We stayed in Mt. Airy the little town that became Mayberry of The Andy Griffith Show. Here's a nice statue of Andy and Opie. Andy Griffith actually grew up in Mt. Airy.
Posters in a store...don't you love Barney Fife?
Here's the Snappy Lunch and Floyd's barber shop.
A mock-up of Wally's gas station where Gomer Pile worked.
Taxi.
Courthouse and jail where sheriff Andy worked.
Ah, pansies.
We added another "Henge" to our collection. We've been to Stone in England and Car in Nebraska, and now...Foam in Virginia. :)
Here it is!!
Crazy, huh?
We hadn't planned this stop at all...didn't even know about it...just saw this sign as we were driving down the road. Serendipity!
On to West Virginia's battlefield at Harper's Ferry.
Civil War site.
The Old Slave Block in Sharpsburg was used for 65 years to auction off black slaves. It has been a famous landmark here for over 150 years. There is a cache under the metal pole behind it.
What is my bid for this slave?...2 bits...I got him!
Interesting flag in the stone...this was a virtual cache.
Across the river from Harper's Ferry is Antietam, Maryland...more battlefields and history.
Monument to Civil War soldiers erected in the cemetery.
Cemetery.
Monument on the Antietam battlefield...site of the bloodiest one-day battle in American history. 23,000 were killed or wounded.
Big boom.
We stayed in Mt. Airy the little town that became Mayberry of The Andy Griffith Show. Here's a nice statue of Andy and Opie. Andy Griffith actually grew up in Mt. Airy.
Posters in a store...don't you love Barney Fife?
Here's the Snappy Lunch and Floyd's barber shop.
A mock-up of Wally's gas station where Gomer Pile worked.
Taxi.
Courthouse and jail where sheriff Andy worked.
Ah, pansies.
We added another "Henge" to our collection. We've been to Stone in England and Car in Nebraska, and now...Foam in Virginia. :)
Here it is!!
Crazy, huh? 
We hadn't planned this stop at all...didn't even know about it...just saw this sign as we were driving down the road. Serendipity!
On to West Virginia's battlefield at Harper's Ferry.
Civil War site.
The Old Slave Block in Sharpsburg was used for 65 years to auction off black slaves. It has been a famous landmark here for over 150 years. There is a cache under the metal pole behind it.
What is my bid for this slave?...2 bits...I got him!
Interesting flag in the stone...this was a virtual cache.
Across the river from Harper's Ferry is Antietam, Maryland...more battlefields and history.
Monument to Civil War soldiers erected in the cemetery.
Cemetery.
Monument on the Antietam battlefield...site of the bloodiest one-day battle in American history. 23,000 were killed or wounded.
Big boom.
3 comments:
"Bloodhound of the Law," eh? Riiiiiiiiight. So is Foamhenge waterproof? I bet it was really neat to see the Civil War stuff. Sobering.
Yeah, love Barney and Gomer. Foamhenge??! Agree with Zoog on the Civil War stuff... We're kinda detached out here in the West.
Lol, Foamhenge is awesome! Mt. Airy is an adorable town, seems like a fun place to explore. What a cool opportunity to see some civil war stuff. It's so important to be able to take in some of our own country's history and see where we've come from and learn from our past.
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