09-01-2015, 01:28 AM
Hey Ray-
I won't mention apples, especially not the BIG RED APPLE at Winchester....
Your SPOILER was spot on, of course. I've been through every nook and cranny of the entire Harpers Ferry area (fishin). Too many stories to tell, so I condensed it down to this one "musical piece" in an attempt to convey some of the magic.
I've parked at Sandy Hook many times, then crossed the RR tracks to wade the Potomac. The confluence at Harpers Ferry is worth every visit, even the one when I had to yank my (then 6 yr old) son out of a strong current that he fell in to. He's 24 now, and a way better fisherman than me now (dang it).
Yeah, the Millville put-in is a great ride down the Shenny to the 340 bridge & Sandy Hook. In fact, that's very near to where I got busted without a WVA fishin license. Dumb me thought the other bank was VA, but it's still WVA. The ranger let me go, since I had a valid VA license, but the "reciprocity rule" ain't technically in effect until much closer to the 340 bridge.
I could go on and on and on...
I was just out that way a couple weeks ago visiting my brother in Martinsburg. I have a definite ethereal connection to that part of VA/WVA/MD: the images are indelible in my mind's eye, and the pulsing positive vibes remain very strong in my heart. There's just something about "it".
Let's see, 15 miles west of DC, 1/4 mile off of Rt 7-- did you live near Wolf Trap?
Anywho, enough is too much....
... Mark
Hey AJ-
Funnel cakes are those fluffy crepe sort of things that I always choke on because of the confectioners sugar put on them.
Sorry about the missing comma, but I've gotten "comma shy" after being told way too many times that I "over-comma". A previous version actually did have a comma at the spot you mention. Please imagine the comma is still there, if that'll help.
That last couplet was the only possible way to put it, as that winding drive, start to finish, can be sublime on certain summer evenings....
...Mark
I won't mention apples, especially not the BIG RED APPLE at Winchester....
Your SPOILER was spot on, of course. I've been through every nook and cranny of the entire Harpers Ferry area (fishin). Too many stories to tell, so I condensed it down to this one "musical piece" in an attempt to convey some of the magic.
I've parked at Sandy Hook many times, then crossed the RR tracks to wade the Potomac. The confluence at Harpers Ferry is worth every visit, even the one when I had to yank my (then 6 yr old) son out of a strong current that he fell in to. He's 24 now, and a way better fisherman than me now (dang it).
Yeah, the Millville put-in is a great ride down the Shenny to the 340 bridge & Sandy Hook. In fact, that's very near to where I got busted without a WVA fishin license. Dumb me thought the other bank was VA, but it's still WVA. The ranger let me go, since I had a valid VA license, but the "reciprocity rule" ain't technically in effect until much closer to the 340 bridge.
I could go on and on and on...
I was just out that way a couple weeks ago visiting my brother in Martinsburg. I have a definite ethereal connection to that part of VA/WVA/MD: the images are indelible in my mind's eye, and the pulsing positive vibes remain very strong in my heart. There's just something about "it".
Let's see, 15 miles west of DC, 1/4 mile off of Rt 7-- did you live near Wolf Trap?
Anywho, enough is too much....
... Mark
Hey AJ-
Funnel cakes are those fluffy crepe sort of things that I always choke on because of the confectioners sugar put on them.
Sorry about the missing comma, but I've gotten "comma shy" after being told way too many times that I "over-comma". A previous version actually did have a comma at the spot you mention. Please imagine the comma is still there, if that'll help.
That last couplet was the only possible way to put it, as that winding drive, start to finish, can be sublime on certain summer evenings....
...Mark