One Hundred Dollars a Month

I LOVE the Walton’s.  I own all of the DVD’s.  It was one of the very few programs I would let my kids watch when they were younger besides PBS {we didn’t do the Disney Channel, we watched shows like the Walton’s, Leave it to Beaver, and The Andy Griffith show instead}.

So, on our trip to Virginia this weekend when The Girl and I found out the Walton’s Mountain Museum was close by, did we check it out?  Yes, John-Boy, we did!

The museum itself is actually set in an old school–the same school that Earl Hamner graduated from {Earl Hamner wrote the book Spencer’s Mountain, which the show The Walton’s was based on}.

The museum is broken up into 5 classrooms–each houses replicas of different aspects of the show:  John-Boy’s bedroom, Ike Godsey’s Store, the Walton’s Kitchen, their living room and a cute little gift shop.

Even though the replicas weren’t exact, it was still an awesome trip down memory lane.  It reminded me of when the kids were little balls of chubbiness all over again.

It made me think back on the the days when we would all sit on the couch and watch the Waltons, just to pass a lazy afternoon away.  What is it about having teenagers that makes you nostalgic for little ones again.

In addition to the replicated rooms, there were scripts from the show and pictures of the cast.  I loved reading through the scripts–is it wrong that I can remember all the episodes?

And even cooler than the museum {in my opinion} was the home across the street from the Museum. It was the one Earl Hamner and his brother’s and sisters grew up in. Yes!! We went in his house! 🙂

Even though the Hamner family home wasn’t as big as the Walton’s house on t.v., it was still cool to be able to peek in the rooms {the kitchen was my favorite} and to see how his family lived.

We also snapped a photo of a church that was just down the hill {I wonder if it’s the one he attended?} and drove past the site of the “new” Ike Godsey’s General Store {the original one burnt down in the late 80’s}.

Let me tell you it was an awesome trip down memory lane.

Did you watch the Waltons?

Don’t you wish there were more “wholesome” shows like that now?

~Mavis