We wanted to go hiking today, but its foggy and rainy. Yuck. We drove around randomly for a while, looking at more cool houses and seeing what we could see. We drove out to the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower, which is supposed to be open until October 31, but it was closed for the season already. Boo. The shot tower is really cool. It was built in the late 1790's to manufacture ammo for the frontier settlers, and later for the Confederate army. There are only a few shot towers left in the world, and this one is unique because instead of building a super-tall tower, they built a moderately tall tower, and extended it with a moderately deep shaft into the hill below it, which ended right at the river side.

We saw the bowling alley in Galax, and thought it would be fun to go bowling. We walked in, and everyone stared at us. I guess its obvious we're tourists. It was also league night, and there were no lanes available. Boo again. We played a few games of pool and air hockey, which were fun. Then we shared a banana split from the Dairy House. :)