There is a sign up ahead on the Appalachian Trail:
Detour Through Abandoned and Haunted Coal Mining Town
Now - what are the rules? ABC, last letter/first letter, use one word of sentence for next one...? Help me out here.
Ok - rules are last letter/first letter.
Toxic Fumes
next: C or F
Oh! Forgot to mention: What are some things we may see, hear, or find in this abandoned and haunted town?
F
Frightening Sounds
next: G or S
Ghoulish groans
(eek!)
Next: H or G
H
Haunted House
next: D or H
B
Beer Bottles
next: R or B
Broken Windows
next: N or W
D
Dusty Furniture
next: 'Y' or 'F'
F
Flyers Floating - warning of toxic fumes and ghosties
next: S or F
S
Steam Shovel - sure that rusty piece of metal dug a bunch during the heyday
next: 'M' or 'S'
S
Scattered Tools - from vandals dragging things out
next: D or T
T
TNT Boxes - empty, of course
next: 'T' or 'B'
T
Tattered curtains--blowing in the wind
next: D or C
D
Dirty Old Cars
next: Y or C
C
Carbide Helmet Lights - no longer used with the increased technology of electrical illumination
next: 'E' or 'L'
E
Electrical Wires - pieces clipped and tossed
next: L or W
W
Water Jugs - that would go down in the mines on the trains with the workers
next: 'R' or 'J'
J
Jumper Cables - hanging out of trunks of old cars
next: R or C
C
Conveyor Belts - that haven't moved coal in years
next: 'R' or 'B'
R
Rim of Old Tire
next: M or T
S
Surveying Equipment - just couldn't find the next dig site in time
U
User Guide for the mine lift
Uh Oh! I messed up the rules. Taking from last correct post of
M or T
M
More Turnips Found
next: E or F
< actually, I messed up the sequence & I'll use the erroneous entry here >
S
Surveying Equipment - just couldn't find the next dig site in time
next: 'G' or 'E'
G
Garbage Piles - gettin' pretty messy with the night critters playin' in it all
next: E or P
P
Piles of Mine Tailings - might shift through for precious metals & stones
next: 'S' or 'T'
T
Tin Cans - some opened, some not
next: N or C
C
Coke bottles, broken and dusty
Next: E or B
B
Black Boots - with holes in the soles
next: 'K' or 'B'
K
Kettles--rusty w/ holes
next: S
S
Saloon Sign - swinging in the breeze & hanging by a single point from the balcony above
next: 'N' or 'S'
N
Numbers designs of the universe
Next: S or D
D
Dune Buggy Tracks - from mischievous off-roading activity
next: 'E' or 'T'
Trees producers of life giving oxygen
Next: S or P
S
Shovels & Picks - strewn near the mine entrance
next: 'S' or 'P'
S
Spirited Poltergeists and Tommy Knockers
next: D or K
D
Diesel Generators - left to oxidixe in the humid air
next: 'L' or 'G'
L
Link Chain Fence - rusted and falling apart
next: K or F
F
Fuel Cans - laying around the rusty generator
next: 'L' or 'C'
C
Cracked Ceramic Jugs - looks like they came from Granpappy's still
D or J - J or D - hmmm
J
Jerky Wrappers - blowing in the wind (kinda like the dust, too)
next: 'Y' or 'W'
W
Wrinkled pieces of Tin
next: D or T
D
Digging Equipment - were they really extracting coal???
next: 'G' or 'E'
G
Go Figure - I have not seen any signs of coal yet
next: O or F
O
Oil Cans - for lubricating the linkage on the digging equipment
next: 'L' or 'C'
L
Lantern Helmet - partially buried, hope nothing is attached to it
next: N or H
H
Holey Overalls - hanging on a backyard clothes line; seem to be covered in fine black dust
next: 'Y' or 'O'
Y
Yellow Onions - growing wild
next: W or O
Worms Everywhere
next: S or E
S
Salt Licks - for the cattle that used to be in the pasture
next: T or L
L
Landfill of Discarded Personal Items
next: 'L' or 'I'
I
Ink stained table
next: K or T
T
Telephone Booth - with a rotary dial and label that shows a call for 10-cents
next: 'E' or 'B'
B
BB Gun - bent and rusted
next: B or G
G
Geiger Counter - left behind when possible radiation was discovered deep in the shafts
next: 'R' or 'C'
C
Craft Supplies - left in boxes in an old shed
next: T or S
S
Solvent Cans - from the chemical extraction processes <now I'm really beginning to wonder if this was for coal>
next: 'T' or 'C'
T
Testing Tubes - is the solvent green? (this is getting more suspicious and spooky)
next: G or T
G
Glowing Green Solvent - in the test tubes
next: 'G' or 'S'
G
Graph Pages on Clipboard - worn and torn, with scientific type symbols and notes
next: H or C
H
Helium Cannisters
next: M or C
M
'Mining for Dummies' Book - laid open to page 37 on the desk
next: 'G' or 'B'
G Gold found at the bottom of the Rocky Mountains. Next D or F
D
Duffle Bags - filled with assorted plastic bottles and glass jars
next: 'E' or 'B'
B
Bedding and Mattress - tossed on top of garbage heap
next: G or M
M
Mouse Droppings
next: E or D
E
Elevator Shaft - don't go too close
next: 'R' or 'S'
R
Railroad Cars--turning to rust
next: D or C
C
Compressor Unit - to drive the drilling equipment
next: 'C' or 'U'
C
Canister of Something Weird Looking
next: R or L
R
Rebel warrior silently crosses the river
Next: R or R - Smile!
R
ribbons fluttering in the breeze
next: S or B
B
Bulldogs chewing up the pillows
Next: C or P
Pie plates on the windowsills
next: E or W
W
Worn Pair of Shoes
next: N or S
S
Saucers on the Porch - left out after giving the cats milk
next: 'S' or 'P'
P
Popcorn Maker - still contains kernels and popped corn
next: N or M
Mercury Thermometers
next: y or t
Y
Yellow Caution Tape - around the open pits
next: 'W' or 'T'
W
Water Tower - very old and beginning to lean too far
next: R or T
T
Timbers for shoring the Mine Shaft
next: 'S' or 'S' - just make it an 'S'
Uhmmm...I think I will choose 'S'
S
Stone Walkways - covered with moss and weeds
next: E or W
< Ya mean, you don't wanna buy a vowel? >
W
Whiskey Still - out back in the woods, but close enough to be able to tend the fire
next: 'Y' or 'S'
Ok, I will buy an 'A' - still in the woods, huh? Bless ol' Granpappy!
Y
Yarn Basket - with partially knitted sweater
next: N or B
B
Bolt Cutters - used to open the gated equipment yard
next: 'T' or 'C'
T
Tool Boxes - loaded with rusty tools
next: L or B
L
Light Fixtures - used to illuminate the shafts or for night operations
next: 'T' or 'F'
Fence Posts--broken and rotten
next: E or P
P
Potted Plants - in sore need of water and TLC
next: D or P
P
Plastered Walls - showing signs of neglect
next: 'D' or 'W'
B
Bank Teller Cages - drawers open & covered in dust
next: 'K' or 'C'
K
Kegs of Dynamite
next: S or D
D
Deck of Cards - wet and moldy
next: K or C
C
Cracked crockery--still on the table
next: D or C
C
Cement Bags - waiting to become building material du jour
next: 'T' or 'B'
B
Broken furniture
nex: n or f
F
Fencing Planks - laid in a stack
next: 'G' or 'P'
G
Glass shards
next: S or S
I think I will take the 'S'
S
Soap Boxes - each with laundry soap inside
next: P or B
B
Boxes stacked in a corner
next: S or C
S
Shovels & Picks - left to rust standing next to a shed
next: 'S' or 'P'
Shoes and Boots scattered about
next: S or B
B
Box of Crystallized Quartz
next: 'X' or 'Q'
Q
Quart cartons of spoiled milk
next: T or M
T
Television Antennas - mounted on the housing roofs; guess FiOS never made it out this far
next: 'N' or 'A'
What is FiOS?
N
Naugahyde Vinyl - in a roll, cracked and stained
next: E or V
FiOS = Fiber Optic Service; provides TV, telephone & Internet signals; Verizon is installing it to replace the cable lines of competitor cable companies and telephone wires that provide high-speed Internet connection (DSL=Digital Subscriber Line)
V
Violin Case - without the fiddle
next: 'N' or 'C'
N
Nuts and Bolts
next: S or B
B
Barbed Wire Fence
next: 'D' or 'F'
F
Fig Tree - leaves drying, badly needs water
next: G or T
G
Goat Pen - hasn't been used for a while & the gate left open
next: 'T' or 'P'
P
Pygmy Goats - running wild
next: Y or G
G
Gas Cans--empty and rusting
next: S or C
S
Swing Set - behind one of the houses & longing for some juvenile company
next: 'G' or 'S'
Gold Dust--just waiting to be discovered
next: D or D
D
Duck Decoys - for the next hunting season that never came
next: 'K' or 'D'
D
Dimes on a table
next: S or T
S
Silver Bullets - laying loose on the flooe of the Sheriff's Office
next: 'R' or 'B'
<now I'm beginning to wonder>
(silver bullets is not a good sign)
B
Baskets Filled With Garlic Bulbs
next: S or B
S
Silver Crucifix - in the foyer of most houses & buildings
next: 'R' or 'C'
<not sure what caused this town to go 'dead'>
R
Raggedy Old Cloak - black with a hood
next: Y or C
hmmm...look around at all the evidence
wanna ditch this town?
Y
YES!!!!!
C
Cart with Wheels - tossing salvagable stuff into cart & ready to roll
next: 'T' or 'W'
W
Where do we go Next? - you decide
next: E or N
E
Ease on down the trail
next: E or T
T
Trail Hike - back to the trail it is to see what is ahead for us
next: L or H
H
Hot water bottle
next: T or B
T
Toe Nail Clippers - long nails in hiking boots are not a good thing
next: E or C
C
Camera and film
next: A or F
F
Fire Extinguisher - to put out the flames left behind as we burn our way down the trail
next: 'E' or 'E'
S
Spaten Oktoberfest Beer
next: N or B
N
New sleeping bag
next:W or B
W
Whiskey Bottle - to curb the edge after the potential run-in back at the ghost town
next: 'Y' or 'B'
Your life is what you make it. Don't just follow the "Yellow Brick Road!"
Next: "R or L"
R
rolaids antacid
next: S or A
S
Sea Grams - to help Beetle take the edge off, that was a spooky place back there
next: A or G
G
Gloves and/or Mittens - oops, I think I left my gloves back in that town...
next: 'S' or 'M'
Well I am not going back to get them! Here take my extra ones.
M
Mug of Jave Java - hot and strong would be good right now
Next: G or J
G
Gold Pan - never leave home without it!!!
next: 'D' or 'P'
P
Peanut Butter - for quick protein
next: T or B
T
Tennis shoes
next: S or S
S
Saline Solution - to keep the sinuses clear and free of allergens
next: E or S
S
Snowshoes - but looks like we won't need them very long...
next: 'S'
S
Sling Shot - for target practice
next: G or S
G
Gum for chewing
next: m or c
M
Motorized Bikes - this hiking is sure getting tiring; time for some excitement
next: 'D' or 'B'
M
Music From My Banjo - to get the blood pumping and the spirit soaring
next: C or B
B
Bottles of Root Beer
next: S or B
S
Short Cut Detour - sign ahead, anyone want to make a guess where it will lead us? With the dirt bikes we can go anywhere.
next: T or D
To a Lakeside Cabin
next: O or C
C
Cans of Pork and Beans = gettin' mighty hungry from all this hiking and running from the haunted town
next: S or B
B
beach balls--to play in the lake
next: H or B
B
Blankets to Keep Warm
Next: S or W
W
Water Shoes - to wear & protect feet while playing in the lake
next: 'R' or 'S'
R
Swim Suit - must keep fashionable
next: M or S
M
Marshmallows for Roasting
next: S or R