Everyplace is Worth a Second Trip

Today begins the Columbus Day weekend.  Like most state parks the schedule for campers over the weekend is inconsistent.  I realize not everyone will get Columbus Day off from work so there will be some Sunday check-outs.  What I find funny is the Saturday arrival and Monday check-out.  Since my section of Greenbrier will be full, at least for Saturday night, we needed to stock up on things we might run out of before the end of the weekend because getting away when the park is full is hard – something always comes up.

As we go through Boonsboro heading to the Weis I noticed the Boonsboro Trolley Station and the future home of the National Road Heritage Museum.  I also noticed for the first time that the town maintenance building has some nice murals.

The Trolley Museum was the Boonsboro Trolley Station from 1902 – 1938.  In its heyday the trolley ran from Frederick to Middletown, Meyersville, Hagerstown, Thurmont, Williamsport, and Boonsboro in MD and to Shady Grove in PA.  The Museum is open the fourth Sunday of the month in May through October from 2 pm to 5 pm. 

The National Road Heritage Museum is not yet open and soliciting donations.  The museum will honor the nation’s first federal highway intended to expand and populate America’s untamed west. 

Now that we are stocked up for the weekend it was time to great the incoming campers.  Part of the camp host job here at Greenbrier is to welcome all campers once they are set up, let them know you are the host and where you are located, and to inform them of water stations etc.  Greenbrier gives you a golf cart to make the rounds with but my loop is small so I like to alternate tours between riding and walking. As I’m doing a walking tour right at sunset a camper approaches me that he has locked his keys in his car.  This is not a problem her because the rangers have a lockout kit. I radio the duty ranger that we have a lockout and she arrives promptly on scene. Unfortunately between the ranger, me, and another host camper we were unsuccessful.  Fortunately for the camper he had a friend who was showing up later in the evening who could bring him a spare set of keys! Just another quiet night at the campground.