8 - July 22, 2021
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By Cecil Lawson
My mother tells me that
when I was as small
child, two or three years
old, I wandered off from
her in the back yard. She
said she frantically search
for me until she found me
in her garden, amidst the
rows of tall corn.
I do remember another
time, a few years later, I
tagged along with my fa-
ther when he went hunt-
ing in the woods, and I
wandered off from him.
At one point I could see
the old silo on the proper-
ty next door over the tops
of the trees, and I knew I
wasn’t that far from home.
I eventually found my way
back. My folks were not
too happy. ,
Needless to say my
wandering has sometimes
taken me to some very
strange places, and the
people in my life have not
always been too happy
about it. i
I’m not sure why I want
to wander,except that I’m
just curious about places
that I’ve never been.
As I’ve noted in past col-
umns, I’ve had to reign in
this curiosity over the last
few years because there
are many more people liv-
ing in the area now, and
some of them don’t ap-
preciate anyone traipsing
across their properties.
One of my grandmoth-~
CURIOUSITY
er’s neighbors in Owings-
ville got after me When I
was riding my bike once
in his driveway. Looking
back, I can understand
why he might have been
irritated, since I wasn’t
the only kid in the neigh-
borhood who did that. I
simply took my bike fur-
ther and further down
the street over time, until
finally, when I was a little
older, I spent my summer
mornings tooling all over
Owingsville.
My grandmother never
finally an‘ -11-. 2-- 1:.“- my
long rides, except to be
back for lunch on time.
The sidewalks were per-
fect back then for someone
my age, and most people in
town were at work during
the day, so there weren’t a
lot of people out and about
to block my pedaling. Ow-
ingsville seemed a much
bigger world to my eyes,
both the historic homes
on Main Street and the
newer homes on the side
streets alike. The town’s
natural barriers, the hill-
top itself, and the ends of
the sidewalks, were my
stopping points, but they
never seemed limiting to
me. It was all new, and I
felt like I had all the» time
in the world to see it.
My bike remained (my
main mode of transport,
apart from my feet, in
the years before I got my
driver’s license. During
summer afternoons and
evenings, I found myself
riding farther away from
my home in Moore’s Fer-
ry. I took myself to Ore
Mines, to Midland, deep
into Peasticks, and once
or twice, crossing Slate
Creek, to Owingsville by
way of Slate Valley. Iwould
sometimes take my back-
pack and canteen and hide
my bike somewhere and
go hiking after‘l reached
my destination. I covered
a lot of ground that way.
The same thing hap-
pened after I got my driv-
er’s license and my own
car after high school. My
travels and explorations
edged further from the
known. I don’t know that
I’ve ever really stopped.
’l‘Lz- _ . ..
I ..--1_-_.1 Lori
and I set up our pop-up
tent at the Augusta Regat-
ta Riverfest, and on Sun-
day morning, I took a little
time to wander around
town before we got busy.
Several old homes there
on the banks of the Ohio
River date to before 'or in
the early 19th Century,
and there has a been ferry
service operating there
since the 17805. As far as
I know, it’s the only place
to cross the river between
Maysville and Fort Thom-
as, near Cincinnati. There
was hardly a soul out driv-
ing or walking, except
where vendors were set-
up. I met only three cats'
at three different homes,
lounging and enjoying
the much cooler and less
humid temperatures that
morning. While I took a
few pictures on my walk, it
was mostly just important
to be there, to see what
I’ve never seen before, and
to find out what is around
the next corner.
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