Pat: Your story reminds me of some told to me by my grandfather and dad, about life along the New River...my folks were in the Jackson's Ferry area of Wythe Co. My dad fondly recalls just how good the apples were that were stored in the dirt cellar and saved until winter. It is so hard to imagine their ways of life and yet it makes most of us very appreciative of what we have and respectful of what our ancestors endured. Debbie