62°f/16.6°C, cloudy with light rain off and on all last night and today.
Today was errands day---feed store for rabbit and chicken feed, picking up our checks at the antique malls, then to Mineral Wells for gas, a (very productive) Goodwill browse, Aldi's for a few things, etc.
After all those were completed we moseyed up to Marietta for a look at the Sternwheel Festival. And look was all we did! The town was packed, parking was $10 everywhere, and it was raining. After looking things over, we decided we just weren't up for it, so we went back across the river, where I found a spot to snap a few zoomed shots.
Disappointing, but after yesterday's long trip to Huntington neither of us were feeling like battling parking, crowds, rain and chilly weather. And at least I got to see the boats!
A few other pics from today:
A beautiful mural on the side of the Mother Earth Natural Foods store in Parkersburg. The store celebrated its 50th anniversary last week. I used to shop there occasionally, back in the 70s and early 80s, but I had no idea they were still in business. Next time we are on Parkersburg we need to stop in.
A fantastic wood carving outside the store, apparently done with the trunk of a tree that either fell, died, or had to be cut down for some reason.
I found this intersection rather sad. It was the site of the residence of Parkersburg's founder, as well as of a historic fort, and yet today? Billboards, rundown businesses and homes, and very busy traffic. Ivan intersection in more ways than one-- the intersection of the past and the present, of preservation efforts and the seeming desire to pave over or build over everything.
And finally on the road home, where signs of autumn are everywhere.
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