
We like to camp. We go as often as we can. Since we've been married, it has rained on all of our camping trips except for TWO. We are so glad that we got such an awesome tent as a wedding present (Thanks Uncle Glenn and Aunt Louise); it has kept us amazingly dry through countless showers and storms. This weekend was no exeption. We headed to Cedar Creek State Park, picked our spot next to a tiny, bubbling creek, set up, and started dinner. We were happily enjoying our fire and nice warm weather, when out of nowhere, rain started to fall, as well as the temperature. When we woke up the next morning, to more rain, our little creek had grown in size. We decided to do a quick geocache, then head back to Morgantown, where it was of course sunny.

There were a ton of morel mushrooms all over our campsite. We decided to take home the ones we accidently knocked over and give them a try. Pretty tasty.

We still felt a little adventurous and decided to do another geocache at Fort Necessity, this time a mulitcache. Although I have lived close to this place my whole life, I had never been there. We learned about the start of the French and Indian War, George Washington as a 22-year old leader of the Virginia militia, and the constucting of the first national road. The first stop of the cache was Fort Necissity, a simple, and really small structure. Washington was sent to build a road and find out what the sneaky French were up to. Instead, he started a war, and ended up building a fort of necessity to protect the troops.

The next stop was to Major-General Braddock's grave. Braddock was killed in battle, and Washington buried him right in the middle of the road out of fear that the Indians would deface his body. Washington had the army march right over his newly dug grave to hide all evidence. Braddock was not a friend to the Indians; when they wanted to join him in fighting agains the French, the Indians asked him for some land in return. Braddock said the land is for the British and not the savages! Almost 50 years later, Braddock's body was discovered and moved while builiding the national road.

Our last stop delt with Jumonville Glen, the site of the first fight of the French and Indian War. Washington and his gang snuck up on the French, and depending on who you listen to, someone started a skirmish. The French general, Jumonville, ended up dead. Washington took off, built Fort Necessity, and prepared for battle. The French and Indian's came, and Washington was forced to surrender. The British sent Braddock over from England to show the colonists how to fight, but that didn't go to well either. Somehow the British won this six year long war, something I've never really understood.
2 comments:
This was my favorite part of 8th grade history. So awesome that you got to go to all those places. Somehow, I've been to Fort Necessity. Don't remember what year. Cool trip. You get two thumbs up from me.
I remember when you went to Fort Necessity (and Falling Water). I was so jealous. I only ever got to go the WVU farm.
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