| Buckhannon or Bust! |
| As we entered Buckhannon, it was an absolutely gorgeous spring day, about 70 to 75 degrees, sunny with no discernible breeze. As a total non-coincidence (Jim doesn’t believe in them), his CD, Gypsy, which explores his roots, current and past, started to play in my 10-CD changer. We had somehow timed it exactly! Or someone up there in the great beyond had… "STOP" said the sign at the city limits. We did, and it turned out to be a grand adventure. |
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| We drove through town enjoying the ambiance of the music and the town and surveyed our surroundings. Jim’s ancestral birthplace was quite a big city! It is the county seat for Upshur County, West Virginia, and contains the campus of Wesleyan University. The houses reminded me of those down the Jersey Shore, open to the sun, airy. The spire on the courthouse was surrounded by scaffolding, but the 1800's flavor poked through. |
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| To prove we had been there, we took a photo of the Boy Scout trailer in the parking lot we used to make a U-turn. Lots of Churches in the city. |
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| Main Street was not unlike the main street of the town where I live. The buildings' architecture looked to be of the 1800's variety, like many a Pennsylvania town. Stores of all kinds occupied the tree and flower-lined blocks. |
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| The residential areas were tree lined and flat, with single homes and nice lawns. We watched the children out to play in the Elementary School recess yard and they seemd happy to be out in Spring air. |
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