Gosh, you guys, you're giving me the traveling bug again! I've always wanted to go to upstate New York as well.

You are very welcome and I'm glad you see that. It means alot.

I'm glad you're here.

KD

I'd like to add to kimmydawn's welcome and personally welcome you all here to NT. I'm glad you found us and hope we have a community environment you find enjoyable!!



DocJohn

Cheryl and AMN can tell you just HOW to get here.

If you blink, you'll miss TH.

I'd love to hear more!

All my family is from an area in W. Va. that's not even close to a town and a name is just given for the county...lol. One set of grandparents lived way down a "holler" road with two working coal mines and the other set lived just at the mouth of a hollow road.

Some of my best memories were wading the cricks catching tadpoles and backing crawdads up into a jar.

Way back in the woods was a little waterfall as part of White's Creek and we used to slide down the rocks covered with moss to make them slippery and land in the small pool below. Just next to that spot was a broken, rusted baby carriage that my mother and her sisters used to play with in the same exact spot.

Sitting on the porch in the morning you could hear nothing but the whipperwhill's call. Ahh, I miss it.

Now, I'm not saying Toad Hollow is like that, but it sounds just as enchanting.

butting head in where it doesn't belong...

Your childhood sounds wonderful. W Va is gorgeous and full of nice folks but I think the Toad Hollow they are speaking of involves a certain vintage of the almightly grape and a road trip.

Correct me if I am wrong, as I usually am
jane

First you fly from Boise to SLC, then to Chicago...the hard part was renting a car in Chicago...

The rest was easy!

I doubt you're usually wrong, but I think you're wrong about one thing...

You said:

Of course you belong here and your thoughts and opinions are appreciated.

Yes, visiting my grandparents in W. Va. was awesome...always. Otherwise, I lived mostly in NC and it's beautiful there as well with just as beautiful people.

Thank you,

KD

Jane is correct...TH was named after a great bottle of Wine. Chris started a thread called What is a Toad Hollow! AMN and I elaborated a bit on that thread with DM's help!

Sorry, didn't mean to leave you hanging in a rental car leaving Chicago! Alamo tried their best! LOL! I won out in the end!

Oh, that's cool and thanks for the explanation!

After the explanation it still sounds like a pretty cool place to visit from time to time...hehe.

KD

Toad Hollow is a wine, but alas~~ tis also an enchanted lil village that AMN and Flygirl renamed for me. Toad Hollow does exist and if you know DM, you know it to be true.

FG" I think we need to take Kimmy on a road trip!!