On Google Maps Hiltons, Virginia looks to be only a short jog
from Abingdon where our hotel was. In
fact the directions will tell you that it’s only 27 miles away. The directions will also tell you though that it’s
about a 50 minute drive. Well that
didn't look at all right when we started out until a few minutes into the drive when we left the the town limits of Abingdon for a narrow, winding road through the woods
and farms of that little corner of Appalachia. This section of Virginia is
about a tobacco spit away from the border with Tennessee.
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A familiar Baptist Church in Appalachia |