Crunchy gravel parking lot survival to me means security from the property owner. Gravel means unimproved / under development and perhaps a more absent landlord. Plus dishwater runs thru the gravel. Noisy truck traffic on the hardroad, however.
Drove back into town & hung at the grocery store parking lot doing chores & computer work. I sharpened my 2 knives.
2 nights ago at Cally’s I asked these 2 young guys sitting next to me where I could buy Moonshine. They suggested Bush Mill further down the road and go to the Mom & Pop gas stations and ask and I might get a lead to a score. 2 hours away. I researched Moonshine on Google and learned that VA sells legal moonshine as Virginia Whiskey. The pitch was convincing. Today I bought 2 2 different bottles, 1 of corn, less than 30 days old and a corn, barley, & another grain and aged 2 years. Pot still double distilled. Haven’t tried it. I need to learn the correct way to drink it. Neat & out of a Mason Jar? My rationale of the state store was that perhaps the distilling didn’t leach out lead from the solder joints.
Plan is to help on the trail maintenance project for the bike club. Thomas lead it. He is active in club leadership, and to me, knowledgeable & skilled at the trail work. We rehabilitated 6 grade dips on a local trail. What a hump. Walked in on trail made for bikes. Bike trails take a long time to get from here to there. A hiking trail would have been a straight shot. Worked and hiked out in dark.
This is what we did:
Final product:
Thomas invited me to park in the vacant lot beside his house and a shower.
Way to go twice over! Volunteering for the common good and sampling the indigenous hootch! Let us know if it needed Coke to get it down.
Craig,
Hope your knee recovers with the rest. I have tried moonshine but find it too strong and without taste. What do you think?
There was 17 of us riding high drive today. It was about 45 degrees. It rained all last week so the trails were in good shape. We think it may be one of the last rides this year. On to skiing. Randy
Craig,
I just discovered your blog. Really great stuff. If you find yourself back up near Pittsburgh shoot me an email.
You are inspiring! You are doing it!!
Later
J
Randy,
Actually I just bought the bottles, I haven’t tried either yet. I solicited drink comments and about the best was straight from a mason jar. I’ll enjoy Scotch by myself but moonshine seems in another behavior lack of skill set. I am thinking of foisting it on my Northern family members.
Riding High Drive is good practice for narrow trails cut out slope like some I have been riding.
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