Day
5
A
bit chilly this morning (temps in the mid 50’s) and foggy. Don and I had decided we would not go on the
ride today but rather visit Debbie Luke’s family and then ride out to the lake
and do laundry. We had breakfast at Fran’s
and then headed out to find Jim and Sylvia Baker at 9:30. Deb’s directions were go to Craigsville, go
straight through the light (only has one traffic light), go past the General
Dollar, at an old run down store that is not a store any longer turn up the
gravel road; go to the end and that is Dreama’s house. Sounded easy enough but the words up a gravel
road made me decide to leave Abigail parked and ride with Don. Everything was fine until we got to the run
down store that’s not a store any longer; the gravel road just before the store
was narrow and straight up and it continued to get smaller as we climbed until we
finally reached what had to be the end because it became nothing more than dirt
with deep ruts. I had to get off so Don
could turn Bessie around without turning her over. Stopped at a couple of places on the way down
and no one knew Pete and Dreama Baker so back to the main road. The road just after the store that wasn’t a
store any longer was hardtop but we took it and it turned to gravel and it too
was straight up. As we approached the
top of a rise we pulled into someone’s drive and called Dreama and yes we were
on the right road just keep on coming up the mountain to the last house on the
left. As we pulled into the driveway
Jim, Sylvia and Dreama were waiting on the front porch. Deb and I have shared so many stories about
our families it felt like visiting old friends.
After sitting on the front porch for 2 hours visiting Don and I headed
out waving goodbye to 3 very dear people.
We stopped for lunch at the Roadhouse Ranch Restaurant in Craigsville; a
great little local place with good food.
Then we headed back to route 19 and to the Summersville Lake and Dam and
Lighthouse and then walked down to the Gauley River and the bottom of the
dam. After stopping at a couple of
camping stores and craft shops we headed back to the hotel to do a load of
laundry.
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| Heading up to Dreama's house |
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| Baker Residence |
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| Summersville Lake |
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| At the bottom of the Summersville Dam |
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