Are you from western Virginia? Most people think the song is about WV, but all the landmarks in the song are in VA!
Great cover version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M1JJ8fAXHo
Nope, I was born and raised in Illinois in a rural area and traveled gravel country roads everyday. A good chunk of my adult life is in California with the exception of 6 years in Japan, 7 years in Hawaii, a few years in Antarctica and various other deployments sites which probably add up to another few years outside the USA. This song no matter where in the world I was always brought me back to my childhood home in Illinois..
There is also another song that brings me home, Alabama - My Homes In Alabama. I'm neither from the south or the east coast. These songs are American, that's why they bring me home.
Dan, if you didn't rent the house or move your children will still go. Life is all about change from the cradle to the grave. Life is a sea of motion, fight it or ride with doesn't matter it will keep moving and changing. 13 years ago my wife and I married July first and by August first we had move to Florida and started new jobs. Exciting, terrifying, sad(missing friends and family) BUT with just the two of us together in a small 540sq Apt. we grew closer. I found the meaning of Soulmate, that my wife was my best friend I had always said. Now she is much more I miss her even when she has just gone to the store down the street. Ride these waves my friend for the tops of the waves are all you see looking back. Embrace and Enjoy!
Daryl
That's really nice Beaks, thank you. You are 100% correct and again I thank you for helping me to pull my head out of my aRse and count blessings. I guess I was just a bit overwhelmed last night.
Today we packed up a Budget 10' moving truck and took a drive north. My daughter's stuff is all moved in. We were going to spend the night and come back tomorrow but decided to drive home. She's spending this next week with me and then driving herself to her apartment next Saturday. Her roommate moves in the following week. My little girl was beaming from ear to ear all day long. I'm very happy and excited for her because she's looked forward to going to college in California, close to the beach since she was a Freshman in High school. If it's not overly obvious, I'm pretty proud of her. She's maintaining a 3.95 GPA her first year at the local community college and taking summer classes as well. Statistics, I think has been her biggest challenge to-date but she ended up at the top of the class.
There's a lot of talk about how kids today are lost, have no work ethic, don't care. I say. Phooey on that! There are always going to be people who take the wrong path. Maybe I live a sheltered life but don't think so. Young people today are just as ambitious, hard working, intelligent as anybody was when I was a teenager many years ago. In some ways even better than we were, no let me make this personal. They're a heck of a lot better than I ever was at their age.
Oh to be young and have your whole life ahead.. Everything new and wondrous.
The relationship with your wife sounds very wonderful Daryl, thank you for sharing that. I wish you continued happiness and love all the days through.
Very excited about brewing my first batch of beer in Hawaii. The main reason is this - The water! Please understand, where I live now the tap water stinks to high heaven. Sulfur. That's not so bad because if you let it sit out overnight the smell goes away but what I can't tolerate is the fact that there is arsenic in the water so I always use water from the local reverse-osmosis water store. It's a pain and adds to the cost of beer, somewhere around $5 for a ten gallon batch. Okay, not horribly expensive but I'm truly looking forward to just screwing in my RV water hose to an outside faucet and filling up the HLT!
In my experience there are two great places for water. Christchurch., New Zealand (maybe all New Zealand, I've only been in Christchurch) and Oahu, Hawaii. Both places the water taste great. I think I might detect just a little chlorine in the Hawaii water but nothing exceptional. A campden tablet(I think that's what is used with chlorinated water) should settle that but I probably won't the first batch. I'll make a 5 gallon batch with a trusted recipe and see how it turns out.
Cheers to you all.
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