Yeah, not so much with the items on the scavenger hunt. I found things that fit the criteria, but didn’t seem to fit with Wendy.

So you get these.

Today’s list is in memory of Wendy. These are all the things that people thought of when remembering her.

Purple
Strong
Fraternity
Stubborn
Law
Star Wars

I’d like to do something a little bit different this week.

You are, of course, free to play the game as normal, but if you feel up to it, I’d like you to instead associate on a single word. In this case: Wendy.

I’ll go first and take the gimme.

Wendy = Purple

So the endpoint for our travel was Berkley Springs.

The center of Berkeley Springs are the springs that bubble up from the ground. The became a spa that was visited regularly by George Washington. In fact, there’s a little stone tub labeled “George Washington’s Bath”.

We again had beautiful weather, and since the Eastern Panhandle is slightly warmer than us, there was still plenty of leaf color.

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Our last stop on our trip was to the C&O Canal in Hancock MD.

I spent a lot of time in this area when I was growing up, as it is not only the halfway point between Morgantown and Baltimore, but because my aunt & uncle lived in nearby Warfordsburd PA. Except, of course, that was just their mailing address. Where they lived, we’d talk brief walks over the state line to Maryland, and church and grocery shopping were in Hancock MD.

And of course, walking and biking along the C & O Canal.

Tow path along the canal.

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This weekend’s travels took us into Maryland, because that was the easiest way to get where we wanted to go in West Virginia.

But since these trips are supposed to be the journey as much as the destination, we decided to take part of our drive along Route 40.

When I was little, Route 40 was the only road that took us from Morgantown to Baltimore. Eventually, they built 48 which became I68, but first there was Route 40.

I don’t remember much of the oldest parts of Route 40, probably because I wasn’t tall enough to much out the windows. But there were parts I do remember, specifically, the long way around Sidling Hill before they put in The Cut. Oddly, it seemed far shorter than I remembered. Probably because we weren’t caught behind a semi (or five).

If you look, you can see the cut (if you click through to the Flick set, I marked it so you can find it easier.) You can also see (again, I marked it on Flickr) where Route 40 crosses the top of the mountain.

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Believe it or not, I got all my pictures yesterday. It’s just that The Shiny was in full force and… well…

Anyway, here you go.
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This week’s list comes from Jeri. Thanks Jeri!

Something red & green
Something orange & brown
Perpendicular
Diagonal
Reflection

Today is the Day of the Dead. So today’s word is: cemetery