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Herring Fishing on the Chickahominy River, Virginia
Or “Why he did not get any fish scales on his face!” I was going through some old photos of my mother’s and came across a sequence she took of my father and his crew fishing for herring on the … Continue reading
Posted in I Grew up on a Virginia Farm
Tagged 1940s, 1950s, catch, Chickahominy River, fish house, fishing, haul seine, herring, net, roe, scrambled eggs, Virginia
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The Honeycomb Campground Solution (Camping)
Introduction One of the things that the Riverside Retro RV has opened up for us is regular camping, including opportunities for winter convenience camping. For example, it is convenient enough that we used it for our traditional Christmas family visit. … Continue reading
Fort Pickens, Florida Camping Experience
Prologue Everything that happens on a camping trip—whether in a resort campground in a fully equipped motor home, a small camper, or tenting—begins in and is often colored by the campground experience. Have you ever heard camping summary comments that … Continue reading
Posted in Renaissance Bucket List
Tagged beach, bird, campground, camping, coast, Culf, dune, eagle, fishing, For Pickens, fort, Gulf Breezes, Gulf Shores, gun, hiking, history, National Park, Pensacola, Riverside RV, turnstone, watching
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Early Mornings – A Special Morning Canvas (c. 1954)
Since my earliest childhood, I have enjoyed something about each morning. Perhaps I was influenced by my father. Living on a farm meant—for him, and therefore me, too—having to start at sunrise to complete all of the tasks demanded to … Continue reading
Posted in I Grew up on a Virginia Farm
Tagged early, farm, fish, fishing, morning, Moyseneck, pond, sunrise, The Farm Pond
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Fun Camping and Horsing Around
East Fork Campground – Camping the way it was meant to be. There are not many campgrounds where you can have your morning coffee accompanied by the not-to-distant sound of a coal-fired locomotive venting steam, or a pair of short … Continue reading
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Tagged campground, camping, Cass, Durbin, East Fork, fishing, Greenbrier, Rocket, train, West Virginia
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Fishing on the Farm Part 2 – Fishing before Football Practice
Fish for breakfast was not uncommon in my family. For that matter, my father (and I) liked salted herring and scrambled eggs for breakfast. By the time I was in high school, I had perfected the art of preparing fresh … Continue reading
Fishing on the Farm Part 1 – The One that Did not Get Away
As I have mentioned before, growing up on the farm, I was spoiled—I just did not know it. We were surrounded by water—the Chickahominy River on one side and Diascund Creek on the other, and a ten-acre pond right in … Continue reading
Posted in I Grew up on a Virginia Farm
Tagged catfish, Chickahominy, Childhood, fishing, Lois, Moyseneck, Paul, Paul Richmond
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1960 – How to Earn Money for a Date
Catching Turtles for Date Money In the 1950s and 1960s, growing up on the farm in Tidewater Virginia, I participated in just about every enterprise my father pursued—especially when it involved harvesting the resources of the farm. In the fall … Continue reading
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