Now that I've reemerged on Bosomundheit and explained myself, I'm going to backtrack and chronicle the events of my journey from Ohio to FMB.
Bon Voyage!
DAY 1 and part of DAY 2: July 13 & 14
The rain fell in buckets as Sedona and I began a five-day road trip that ultimately would end at my parent’s home in Fort
Myers Beach. Tagging along close behind the Xterra was my Teardrop camper, aka “the
Turtle.” Our first stop was Wytheville, VA, located just off
I-77 in the western tail of the Dominion State.
The next morning brought sunshine and blue skies. We left the hotel (a Best Western that, sadly, I cannot recommend!) with the intent of
picking up provisions for Days 2 & 3 of our sojourn: Morrow Mountain State Park in Albemarle, NC – just three hours away. However, I took a wrong turn and
was soon headed down a ribbon of country road in the opposite direction of the
grocery store. Looking for a place to turn around, I came upon a tiny, white wood-framed church and, wow, it had a pull through
driveway -- just what God ordered for this girl-errant and her camper! The storybook house of worship was perched on the edge of a picturesque hayfield that rushed up to the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. More charming still was a delightful congregant named Don who was working industriously in the yard out back.
Don invited me in to see the sanctuary
and then left me alone to, well, be alone. The unexpected detour was a
soul-replenishing, peace-filled pause for me. There are only 28 members of this humble little house of worship (Bethel United Methodist Church, founded in 1856.) Before I left that holy ground, Don
invited me to come back some day for worship and Sunday school. I’m thinking
that’s an invitation I can’t pass up!
1 comment:
I laughed at you being happy to see the pull-thru parking lot. I get it but I did chuckle. One thought would be "practice" backing the trailer.
On another note, I hunted turkey and deer for a few years. prob. close to where you camped. I am guessing you were near the state line of Va, and NC. I hunted with a NC buddy south of Galax Va. and right off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Beautiful rolling hills and mountains to look at from the road, horribly ugly hills when hearing a turkey gobble while near the base and knowing I need to climb to the top most rapidly to set up on the bird.
It is beautiful country, I too shall return to that region of our nation to rejoice in and appreciate the natural wonders of the blue ridge mountains.
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