From Salt Lick to Amelia

Upon leaving Salt Lick, Kentucky for Amelia, Virginia we got all of 10 miles and had a blow out on the RV. Good Sam Roadside Service came to our rescue and within 4 ½ hours we had our spare on and were down the road in search of a new tire. The tire that blew out was a Goodyear with only 1200 miles on it. So we found a Goodyear store and they could not help us. You see, if you have no tread left after a blow out, they have no way to pro-rate your tire. So we continued on into West Virginia and found a Firestone dealership, where we replaced three tires with heavy duty truck tires, and decided to deal with Goodyear later.




Now we are in Amelia, Virginia. It is south of Richmond and in the heart of the rock hounding/mining areas. We visited the Lucky Gem Mine and panned for gems out of buckets of sand and clay. It was fun and we came away with some really nice rough gems. We have been touring the back roads seeing unusual sites (Tom thought this old school would be a good teaching job for me) and looking for gems in the creeks. Tom sunk in a hole in one but came up with a nice Geode. I think maybe next time he should get a life vest for creek wading. 








We will be going to Colonial Virginia at the end of the week and to the Blackstone Art and Craft Fair next weekend (YEAH!!). In the meantime we will search for more gem mines and creeks in hopes of finding our fortune. 