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VACATIONS AND CAMPING

We would stop at the top to view the mountains and then
proceed down the other side into the Shenandoah Valley and
Waynesboro.

Some 20 - 30 more miles to go we’d leave Waynesboro on a
paved back road toward Sherando. This wasn’t a small town,
just a gas station and maybe three houses. We would always
stop there to fill our auto, buy some home made honey and get
‘white’ gas for the camp stove. White gas is without lead. It
was sold by a few gas stations around the country, Mobil, the
sign of the flying horse, and Texaco, whose gas stations were
all over the country. Texaco also gave away pictures and
descriptions of National Park in a large booklet. We stopped
there whenever we needed gas, and collected them. It also had
the cleanness toilets anywhere.
Mom and Pop would visit for a while before moving on. One
year the owner had saved a couple of black bear cubs, whose
mother had been shot during the spring. He was feeding and
caring for them until they were old enough to go on their own.

During those years bears, any kind, were not seen as
particularly dangerous. Often people would let them gather
around their cars and feed them. Reports of what ever happen
to them were few and far between.
Joe and I seldom paid attention to the country side, much to
Pop’s annoyance. We would usually take the trip with several

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