Day two!

Well, the second day that I went out.  Today I wore shorts (!) and took the dog with me.  Poor little old man, he is too old for distance.  At least he’s easy to carry.
 

That little black and white dot is the dog.

Today I realized that I didn’t learn anything the first time.  I still forgot the pen and paper.  I also forgot a nail file, which I needed almost immediately.  I wore my ancient, good-for-nothing tennis shoes and walked on one of the more hilly, unpaved trails.  I enjoyed the trip so much more!  I don’t know if it was the shoes or the lack of gravel but the trail seemed much more forgiving, even though the grade was more extreme.

I came across an old cemetery at the top of one of the hills.  The large slab belonged (from what I could tell) to Lucy Fitzhugh and (I may have read) her husband Edward Stewart.  The only date I could make out was August 1863.  I’m going to go back and take a rubbing.  I’m also going to try to decipher the other stones.  I’ll also see what the internet can tell me.  How exciting!