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We had visitors to Rappahannock County on Saturday. They were Boy Scout Troop 107 from Winchester, working toward their American Heritage badge with Program Director Danny Keyser in charge.
There were a total of 11 boy scouts with six leaders, and as they hiked the mountain trail they were to look for things that compared life years ago to modem day life.
Saturday morning was a . cold, brisk morning and we all had our backpacks loaded with what we needed for the day, and also prepared for whatever weather we would run into.
We always take dry socks, water or our choice of soda, a sandwich and snacks. Trash bags are a must as they can be used for many things. In rain, sleet or snow they become a poncho real fast with only an opening made for the head.
We did not need them Saturday as snow showers is all we got. With the snow that was on the ground and snow falling it made a perfect hiking day. We could hear the wind roaring in the trees, but we , were low enough to miss most *nf the wind gusts.
We started up Piney Run 'about 9:30 a.m., crossing over •to Hull School and down Thornton Hollow. It is approximately six miles.
Wayne Baldwin and I were asked to go along as we are ; familiar with this hike and the ‘ history. I had pictures that showed the houses and people Who once lived there. It was amazing that so many of the Scouts were so interested, and had many questions about -their way of life and how they ^travelled years ago.
As we stopped at the house sites they found fragments of metal. They used their imagination to tell you what it was. They were interested to learn that moss grows on the north “ side of a tree, that when wire
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