Thinking that I would definitely get poison ivy after the morning hike (the trails are a bit overgrown because of a shortage of park rangers (employees of Blue Knob split their time working there and at Shawnee State Park, which is also in Bedford County, Pennsylvania), I drove to the small town of
Bedford (population around 3,000) to attempt to fill a prednisone prescription. Employees of the Golden Eagle Grocery on East Pitt Street were amazingly helpful, and although I never developed the rash, I had the security of knowing I had prednisone on hand, just in case. While I waited for the prescription to fill, I walked around with Lily. Our meandering took us by the high school--across from which was a cemetery with many graves of people who had been born in various counties of Ireland, including Kildare and Tipperary. Being the cemetery lover that I am, I took many photos of the headstones--and then had a short conversation with a special ed aid named Sherry. She saw Lily and wanted to pet her.
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| Lily's hind end near the grave of an Irishwoman. |
I stopped to journal in a gazebo behind the public library. It was part of a garden planted by a woman's group in Bedford.
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| Solid stone fireplace |
Dunkel's Gulf Station, circa 1930's. I had a full service fill-up by the present owner.
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