Glass Fest part 2

The demonstrations today were all outside. There was a glass blower doing some beautiful work- he was making a small pitcher and then we saw him make a vase. There was a lady etching glass. The young man who was making the glass pendants was still there. He was making the stopper for a perfume bottle he made earlier.
We talked with Mr. Turner and explained we had seen the information about the glass festival on the AAA site and we planned our trip around it- so that bit of advertising was worth it. We said we were really glad we had. He thanked us for coming and hoped we were enjoying (obviously because both of us had items to purchase). We repeated our thanks for the festival as we paid (Mrs. Turner). She told us about some other festivals they’ll be at- a fall festival in October in Elkins- and some others. She, after asking us what we did, said they’re supposed to be retired but are helping their son get the business going. We watched outside a little more, bought the glass pendant we saw being made (and a couple other things). Definitely take time to stop if you’re traveling route 79 through WV.


Then just because it was a nice day we went for a ride. We turned off the main road onto a paved two-lane road. There were school bus stops and some houses. The houses became less frequent and the road got narrower. It was a very pretty drive but the only roads we came to were dirt roads that went farther into the mountains. After about 30 minutes we ran out of power lines along the road about 10 minutes later we turned around and drove back. I’d still like to know where the road goes. I guess we need to buy some better maps.

There’s a café in town that is supposed to have wifi- we’ll find out tomorrow.