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We called it our “short day” because it consisted of just four hours of hard work but it’s currently 10:30 pm and we’re just winding down!
After cleaning up and packing up, our Community drove the short distance into Virginia to tour the country’s first exhibition mine. Raymond met us at the mouth of the Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine where he took us on a tour of a formerly active site. As a 40-year veteran of the shafts, Raymond was able to give a first-hand account of the life of a miner where a man was paid 34 cents per ton of coal before unions and technology were the industry norm.
Pinnacle Rock State Park was our next stop where we were treated to an amazing vista of the area. It’s impossible to comprehend the awesome magnitude of this mountain range without a birds’ eye view.
Lastly we were blown away by, Marquella, our hostess atYa’Sou, where we were treated to a delicious, authentic Greek dinner. Marquella was generous enough to share her personal story of the back-to-back floods that ravaged MacDowell County in 2000 and 2001. Marquella’s remarkable story-telling gift kept the group engaged for over two hours as she recounted the terror, hope and amazing people who helped her rebuild her family’s life...twice!
We are tired, giddy, grateful, and awed by the human and natural beauty that we’ve encountered and well aware of how blessed we are for our remarkable Youth Community and for our lives at home.
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