Kingdom Come

Littcarr Camp I

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We are only posting this because we survived a day on the road to Kingdom Come. The day started off cool and sunny. I decided to make chicken soup in the crock pot for supper. I added chicken, potatoes, carrots, onion and celery flakes. I had a container of broth in the freezer so I threw it in and set off with the gang in search for Kingdom Come State Park. Sue has been talking to us about “John” roads and we soon learned what she meant. The roads began to narrow as they curved back and forth around the mountains. There are a lot of coal mines up here and we started meeting coal trucks coming down with full loads. Eventually we got to the turn off road to the park. It narrowed to what appeared to be a single lane road. We climbed higher and higher. We were beginning to understand where they got the name for the park. The road seemed to disappear from under us as we drove higher. Then out of now where here comes a truck heading toward us. With just inches to spare John managed to maneuver us by. We saw a sign that said Kingdom Come 2 miles ahead. **** I didn’t see the sign! My eyes were shut tight! And my as_ was tight too! That was the longest two miles I have ever experienced! Alas, we reached the top – there was a beautiful outlook. (See pic) We checked out the sites (like we were going to pull the RV’s up there). We took the other side (the correct way to the park) down – at the end there was a sign that said “Tent Camping Only”.

We arrived home (back to camp) around four. I was glad I had supper waiting! I made rice and served up chicken soup. Yum, Yum! I took a bite and Wow; something was wrong – very, very wrong. It tasted tart. I took another bite, yuck. I realized that what I thought was chicken broth was a container of key lime juice. I brought it to make Buddy a Key Lime Pie! I’m happy to say, “We survived with no ill effects”. **** Actually, I think the soup would probably be a big hit in a German restaurant. I ate two bowls of the stuff! Tasted like sauerkraut chicken soup. I suggested to Pat that in the future mark the bag with a marking pen. As for going to Kingdom Come, John (unknowingly) took us up by way of the back door! When setting up a route on the computer, you never know if the program is going to take you in on the best route. This was not the best way!! I was afraid my rear end was going to leave teeth marks on Sue’s front seat!