleteYou won't see a fire department like that today. Taxpayer money fixes them right up.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Northeast GA, right where GA, SC and NC all join, when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s my family would take our motorhome and travel for 8 or 10 days after Christmas, with no destination, only rule was no 4 lanes, and dirt roads were acceptable. and my father would let each kid choose the direction for an hour each.
ReplyDeletehe;d pull up to a stop sign and ask a 5 year old, "which way?"
we drove down alot of country roads and dirt roads all over Appalachia, western NC, east TN, KY and W Va its something I will never forget.