We missed our daily blog post last night because we couldn't get service in Haysi, VA (or at least not in the church yard we decided to camp in). Yesterday was a busy day! We headed out early from Janice and Dave's and immediately got caught in a heavy downpour. Thankfully, things cleared up enough for us to tackle a substantial hill and descent down the other side. The valley on the other side of the mountain was spectacular: a pastoral scene of sharply rolling hills and farmland. Next, we stopped at a roadside stand to buy some cucumbers and peas. The helpful man there taught us how to pronounce Haysi (hay-sigh). A few miles down the broad, we treated ourselves to a bit of southern culture for lunch in the form of fried green tomatoes, supplemented with our new favorite dollar general canned veggies.
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| Feasting. Honaker, VA. |
After lunch, we were heading up Big A Mountain when another storm rolled in. We decided it might not be the most prudent decision to continue, so we sought shelter at the nearest building. We decided anyone with such pretty plants in their yard would be fine with us huddling under their porch! No one answered the door, but then the man drove in the driveway and his wife came up from the basement. They were both SO kind and sat in the basement talking with us and watching the rain for about an hour. And they had a cat with baby kittens! They were just a day old and amazingly tiny - they hadn't evened up their eyes yet. We were both amazed!
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Alix, her beef jerky, and our bicycles outside our kind rescuers' house
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After the storm, we made it over the mountain just fine, then cruised down to Haysi. We had a brief stop for water and surprise watermelon at a gas station, and chatted with a cycling tourist headed east.
We've decided maybe our blog should be called People Are Amazingly Nice. Because they are.
Who gets to carry the peanuts :)
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