dwdiddy,

As crow flies 'bout 15 miles but as the car drives make it about 24 miles and one big ass mountain...

GUEST,

Yer correct... Page County ain't no Fairfax County an', yeah, the county needs to build possible two new high schools or one big one and it will get done but not with the local Board of Spervisors... Folks are moving into the country, though, with a little more wisdom, vision and education than the folks who grew up here, so it will take some time...

But, the people are in general much nicer than the folks either back in Wes Ginny or anywhere in NoVa and the views are spectacular...

The house I'm buildin' ain't gonna get bought by some 20 'er 30 somethin's with 2.5 kids... Probably going to be bought by folks in their 50's who ain't got school aged kids and just want to have their privacy, which they will have here in Pine Grove holler, that's fir sure...

Lastly, GUEST, yer comments probably ring true in just about any southern rural small town the size of Stanley, Va., where there isn't even one stop light or Luray, where's there's 2 lights...

And plus, havin' me as a neighbor ain't all that bad... We keep a tidy farm other than an occasional party with semi loud acoustic music, we are some quiet fo9lks to live 'round... Plus, I keep the driveway in good shape...

Bobert